Cheaper Axle Nut Wrench

[bigjimpack@gmail.com]

Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/
singlespeed wheels. Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box
end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . I
looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10
shipping - what a rip. Hope this helps

[Michael Baldwin]

Big Jim Pack says

>Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to
>remove your track/ singlespeed wheels. Go to Home Depot and
>get 7 stubby open end/box end combo wrenches in metric
>for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . I
>looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10
>with $10 shipping - what a rip. Hope this helps

I was thinking of this very subject this morning Big Jim as I was
truing a wheel on my home made fixture. My list of shop built, "good
enough for who they're for" tools include:

* Wheel Truing Fixture
* Chain Whips (4)
* Freewheel removers (3)
* Cone wrenches (4)
* BB spanner
* BB internal "socket"
* Steering head cup press
* Third Hand Tool
* Cable and Housing Cutter/s

My next ambition is to make a tensiometer.

Who among us wouldn't enjoy an all expense paid Park Tool shopping
spree or stumbling upon a chest of barely used VAR tools while
scrounging flee markets and yard sales? Until that day of infamy
arrives I'll make do or do without!

Best Regards - Mike Baldwin

PS- I recognize the need for specialized tools in the hands of
professionals.

[joseph.santaniello@gmail.com]

On Mar 2, 6:31*pm, bigjimp...@gmail.com wrote:
> Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/
> singlespeed wheels. *Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box
> end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . *I
> looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10
> shipping - what a rip. *Hope this helps

A 15mm wrench came with every of a particular Fuji bike the LBS sold.
I guess for the pedals. Anyway, they just threw them into a box and
once they reached about a thousand, they started throwing them away.
Maybe other LBS's have similar stockpiles.

I hacksawed off half of mine and wrapped the remaining handle in left-
over used bar tape for padding. Fits in my pocket better and nice and
comfy!

Joseph

[Kinky Cowboy]

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:31:08 -0800 (PST), bigjimpack@gmail.com wrote:

>Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/
>singlespeed wheels. Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box
>end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . I
>looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10
>shipping - what a rip. Hope this helps

yeah, but the Campag Peanut Butter wrench
http://www.businesscycles.com/trtool_peanutbutter.htm is a thing of
beauty, and it has big rounded ends which don't snag on your jersey
pockets every time you put it in or take it out. Isn't that worth
$27.50?

Kinky Cowboy*

*Batteries not included
May contain traces of nuts
Your milage may vary

[Brian Huntley]

On Mar 2, 12:31 pm, bigjimp...@gmail.com wrote:
> Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/
> singlespeed wheels. Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box
> end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . I
> looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10
> shipping - what a rip. Hope this helps

Why a stubby? I have a $12 CDN Canadian Tire "Red" 15mm wrench. It's
smooth, it's lighter than the $9 wrench by far, and it's longer, too.
In fact, it's long enough to double as a pedal wrench, and the "Red"
ones are guarenteed for life.

[bigjimpack@gmail.com]

Yes it's nice but not for $27 plus shipping. My 5 in long combo
wrench will do the job and it fits into seat bag.

On Mar 2, 7:53*pm, Kinky Cowboy <u...@domain.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:31:08 -0800 (PST), bigjimp...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/
> >singlespeed wheels. *Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box
> >end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . *I
> >looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10
> >shipping - what a rip. *Hope this helps
>
> yeah, but the Campag Peanut Butter wrenchhttp://www.businesscycles.com/trtool_peanutbutter.htmis a thing of
> beauty, and it has big rounded ends which don't snag on your jersey
> pockets every time you put it in or take it out. Isn't that worth
> $27.50?
>
> Kinky Cowboy*
>
> *Batteries not included
> May contain traces of nuts
> Your milage may vary

[Franklin]

On Mar 2, 6:53*pm, Kinky Cowboy <u...@domain.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:31:08 -0800 (PST), bigjimp...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/
> >singlespeed wheels. *Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box
> >end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . *I
> >looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10
> >shipping - what a rip. *Hope this helps
>
> yeah, but the Campag Peanut Butter wrenchhttp://www.businesscycles.com/trtool_peanutbutter.htmis a thing of
> beauty, and it has big rounded ends which don't snag on your jersey
> pockets every time you put it in or take it out. Isn't that worth
> $27.50?

Cannot find it right now, but there is/was a double sided
"peanut butter" style wrench that was 14/15mm for
bottom brackets. Could be handy for those of us
caught in the Miche "we'll put some 14 and some 15
mm nuts on our track hubs because we're idiots
who don't ride" phase. A freidn of mine had a rear
track hub with a 14mm on one side and a 15mm
on the other. Fresh from the factory bag.

[bigjimpack@gmail.com]

I wanted a wrench to fit in my saddle wedge I have a longer one but it
wont fit in bag.


On Mar 2, 9:42*pm, Brian Huntley <brian_hunt...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 12:31 pm, bigjimp...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/
> > singlespeed wheels. *Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box
> > end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . *I
> > looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10
> > shipping - what a rip. *Hope this helps
>
> Why a stubby? I have a $12 CDN Canadian Tire "Red" 15mm wrench. It's
> smooth, it's lighter than the $9 wrench by far, and it's longer, too.
> In fact, it's long enough to double as a *pedal wrench, and the "Red"
> ones are guarenteed for life.