I have a Park pedal wrench for when I'm home, and use the other end of my S&S coupler wrench when I'm not. Lots of grease, and I don't reef the pedals down tightly. No problems to date. You get lots of leverage if you stand over the bike from the other side and push down. (Andy will tell you I'm not very big :-) )
Lynne On Jun 8, 9:26 am, Andy Smitty Schmidt <54ca...@gmail.com> wrote: > This probably doesn't apply to most bikes on this list but it could act as > a way to remember which way to unscrew a pedal. On a bike with coaster > brakes... to remove the pedals just turn the wrench in the direction that > engages the brake. > > +1 for the Riv pedal wrench. > > While we're talking about tools that Riv sells... I'm not quite sure how I > ever worked on my bikes before I had the 4mm & 5mm screwdriver style allen > wrenches. They're so much more convenient in many situations than > traditional "L" shaped allen wrenches. > > --Andy > > > > > > > > On Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:47:45 AM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: > > > Greetings Riv Chicas who read more than post! If you're like me, you have > > been in situations where you didn't have quite the right tool and/or didn't > > have quite the 'nough strength. I myself have uttered choice words whilst > > attempting to remove/install pedals. 1) A normal open-ended wrench is > > often too thick to fit in there, and 2) if it does fit, it's too short for > > my small 53 year-old women's hands to loosen them when they're tight and > > I'm trying to remember that the left side is reverse threaded. > > > I finally invested 17 bucks in Riv's "venerable" Unior No. 61 Pedal Wrench. > > >http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/tl017.htm > > > If you struggle with numbers 1 and 2 above, you too will call this wrench > > venerable. Made switching out my pedals last night easy-peasy. You still > > have to remember that the left side is reverse threaded, but with this > > wrench, that's the only thing you need to focus on (and maybe adding a > > little grease to the threads). It could become among a bykin' girl's best > > friends. > > > -liesl always-appreciates-good-mechanic-tips in minneapolis -- 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.
