Re: [CR]BB fixed cup tool by Bringheli

(Example: Framebuilders)

Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:14:12 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]BB fixed cup tool by Bringheli
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In-Reply-To: <20060215193112.20408.qmail@web35508.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


jimmy katynski wrote:
> Alot of talk has been floating around about a good bb fixed cup
> removal tool. I have one made by Joe Bringheli of Parma Ohio. This is
> a very heavy duty tool and hasent seen a bb fixed cup it wasnt able to
> remove yet. There is a picture at
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Bringheli.

That one looks to be based on the VAR and Campy fixed cup tools and should work just as well -- as long as your fixed cup is one of the standard types for which the tool's jaw is designed. The problem with these is that if you have an odd-ball cup (e.g. the fixed cup on my Atala: http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/atala-fixed-cup.jpg), you're still stuck, and so is the cup. :-(

I've tried valiantly to remove this cup, but it resists all my efforts. I even made a Stein-type "squeeze" universal fixed cups tools (e.g. http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cgi?id=743919165045&d=single&c=Tools&sc=Bottom%20Bracket&tc=Fixed%20Cup%20Removers&item_id=UB-BBCR) but it was unable to grip tightly enough, even with a monster wrench and bench-mounted vise. In desperation I took it to my LBS (the first time in about 20 years I've let someone else work on one of my bikes!) and they failed as well with heat/cold/monster wrenches, young, tough guys pulling on them, etc. So there it sits, while the Italian thread Campy BB I wanted to use gathers dust.

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