Re: [CR] 16 mm = 5/8", was Stronglight Crank Extractor [PEANUT BUTTER WRENCH]

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From: "kevin sayles" <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk>
To: Phil Brown <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>, CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:30:58 +0100
Subject: Re: [CR] 16 mm = 5/8", was Stronglight Crank Extractor [PEANUT BUTTER WRENCH]

Just wondering.....why is the Campag crank bolt spanner [wrench] called a 'peanut butter' wrench? I like peanut butter, but I never think of crank bolts etc when eating it!

Is there any other food terms attached to bike bits? Harden 'bacon slicer hubs' perhaps?

Cheers
Kevin Sayles
Bridgwater Somerset UK

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Brown
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [CR] 16 mm = 5/8", was Stronglight Crank Extractor

>
> On Apr 13, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Harvey Sachs wrote:
>
>> If the socket's wall is thin enough, I've always been able to get a 5/8"
>> (0.625") socket to work where a 16mm (0.630") is specified. I know that
>> 16 mm sockets exist, but my sets don't have one. I don't think I've ever
>> owned a 16 mm. socket (or other wrench), nor needed one, as long as I had
>> 5/8" stuff.
>
> I have a Park crank bolt wrench with 14, 15, and 16mm sockets.
> Phil Brown
> But it's not as nice as a Campy peanut butter wrench in Oakland, Calif.