[CR]Re fixed cup wrench

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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:10:55 -0700
From: "Jim Gilchrist" <jim-gilchrist@shaw.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re fixed cup wrench

I use a standard fixed cup wrench which I am able to hold in pllace with a little bolt set up I've made.

I thread a ( I think it's a 5/8 ) bolt with washers through from the bracket shell and put the wrench in place on the outside. Then I slide some real big flat washers up against the wrench and tighten on a nut from the outside - holds the wrench in place against the cup.

I use a steel pipe that I slotted to slide over the wrench and drilled for two pins - through the pipe and the wrench.

I get about 3 feet of solid lever and it cost me about $6 to make it.

Jim Gilchrist Kelowna, BC

On 22-Jul-05, at 6:24 PM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:
> Forbes Bagatelle-Black wrote:
>
>> I'm not looking for a flat wrench with the appropriate
>> cut out. I'm looking for a large, solid tool that
>> locks onto the (old-school) fixed cup from one side
>> and threads in from the other, with handles so you can
>> really yar on the thing.
>>
>> Campy and VAR make nice ones. I saw a nice-looking
>> one from an Italian manufacturer on eBay, but I got
>> outbid at the last moment.
>
> I don't know of any potentially low cost sources other than eBay, but
> if
> you get a choice, I'd recommend the VAR. The Campy is nice, but it only
> fits Campy-type cups, whereas the VAR can take different jaws to work
> with a wide variety of cups.
>
> --
>
> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA