[CR]Re: Campagnolo tools

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: <marcus.e.helman@gm.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:35:33 -0500
Subject: [CR]Re: Campagnolo tools

I use the Campagnolo T-wrench very often, although one can easily get an 8mm socket and a 6mm allen wrench anywhere. I used to imagine that one day Campagnolo would make one end of the T a 5mm, and keep the other a 6mm. That would be a useful tool.

I also use the Campagnolo crank extractor and peanut butter wrench.

The headset/bottom bracket tools are good

I only occasionally use the brake adjusting wrench, but am always glad to have it

For bottom bracket or headset installation or removal, I ask my friends who are better stocked than I for help.

Everything else is pretty generic. Trader Joe's Organic Creamy is my peanut butter of choice

Best regards, Marcus Helman Huntington Woods, MI

Ed Granger wrote:

I have a lot of projects in the works and have a question about tools. Having worked on and built up a few Campagnolo equipped bicycles in the past, though my brother Duncan has done most of the real wrenching, I/we have not yet wound up lacking a tool needed to complete the job. But as I'm planning on building several NR and SR equipped bikes over the coming months, I'm thinking maybe acquisition of a few specific Campy tools may be in order. Assuming I'm not going to spring for a full boxed set, what tools should I be looking for and prioritizing that will enable me to best build and maintain my bikes? Also, what brand of peanut butter works best with a Campy peanut butter wrench? Thanks in advance for your assistance. Feel free to reply offlist.