It may be that the Park unit is superior, but if they aren't making them anymore what's the point? :-/ I just want something that'll help me get the darn things off/on with the least amount of damage/pain/frustration. Does _anybody_ still make and sell a cotter pin press? Someone mentioned an automotive tool a while back that looked like it would do the job....
David Bilenkey Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Sheldon
> Brown
> Sent: September 20, 2004 11:49 AM
> To: PBridge130@aol.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Re: ebay outing--The mother of all cotter pin presses
>
>
> Peter Bridge wrote:
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>http://ebay.com/<blah>
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> >
> >Straightforward VAR tool -- probably any bikeshop in business
> since the days
> >of cottered cranks will have one. I owned one myself, gave it
> to a near-by
> >retroshop a couple of years back. Helped a buddy move his
> storage stuff this
> >morning -- he has one, too.
>
> I busted one of these once. I consider the Park unit vastly superior.
>
> Sheldon "http://sheldonbrown.com/cotters" Brown
> Newtonville, Massachusetts