RE: [CR]Real Regina freewheel remover

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Subject: RE: [CR]Real Regina freewheel remover
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:12:53 -0800
Thread-Topic: [CR]Real Regina freewheel remover
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "Robert D. Dayton,Jr." <rdayton@carolina.rr.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Scott Baxter wrote:
> I bought a Regina freewheel, and found out that the Suntour 2
> prong remover won't work. Park doesn't make a Regina
> remover.

Then Rob Dayton replied:
> Park makes a FR-4 which is supposed to work with Regina.
> But when I've tried to use it the walls are a bit too thick
> to remove the freewheel w/o removing the cone.
> Luckily I a very thin walled aluminum one that works.

Rob, Scott was talking about the older Regina that took two prongs, not the newer splined one (like a French Atom). The FR-4 is for splined.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html has a great photo and text explaining all this, about half way down the page.

Any chance that "aluminum" remover is a Phil Wood? They are steel but the plating looks kinda like Al. They are thin wall, quite handy and excellent quality.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA