[CR] Useful bike tools

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: Tom Sanders <tom@orderandchaos.com>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:26:31 -0400
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Subject: [CR] Useful bike tools


Dmitry Yaitskov asked about what sort out of the ordinary tools members had found useful.

I found that for a sort of an unusual tool, I got a lot of mileage out of a set of dropout alignment tools. Nearly all of my bikes were just a touch off. My hunch is that every bump into anything or pothole may move the dropouts a bit (Is this true? ) It's just a hunch on my part. I think 12 out of 14 bikes I checked could have used a tweak. I frankly noticed no difference in riding them, however. Maybe I was just fascinated to have the tools like a kid with a new toy. Good lord! I see a set of them just went through E-Bay for $128! I sold mine for about half that. Ah well, somebody is enjoying them.

Tom Sanders

Lansing, MI USA