Re: [CR]Ideal wrench for Record 2-bolt seatpost

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From: <joeb-z@comcast.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org,
Subject: Re: [CR]Ideal wrench for Record 2-bolt seatpost
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:03:46 +0000


You will like the wrench you have selected but I would recommend this set from Harbor Freight:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=96423

For $35 you get four larger sizes also.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Whitneyville, CT


-------------- Original message --------------
From: Raymond Dobbins

>

\r?\n> Like Phil, I've been using a 12 point 10mm offset box wrench for years, and

\r?\n> it works OK, (definitely better than the dedicated Campy wrench, which is

\r?\n> useless IMHO), but still not great.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Several people have previously mentioned using a flex-head ratcheting box w

\r?\n> rench, and it sure sounds like that would be the ideal tool for the Record

\r?\n> post. I've tracked one down from Sears, but before I order it, I was w

\r?\n> ondering if there are better choices. This is the one from Sears:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00947897000P

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Ray Dobbins

\r?\n> Miami Florida USA

\r?\n>

\r?\n>

\r?\n> --- On Mon, 10/13/08, Phil Brown wrote:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> From: Phil Brown

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR]Putting the Record seatpost on a diet

\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 11:39 PM

\r?\n>

\r?\n> On Oct 13, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > Personally, I never particularly liked the Record two-bolt post or its

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > clon

\r?\n> > es. They are a real pain to install a saddle on, what with reaching

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > unde

\r?\n> > r the saddle with the wrench and all. I much prefer the Simplex

\r?\n> post

\r?\n> > or

\r?\n> > a Brooks seat clamp or a one bolt later Campy post, where the bolts

\r?\n> > are act

\r?\n> > ually accessible. The one thing you can say for a Campy Record post

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > is t

\r?\n> > hat once you have the saddle properly installed, you can make tiny

\r?\n> > adjustme

\r?\n> > nts, thus its moniker as "microadjusting". I guess one theory

\r?\n> about

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > the

\r?\n> > popularity of the Record post In The Day is the same as for a

\r?\n> lot of

\r?\n> > other Campy gear, i.e. it was what Eddy Merckx used. Eddy, of

\r?\n> course,

\r?\n> > pr

\r?\n> > obably because of his back problems, was constantly messing with

\r?\n> his

\r?\n> > sad

\r?\n> > dle position, so the micro adjusting Campy post was perfect for him,

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > his po

\r?\n> > or mechanics, of course, having had the task of setting the damn thing

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > up i

\r?\n> > n the first place.

\r?\n> >

\r?\n>

\r?\n> I've been using a Snap On 12 point 10mm offset box wrench for years and

\r?\n>

\r?\n> never have a problem.

\r?\n> Phil Brown

\r?\n> Nice tonight in Berkeley, Calif.