Anyone that wants a Helicomatic tool (incl. a bottle opener and spoke wrench) can have one for $5 including shipping...
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
Steven m Johnson wrote:
>
> Dennis Johnson writes:
> > I picked up a Peugeot and wonder if anyone can make an
> > educated guess as to vintage and model.. It's an '80's
> > machine I'm fairly sure.. but I've lacked for some
> > years a truely French bike and the price was right..
> > . . .
> > Rims: Wolber Gentleman 81 Superlight clincher
> > Quick releases: Maillard Speidel
> > Fr. Hub: Normandy Red Label Champion
> > R. Hub: Maillard Helicomatic (EEK!) 126mm
>
> Helicomatics have the year of manufacture stamped on the hub barrel. If
> the wheelset is original, it is from 1983-5.
>
> > Any help will be appreciated.. Don't know if I'm going
> > to go to the trouble to try and find a Helicomatic
> > tool to remove, clean etc the freewheel.. may just cut
> > it out and use it as a paperweight like my Cinelli
> > "Death Pedals".. Then replace it with a similar
> > vintage Maillard hub I have in the Parts bin..
>
> You don't really have to have the tool. I've put a rag around the
> lockring, and carefully used a pair of channel locks. The lockring
> generally does not have a whole lot of torque on it.
>
> Steven M. Johnson, Chesapeake, VA
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