Essential Tools for a C&V Newbie?
08-03-09 | 02:10 PM
#26
aka: Mike J.
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From: between Milwaukee and Sheboygan in Wisconsin
Bikes: 1995 Trek 520 is the current primary bike.
Vincev,
Please post or ping me with your worktray setup details and pics. Thanks.
All,
This is a dangerous thread because just this morning I was making a tool shopping list.
Does anyone have a source for the old brake shaft alingment tool, the old thin stamped and bent metal one? One of those no longer made but still usefull tools I always keep an eye open for.
Please post or ping me with your worktray setup details and pics. Thanks.
All,
This is a dangerous thread because just this morning I was making a tool shopping list.
Does anyone have a source for the old brake shaft alingment tool, the old thin stamped and bent metal one? One of those no longer made but still usefull tools I always keep an eye open for.
Last edited by treebound; 08-03-09 at 02:14 PM.
08-03-09 | 02:18 PM
#27
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From: Medford, MA
Bikes: Bob Jackson Super Tourer, '83 Trek 700, Gazelle Champ Mondial, Nishiki Comp II, Moto Grand Record, Peugeot UO-10 SS
I started off with one of those kits from Nashbar. $45 bucks. A lot of it is poor quality, but it got me wrenching, and once I was a couple of bikes in, I let necessity dictate which tools I needed to add and replace.
IMO - I spent a little extra for the Park chaintool and am very happy with it.
Also, keep your eye out for going-out-of-business bike shops. I found one posted on Craigslist and that's where I got most of my cone wrenches and freewheel tools. Much fun.
IMO - I spent a little extra for the Park chaintool and am very happy with it.
Also, keep your eye out for going-out-of-business bike shops. I found one posted on Craigslist and that's where I got most of my cone wrenches and freewheel tools. Much fun.
08-03-09 | 03:16 PM
#28
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08-03-09 | 03:41 PM
#29
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From: Ann Arbor, MI
Bikes: 1980 Masi, 1984 Mondonico, 1984 Trek 610, 1980 Woodrup Giro, 2005 Mondonico Futura Leggera ELOS, 1967 PX10E, 1971 Peugeot UO-8
TruF, if your library has "Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance," Lennard Zinn has a good first chapter discussing what to have to get started. There's a toolkit for maintainance, there's a toolkit (bigger and a little more esoteric) for light to moderate repair, and then there's a more esoteric tookit for taking it down to the bare frame and totally rebuilding it. The book does apply to C&V as well as modern bikes.
That will give you some ideas about how much you need to get, based on what you want to do.
He also identifies the tools needed for each task, letting you gear up specifically for your immediate needs. There's nothing wrong with building a tool kit based on need.
Anybody's Bike Book by Tom Cuthbertson does the same thing, but having written the book seemingly in the late '60s he's a little more rough and ready - less esoteric tools, more ways to do more with less (good ol' Buckminster Fuller).
That will give you some ideas about how much you need to get, based on what you want to do.
He also identifies the tools needed for each task, letting you gear up specifically for your immediate needs. There's nothing wrong with building a tool kit based on need.
Anybody's Bike Book by Tom Cuthbertson does the same thing, but having written the book seemingly in the late '60s he's a little more rough and ready - less esoteric tools, more ways to do more with less (good ol' Buckminster Fuller).
08-03-09 | 05:48 PM
#30
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From: Charlottesville VA
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Park HCW-11
https://www.parktool.com/products/det...25&item=HCW-11
Only place I've found it is Harris Cyclery.
There's another too like it but for smaller flats, but if you deal with british bikes you NEED it, much better than worrying about damaging the flats on fixed and adjustable BB cups.
-Gene-
https://www.parktool.com/products/det...25&item=HCW-11
Only place I've found it is Harris Cyclery.
There's another too like it but for smaller flats, but if you deal with british bikes you NEED it, much better than worrying about damaging the flats on fixed and adjustable BB cups.
-Gene-
08-03-09 | 05:53 PM
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08-03-09 | 05:58 PM
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From: Maidstone, Kent, England
Bikes: 1970 Holdsworth Mistral, Vitus 979, Colnago Primavera, Corratec Hydracarbon, Massi MegaTeam, 1935 Claud Butler Super Velo, Carrera Virtuoso, Viner, 1953 Claud Butler Silver Jubilee, 1954 Holdsworth Typhoon, 1966 Claud Butler Olympic Road, 1982 Claud
Park HCW-11
https://www.parktool.com/products/det...25&item=HCW-11
Only place I've found it is Harris Cyclery.
There's another too like it but for smaller flats, but if you deal with british bikes you NEED it, much better than worrying about damaging the flats on fixed and adjustable BB cups.
-Gene-
https://www.parktool.com/products/det...25&item=HCW-11
Only place I've found it is Harris Cyclery.
There's another too like it but for smaller flats, but if you deal with british bikes you NEED it, much better than worrying about damaging the flats on fixed and adjustable BB cups.
-Gene-
