Bike Tools Etc order
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2 Kits Cotter Assortment US-PINKIT $20 each kit
Cable End Tips: Jagwire, Silver tips, 1.2mm, bottle/500
Item #JW-2001: . $14.85
Cable End Tips: Jagwire, Silver tips, 1.8mm, bottle/500
Item #JW-2003: . $14.85
2 Bottles Cable Housing Ferrules: Jagwire - 5mm, non crimping, silver, bottle/200 Item #JW-1152D: . $17.95 each bottle
We have nothing but unuseable junk cotters, we are completely out of ferrules, shift cable tips, and have just a few brake cable tips. The price of the ferrules are a few dollars less at Niagara, but we don't need enough for a Niagara order. -
The cotter kits are a great find as most places only carry one or two sizes and cost over $1 each. These kits have more choices and at 30/ $20 are a significant savings over buying the individually if you can even find the all the needed sizes.
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Order placed Feb. 17th. Total is $ 115.60 including shipping.
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This may or may not have anything to do with me buying that Blue Peugeot, but I've since realized that the shop doesn't have a French thread crank arm remover.
These are the same pitch thread, but a little wider in diameter, and so the standard size just can't work. I was just going to buy this on my own, but figured since we do see some old French bikes (you only need this non-standard puller on pre 1980's bikes), I'd see if the shop was interested in getting one -- though most of these people aren't looking to pull their cranks off..
Any ways, the cheapest I could find online was $35 at:
http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cgi?d=single&c=Tools&sc=Crank&tc=Extractors-Stronglight&item_id=SN-STEX
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Yes, we should get it.
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So, Josef is doing a large order next week and is ok with us piggy backing on it if we want. I'm going to do an tire/tube inventory on Tuesday and check prices with him. If it is close to Achieva's price range, I'll go ahead and order with him if everyone's ok with that.
I will check on a crank puller.
Anything else we need? What happened to our 'want list' in the shop? I thought that was useful. -
Neither of our chain whips fit on 1/8" cogs, so picking up one that does would be nice. I've just wrapping cogs in an old 6" piece of chain and carefully putting them in the vice to do it recently.
Ohh and I asked Harv about the crank puller tonight (for a second) and he asked if that fit the Campagnolo(?) sizes.... according to Sheldon Brown there are three sizes:- Campagnolo, 22 mm (the standard - we have plenty of these)
- T.A. 23 mm
- Stronglight (Pre-1982), 23.35 mm (Post 1982 Stronglight switched to the 22mm standard)
According to this article you can use the TA size on older Stronglights, but there are plenty of other articles on the web complaining about shops stripping their cranks doing this. I didn't see much mention of where the TA size gets used, but it seemed that Sheldon was implying if you were only to buy two - to get the standard and the TA, and to just be careful when using the TA on Stronglights...but you guys know more about this than I do. -
I checked the BikeToolsEtc site and see nothing for SA cranks. So, we can get the StrongLight crank puller and a track cog wrench (Wheels Manufacturing) for a total of about $53 plus shipping.
Anything else? How are the chain tools holding up? I saw a lot of broken ones last time I looked.
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And more... we need a 1 1/8 inch die for our Park fork threading tool (we needed this last night) $129. Also need a tap handle for our Park pedal taps $ 26.50 (not available at Sears or Harbor Freight).
I notice that our chain tools are all bent/broken because people are putting the chain into the wrong saddle, the "loosening" saddle. This bends or breaks BOTH saddles. But our tool that has only ONE saddle is intact. So let's get a couple of chain tools that have just the one saddle. We can then loosen stuck links by bending the chain. This is not the way I do it for myself, but, tough noogies, this is what we have to do to keep our chain tools serviceable.
Bottom Line: $ 224 plus shipping.
Comments?
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Or get the chain tools we prefer and cut/break the upper saddles off. Seems extreme, but it would help to "idiot proof" the tool to some degree. Do we have a lot of replacement pins already for the park tools? But other than that, I second Harv's suggestions.
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Off topic, but do we have or what do you think of getting some "half links" to allow for better chain length adjustment on vertical dropout bikes:
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Good idea, let's try breaking off the upper saddle from one of our already-broken tools. Looks like it might require a coping saw with a metal-cutting blade to fit in there. Maybe needle-nose pliers would break one off.
We have stocked 1/2 links, I guess we are out. But we never had the 3/32 half links because of the $4 each price. We've been using the 1/8 inch ones on fixed and SS bikes. Getting the proper chain tension on a vertical drop out bike with fixed centers is real tricky. -
I suspect a couple gentle wacks with a hammer against a screwdriver placed against the upper saddle will snap it off. Or bend it up out of the way where it won't be used anyway.
We may still have 1/2 links. I've never noticed them, but that doesn't mean they aren't there. Yeah, $4 each is a bit much for a part I'd be worried we're going to lose anyway. Maybe we talk Josef into stocking a handful ;) -
I've seen the need for 1/2 links twice since Thursday, so either getting these or getting Josef to stock them sounds like a good idea to me. We looked quickly for some in that top draw behind the counter, under the 'expensive' tool wall, with out any luck (if that's where they were kept).
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Was the need for 3/32" or 1/8"? Or get a couple of each?
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These would be either in the yellow small parts cabinet behind the counter, in which case they would be labeled as such. Or in the larger cabinet to the left, in the "Single Speed" drawer with the master links for 1/8 inch chains. But chances are they are OOS. The master linkes are labeled as, "No charge".
Harv, back home at the top of Cardiac Arrest Crest
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