Re: [CR]600 or Superbe?

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:28:50 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: marcus.e.helman@gm.com
Subject: Re: [CR]600 or Superbe?
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Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:
> There were essentially 2 versions of the remover tool for
> splined Regina freewheels, a thin-wall version and a thick-wall
> version. Only the thin-wall version could be used without
> removing the axle, spacers and locknuts.
> By the way, when I say theat there were 2 versions, I don't
> mean that Regina themselves offered 2 alternatives. I mean
> that each tool manufacturer chose to produce either a
> thin-wall or thick-wall version. I used to have one of each
> (but I now have none) and my recollection is that the thin-wall
> version was actually sold as a remover for some other make of
> freewheel. Perhaps Zeus, as Dave Anderson mentioned, but I
> vaguely recall it being sold for use with a French freewheel.

Yes, the Zeus/Phil Wood tool also worked in French "Atom" freewheels.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA