Crappy Commute

Gags said:

that it is probably the bottom bracket and to top it all off, a mate of mine
currently has my BB remover tool and he is not answering his phone!!!

Do you mean the crank extractor tool Gags? Drop me an email if you want
to borrow mine.

DaveB

quote='DaveB'Gags said:

that it is probably the bottom bracket and to top it all off, a mate of mine
currently has my BB remover tool and he is not answering his phone!!!

Do you mean the crank extractor tool Gags? Drop me an email if you want
to borrow mine.

DaveB[/QUOTE]

dont you need another tool to get the BB out AFTER you have got the cranks off?

F"only gone down to the axle. honest"Dutch

flyingdutch said:

DaveB said:

Gags said:

that it is probably the bottom bracket and to top it all off, a mate

of mine

Quoted message said:

currently has my BB remover tool and he is not answering his

phone!!!

Do you mean the crank extractor tool Gags? Drop me an email if you
want
to borrow mine.

DaveB

dont you need another tool to get the BB out AFTER you have got the
cranks off?

F"only gone down to the axle. honest"Dutch

I don't know, are you talking about the screw in bits/rings that hold it
in there? I've always got by with a pair of multigrips or a big plumbers
wrench for when things are really stuck.

DaveB

Gags said:

As I got onto Heidelberg road I noticed a bit of a funny noise
coming from the bike.......basically it is a "click, click, click" as I am
pedalling. I stopped to see if I had picked up a bit of wire or something
but it is all clear. The click is only pretty faint and doesn't sound too
drastic but it was annoying the [censored] out of me. It is only there when I am
pedalling and seems to be louder if I am pedalling harder. I was thinking
that it could be one of the pedals giving out so I pedalled with only one
foot at a time but there was no noise when I did this. I am now guessing
that it is probably the bottom bracket and to top it all off, a mate of mine
currently has my BB remover tool and he is not answering his phone!!!

It's not a loose spoke is it? Sometimes hard to tell where it's coming from
while on the road...
--
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DaveB said:

I don't know, are you talking about the screw in bits/rings that hold it
in there? I've always got by with a pair of multigrips or a big plumbers
wrench for when things are really stuck.

Oh the pain! Buy the proper tool!!
Multigrips are for working on cars (or [censored] bikes).

Oh, btw, you'll find that some BB's use a plastic 'retaining ring thing'
(dunno their proper name) that could be crushed with multi grips.

I think Gags is talking about the splined tool that fits into the bottom
bracket retaining 'rings' (still dunno their proper name). Use it with a
spanner to unscrew the BB from the BB shell.

It's one tool I don't have. The LBS does though 🙂

hth
hippy

DaveB said:

I don't know, are you talking about the screw in bits/rings that hold it
in there? I've always got by with a pair of multigrips or a big plumbers
wrench for when things are really stuck.

C spanners are so much easier. Worth getting.

But I think the OP is talking about a tool to remove "sealed hubs".
Looks like a big socket spanner with fluting around the outside. Works
nicely too once you jack hammer to acretted grease, stones, sand, and
other detrius from there.

hippy said:

Oh the pain! Buy the proper tool!!
Multigrips are for working on cars (or [censored] bikes).

This comes back to the other thread. Us married with children types have
to make do with what we have. Tool purchases require careful
consideration, selection, and budgetary approval. Of course the benefits
of marriage (9th anniversary today 🙂 ) far outweigh a lack of cool tools.

DaveB "is there anything multigrips can't do"

DaveB said:

hippy said:

Oh the pain! Buy the proper tool!!
Multigrips are for working on cars (or [censored] bikes).

This comes back to the other thread. Us married with children types have
to make do with what we have. Tool purchases require careful
consideration, selection, and budgetary approval. Of course the benefits
of marriage (9th anniversary today 🙂 ) far outweigh a lack of cool tools.

DaveB "is there anything multigrips can't do"

Quoted message said:

Of course the benefits
of marriage (9th anniversary today 🙂 ) far outweigh a lack of cool
tools.

Cmon Dave, nobody really believes that 😉

--
Nick

John Tserkezis said:

Gags said:

As I got onto Heidelberg road I noticed a bit of a funny noise
coming from the bike.......basically it is a "click, click, click" as
I am
pedalling. I stopped to see if I had picked up a bit of wire or
something
but it is all clear. The click is only pretty faint and doesn't sound
too
drastic but it was annoying the [censored] out of me. It is only there when
I am
pedalling and seems to be louder if I am pedalling harder. I was
thinking
that it could be one of the pedals giving out so I pedalled with only one
foot at a time but there was no noise when I did this.

It's not a loose spoke is it? Sometimes hard to tell where it's coming
from while on the road...

I was thinking the same thing. I've never had a noise that I thought
was the bottom bracket that didn't turn out to be from a wheel or seat post.

--
Brett

DaveB said:

hippy said:

Oh the pain! Buy the proper tool!!
Multigrips are for working on cars (or [censored] bikes).

This comes back to the other thread. Us married with children types have
to make do with what we have. Tool purchases require careful
consideration, selection, and budgetary approval. Of course the benefits
of marriage (9th anniversary today 🙂 ) far outweigh a lack of cool tools.

What are the benefits then? I only hear the negs from you lot!
This married/single thing is gonna be the next Campag/Shimano war 🙂

As for not having every tool - this is what beer and bike shops were
invented for. Get friendly with your LBS and see what they can do to help.

