Further to my thread entitled 'Good news & bad news' on Sunday, following the suggestion of one or the responders and of course Sheldon 'What doesn't he know' Brown I bught myself a half inch bolt and matching nut and a small pack of suitable washers to attempt to remove the fixed cup on my 1986 Raleigh Royal. It worked a treat, the cup loosened on the first grunt, no cussing or swearing required. My home made fixed cup remover cost me £2.50, not bad for a tool that I will probably never use again and can be reused as a fasteners. Thanks for the suggestion, another[1] Sheldon Brown tip tip validated by me, thanks go to Ken Tongue, the chap at Raleigh who built the bike in the eighties.
Also the Raleigh will take a 8 from 9 speed cassette as I suspected it might so I can upgrade it from 12 to 16. Don't you just love hand made bikes.
[1]The other being the swapping of the Uniglide for a Hyperglide cassette freehub body.
Further to my thread entitled 'Good news & bad news' on Sunday, following the suggestion of one or the responders and of course Sheldon 'What doesn't he know' Brown I bught myself a half inch bolt and matching nut and a small pack of suitable washers to attempt to remove the fixed cup on my 1986 Raleigh Royal. It worked a treat, the cup loosened on the first grunt, no cussing or swearing required. My home made fixed cup remover cost me £2.50, not bad for a tool that I will probably never use again and can be reused as a fasteners. Thanks for the suggestion, another[1] Sheldon Brown tip tip validated by me, thanks go to Ken Tongue, the chap at Raleigh who built the bike in the eighties.
Yeah, I found that one too....very useful, espeically if you like bodging old bikes as I do.
garryb
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Also the Raleigh will take a 8 from 9 speed cassette as I suspected it might so I can upgrade it from 12 to 16. Don't you just love hand made bikes.
[1]The other being the swapping of the Uniglide for a Hyperglide cassette freehub body.
