Re: [CR]OK...I Give Up, What Is It?

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Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 22:52:56 -0500
To: "Tom Sanders" <tsan7759142@attbi.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]OK...I Give Up, What Is It?


Tom Sanders wrote:
>On E-Bay there is a Campagnolo tool that everyone but me and the
>seller probably know what it is. A "Giant Olive Pitter" it ain't.
>Is it a dust cap puller?
>http://ebay.com/<blah>

Right you are. The C-Record hubs had really stooooopid plastic dustcaps that are virtually impossible to remove without damaging them. This is the only tool that can do it. One of the more boneheaded things Campagnolo ever foisted upon the public.

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