Also, fixed cup tools might be found used cheaply these days as almost nobody except vintage enthusiasts and 40 year old + bike mechanics even seem to know what they are! Speaking of repair stands, for light repairs and cleaning what about the Cinelli Mod. 90 style, that uses a fork-clamping block like a roof rack and a block behind the bb shell to stabilize the bike. I found a Cinelli for peanuts at a swap meet and can do any work that doesn't require lots of torque or involve the front wheel or headset--that still covers lots of ground. It's got some "vintage" points and it's great for doing ride support work as well. David Feldman
> Mark,
>
> I realize that parhaps most home mechanics don't have a bottom bracket
> cup tool, but in my opinion if you're a vintage person; if you have only
> one professinal tool in your collection it should be a good bb cup tool.
> Main reason is that at that point you clamp the tool in the solidly
> mounted vice and use the frame for leverage to tighen the cup. A BB cup
> wrench is probably your frames' worst enemy. I've seen more funny (not
> humorous funny)stuff happen with bb wrenches than everything else put
> together. I haven't used a bb cup wrench since my first campy tool case
> in 1974. The fixed cup holder is certainly in the top three tools
> usagewise in my collection. Worth looking into.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> >
> > OK, but what if you have to do some really serious torquing on a stuck
fixed
> > cup, are'nt you overstressing the seat lug ? Even if I hold the stay or
> > something to counteract the torque of the fixed cup wrench, my
preference is
> > to clamp the seat tube down low, carefully, not too tite, bearing in
mind
> > that the compound leverage of the clamp CAN crush the tube.
> >
> > Yes, for normal tuneups and stuff I always clamp the seat tube.
> >
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> > Mark Petry 206.618.9642
> > Beautiful Bainbridge Island, WA
> > mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net
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> > [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of TW406@aol.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:17 AM
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Where to clamp that (classic) bike in the work stand!
> >
> > Hmmm... I have some consumer brand folding bike stand, I clamp the bike
> > lightly on the toptube with the front end slightly lower so the fork
doesn't
> > rotate, never had a problem but then all my bikes are old and similar in
> > tube
> > size I guess. I never clamp to the seat tube because it has all them
> > graphics
> > and decals and thingies.
> >
> > Ted, sometimes baffled in Berkeley at what people find disconcerting
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