Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:11:18 +0000 From: fatcogtom@comcast.net To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (CR List) Subject: [CR] chainring bolts
What great answers! I have tried the campag tool, the shimano tool, the sugino tool, and taiwan knockoffs (and even a rediculous attempt of my 'own' chainring bolt tool- that caused more skinned knuckles than all the others). The Var is the holy grail and priced accordingly. I wasn't even aware they are still available.
I still think the issue is not which tool to use. I think the slotted inside nut is the dumb design; apologies to Tullio and/or whatever french guy the Campagnolo family Ripped off and Duplicated. Truvativ (Off Topic I know) makes a chainring bolt set with 5 and 6mm allens. You think it would catch on. Sadly it hasn't.
I do find it interesting that the Campyphiles will defend anything that company has brought to market in the past, no matter how poorly thought out, and infer it's user error.
Tom Martin Oakland CA
Yikes! Can you say "Passive-Aggressive?" Looks like it's not such a beautiful day in the neighborhood. IMO, lots of stuff that Campagnolo marketed over the decades was arguably questionable (though a small percentage of the total number of items...), but it sure wasn't/isn't their chainring bolts! Widely copied, in use for about a half a century, so far..... Greg Parker Dexter, Michigan (Masis suck!) (Talk amongst yourselves, I'm getting all verklempt). ;-)