Re: [CR] 16 mm = 5/8", was Stronglight Crank Extractor [PEANUT BUTTER WRENCH]

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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:40:57 -0400
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR] 16 mm = 5/8", was Stronglight Crank Extractor [PEANUT BUTTER WRENCH]


At 07:30 AM 14/04/2009 +0100, kevin sayles wrote:
>Just wondering.....why is the Campag crank bolt spanner [wrench] called a
>'peanut butter' wrench?
>I like peanut butter, but I never think of crank bolts etc when eating it!
>
>Is there any other food terms attached to bike bits?
>Harden 'bacon slicer hubs' perhaps?

Don't you wear a cheese cutter on your head when it rains and wrap it up with your tools in your cape when it stops?

(But getting back to metric equivalent wrenches, I remember not having any metric sizes back in the 1960s when I tried to rebuild a Czech motorcycle out of a basket. I found that many were covered by SAE sizes in a pinch, but I had to go out and buy 10mm and 12mm sockets. This collection served me well for decades.)

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada