You'd want a stubby 15mm box end ratchet/ open end combo wrench then for your SO I purchased one and its really handy for changing gears without rounding the axle nuts. Its about 5 inches long and perfect for the purpose. This is my favorite tool for now but I admit to liking my Y shaped 8,9,10 socket wrench and my screwdriver handle bondus wrench for water bottle/fender bolts etc. Can't forget to mention my Park chain tool and crank puller. The nicest tool I have is a bicycle specific cable cutter/ end crimper that my friend gave me. I always buy my own tools and have nearly everything I need short of a truing stand or frame reamers and taps which I plan to aquire eventually. A Phil Wood spoke threading machine would be nice too as would frame building jigs and a nice mill and lathe.
On Jul 25, 5:47 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Only Campy item at my place is a 15mm, aka peanut butter wrench. It's > nice, but unless (until?) I buy a SimpleOne and the budge wheels, > probably won't have much use for it. > > Probably my favorite tools are a set of Bondhus allen wrenches. They > sit out on my bench get used weekly, or more if tinkering. > > Do have a basic set of Park Tools and they were used to build my > Hillborne, as well as some of my other bike builds and later > conversions. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Jul 25, 7:25 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have the Campy 5mm wrench which was possibly my first purchase from > > Rivendell 18 years ago. Have been using it near weekly and works > > perfectly. Hard to beat! > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > > > I have pretty much all of the Campagnolo Record era type tools that > > > would be useful for a home mechanic with a Campy Nuovo Record equipped > > > bike (not including the tools to tap a bottom bracket, etc.). My > > > favorite Campy tool is, like you, the Campy "T" tool. Unfortunately, > > > my Campy saddle spanner (useful for adjusting a Campy Record seatpost) > > > was "lifted" from my seat bag by a sticky finger employee at an LBS. > > > Lesson learned, don't leave a seatbag on a bike when the bike is left > > > overnight for repairs and you're not present!. > > > > Jim Cloud > > > Tucson, AZ > > > > On Jul 25, 4:15 pm, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > > > > My favorite tool is my old Campagnolo T wrench (6 mm Allen with 8 mm > > > socket). With that and a 5 mm Allen wrench you could do everything to a > > > Nuovo Record group except overhaul the hubs, headset and BB. > > > > > On Jul 25, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Marty wrote: > > > > > > Darrin's headset post got me thinking about the tools I've collected > > > over the years, and the ones I could not do without. Here are my "don't > > > scrimp on these" favorites by far: > > > > > > Campagnolo "big three" wrench set - Headest/Bottom Bracket/Pedal (30+ > > > years old and and have done hundreds of overhauls) Of course, we're > > > talking > > > square-drive BBs and 32mm locknuts here. > > > > > Park pro workstand. Another 30+ year old workhorse that can't be beat. > > > > > Park cable cutters > > > > > Park chain tool > > > > > Park wheel truing stand/spoke wrenches. (getting very little use now > > > that Rich is building my wheels) > > > > > > It's not that I'm a Park/Campy fanatic, (well, maybe a little) it's > > > just that I bought most of this stuff years ago and it never wears out! > > > This > > > could be the start of the "RBW Owners Toolbox". We need a "in the shop" > > > list, and an "on the road" list. The above are obviously the former, and > > > represent my top 5. What are yours? > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would > > probably benefit more from > > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
