Julian great to know thanks. I've got a broken bearing outer stuck in a pedal and deciding if the cost of the puller is worth it to get the pedal up and running again. If I order the headset press I suppose I may as well!
Smitty in DC formerly of Bloomington, IL On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 11:27:07 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Smitty, > > I have ordered and used several of BearingProTools' bearing pullers. I > found them to be very well made and reasonably priced. Although I do not > have their headset press, I would not hesitate to order it if I needed one. > > Julian Westerhout > Blooomngton, IL > > On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:01:53 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> While on the subject of headset presses, I'm in the market for one >> myself. I came across these guys - really affordable tools, on par with the >> no-name brands from Amazon and eBay but it seems like they make their own >> tools and will do custom jobs for little or no money. Shipping was only $15 >> to my house in east coast USA too. Anyone got any reviews of these tools? >> https://www.bearingprotools.com/products/headset-cup-press >> >> Smitty in DC >> >> On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 4:08:51 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Kai, >>> >>> Yep, those of us drinking in the rarified high-altitude air on 68 cm >>> frames do have that issue with headset presses -- I bought the lovely Stein >>> for Riv press that they offered a few years back (a different part of the >>> tool pool from H-Z!) knowing i had to but a new piece of e threaded rod to >>> fit my multiple taaallll head tubes. I think that Riv actually offered a >>> long threaded rod optio for those at some point before they disappeared. >>> >>> >>> Julian Westerhout >>> Bloomington, Il >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 12:19:08 PM UTC-5 Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY >>> wrote: >>> >>>> My Hobson Zingo headset press is an inch too short for my Rivendell >>>> bicycle frames! And is no longer available from Riv, maybe for this reason? >>>> Certainly an outlier’s problem, but one Julian might share. Still worth >>>> it even having to swap the threaded rod for a 14”er, as the press plates >>>> are pretty cool… >>>> -Kai >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 6:38:05 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> I disagree with Garth, >>>> >>>> I also bought one (to use as a S&S coupler wrench as well as a BB >>>> lockring wrench) -- like the entire H-Z tool line it is not fancy (you'll >>>> not mistake it for something from https://www.abbeybiketools.com/ ), >>>> but it is decently made, and works well. I's say to me is is worth at >>>> least >>>> $15 if not a couple of dollars more. If you're running a professional >>>> vintage bike repair shop and use it several times a day you might want >>>> something more robust, but for the other 99.999997657% of us, this will do >>>> the trick, and I'm very glad Rivendell has made it available. >>>> >>>> Julian Westerhout >>>> Bloomington, IL >>>> >>>> On Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 3:47:58 AM UTC-5 Garth wrote: >>>> >>>> This reminds of Shawshank Redemption movie where Andy asks Red to get >>>> him a rock hammer that sells for (at the time) ..... $7. >>>> >>>> When Red inquires as to how Andy is going to use it, he replies "you'll >>>> understand when you see the rock hammer". >>>> >>>> With the HZ lockring tool, you'll understand why it's $7 when you see >>>> it ;-) . >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8dbd10ee-92f2-4e45-9dc9-994b4fc202fbn%40googlegroups.com.
