_ You don't need a chainwhip to remove freewheels, just a long Crescent wrench and the right freewheel tool. Chainwhips are needed for cassette removal if you don't have a hypercracker.
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Who said anything about needing the chainwhip for removal? I sure did not. You need the chainwhip to get the freewheel back on tightly.
I trust you are making a joke. Freewheels screw on all by themselves. No tools are required. Large adjustable or box end wrenches that fit a standard FW remover are available at most auto shops and many gas stations. If you don't ride low spoke count wheels on a tour, you can ride all day with a broken spoke with no more than the brake QR opened to prevent drag... that is if you aren't riding one of those tight pseudo racing bicycles with 2mm clearance to frame and fork as if that had any benefit what so ever.
I trust you are making a joke. Freewheels screw on all by themselves. No tools are required.
Though that must have been a joke, let me caution novice readers. It's happened to me to have a new freewheel installed by hand, without screwing it in tightly. I started out coasting downhill and it unscrew without mercy!
to Italy in the near future, where I hope to use a few tools for assembly/disassembly but that some tools (e.g., spoke wrench and cassette cracker) sit in the bags and do not see the light of day for the next month.
I wish you a mechanical free month in Italy!
Watching the Giro really makes me jealous of your trip.
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to Italy in the near future, where I hope to use a few tools for assembly/disassembly but that some tools (e.g., spoke wrench and cassette cracker) sit in the bags and do not see the light of day for the next month.
I wish you a mechanical free month in Italy!
Watching the Giro really makes me jealous of your trip.
Enjoy.
Thanks! I am expecting a trouble free trip, but again one never knows. The 17th-19th stages, later this week, will cross back and forth the area I will be riding in just over 3 weeks. Really great country to cycle in, and not too bad if cost-wise if you shop for fares. Our tickets were just over $500 round trip SF to Venice.