Or, instead of buying Powerbars, buy cheaper fruit bars. Do this for a
couple of weeks and you save enough to buy a BB tool.
"Forget" to pay the phone bill. Do you 'really' need a mobile?
Sell a child - that'd pay for a new bike and some tools 🙂

Quoted message said:

DaveB "is there anything multigrips can't do"

Make my coffee? 😉

hippy
"Insanity levels rising.. 5 days to go"

Terry Collins said:

But I think the OP is talking about a tool to remove "sealed hubs".
Looks like a big socket spanner with fluting around the outside. Works
nicely too once you jack hammer to acretted grease, stones, sand, and
other detrius from there.

Oh bugger. I got the BB replaced by the friendly chaps at peter Moore
and now have sealed hubs. Does that mean I now need a new tool?

DaveB

quote='DaveB'hippy said:

Oh the pain! Buy the proper tool!!
Multigrips are for working on cars (or [censored] bikes).

This comes back to the other thread. Us married with children types have
to make do with what we have. Tool purchases require careful
consideration, selection, and budgetary approval. Of course the benefits
of marriage (9th anniversary today 🙂 ) far outweigh a lack of cool tools.

DaveB "is there anything multigrips can't do"[/QUOTE]

You can get a decent toolkit with every tool you're likely to need for around $150 (from memory). Using incorrect tools just wrecks your components, rendering them unremovable and unsaleable. Isn;t the 9th wedding anniversary gift "Tools"?

At a minimum, I couldn't survive without:

Crank spanner
Cluster remover
Crank remover
Bottom bracket remover
Chainwhip
Alum keys
Spoke Key
Cone spanners (2 please!)

Tools you should avoid using:

Angle grinder (but gee it's fun when you get an excuse)
Hammer
Multigrips (unless you want everything scratched to [censored]!)

hippy said:

Sell a child - that'd pay for a new bike and some tools 🙂

You're better off stripping them down and selling the parts on Ebay. (Just make sure you keep the kidneys on ice).

DaveB said:

Terry Collins said:

But I think the OP is talking about a tool to remove "sealed hubs".
Looks like a big socket spanner with fluting around the outside. Works
nicely too once you jack hammer to acretted grease, stones, sand, and
other detrius from there.

Oh bugger. I got the BB replaced by the friendly chaps at peter Moore
and now have sealed hubs. Does that mean I now need a new tool?

Yes, but it was much cheaper than I expected it to be. Sealed stuff
seems to be turning up all over the place (saves shop time), so maybe
even K-mart has one.

Shabby said:

Angle grinder (but gee it's fun when you get an excuse)

Take up welding. You need one of these to hide the mistakes.
Makes it tough to become a gun welder {:-).

Shabby said:

You can get a decent toolkit with every tool you're likely to need for around $150 (from memory). Using incorrect tools just wrecks your components, rendering them unremovable and unsaleable. Isn;t the 9th wedding anniversary gift "Tools"?

following that theory (that her-indoors found on the internet. stoopid internet...) of W-ann gifts follow a certain theme: first is 'paper', 2nd is wood(?), etc i think the 9th is 'Dropped cold-forged-steel' 😄 😄 😄

Shabby said:

At a minimum, I couldn't survive without:

Crank spanner
Cluster remover
Crank remover
Bottom bracket remover
Chainwhip
Alum keys
Spoke Key
Cone spanners (2 please!)

Tools you should avoid using:

Angle grinder (but gee it's fun when you get an excuse)
Hammer
Multigrips (unless you want everything scratched to [censored]!)

you forgot (unleashes powertool lust...)
hammerdrill
cordless Drill
drill, er... drill!
dropsaw
circular saw
router
hedgetrimmer
karcher (handlebar mounted for anti-'aircraft-magpie' action 😄)
Chainsaw
Bobcat
Ute
beer
fridge
couch
remote
ooo, er, sorry!

F"football is the winner on the day"Dutch

Shabby said:

hippy said:

Sell a child - that'd pay for a new bike and some tools 🙂

You're better off stripping them down and selling the parts on Ebay.
(Just make sure you keep the kidneys on ice).

You're a sick man shabby.. welcome to the club :P

hippy

Quoted message said:

Shabby spoketh thus:
Tools you should avoid using:
Angle grinder (but gee it's fun when you get an excuse)

http://www.thehippy.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6

Quoted message said:

Hammer

Use on old style stems that are stuck. Oh, and for wheel truing, of
course! 🙂

Quoted message said:

Multigrips (unless you want everything scratched to [censored]!)

Use on old style headsets after you've left the much more suitable
'large spanner' on the back of your ex's car.. never to be seen again.

hippy

hippy said:

> Shabby spoketh thus:

Quoted message said:

Tools you should avoid using:
Angle grinder (but gee it's fun when you get an excuse)

http://www.thehippy.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6

Quoted message said:

Hammer

Use on old style stems that are stuck. Oh, and for wheel truing, of
course! 🙂

Quoted message said:

Multigrips (unless you want everything scratched to [censored]!)

Use on old style headsets after you've left the much more suitable
'large spanner' on the back of your ex's car.. never to be seen again.

hippy

Tools not to use also include hacksaws, this means you Shabby.