Most useless tool
- Thread starter Arkayne
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We have these in my shop, they might be the only tool I've never used. My hands work just fine.
I have two Campy cassette tools after BTI billed one as cassette and one as BB...they're one and the same spline. And didn't even fit my (older than UltraTorque) Campy BB.
Welcome to the joys of Campy ownership. I am currently in the midst of dealing with a guy trying to put a modern Campy drivetrain on an old Peugeot frame. I've tried to convince him this is a terrible idea, but he's adamant, so I'm going to spend some time tomorrow reaming out the BB on said frame, and retapping it to accept an Italian BB. It'll be fun.
I thought this was a thread about Bullcrew
While not completely useless you just can't use both ends at the same time. You'll need two of them.
What do you do with that? Take a piss?
We have these in my shop, they might be the only tool I've never used. My hands work just fine.
I hate regular allen wrenches. Too short to get enough torque.
It was a few bucks so I said, "Why not?" Behold, the Chainring Nut Wrench
Got any useless crap in your toolbox?
Did it come with a pocket full of kryptonite?
Mmike
Hopefully it's stuck in your head because it's stuck in mine now.
fixed
I have used every one of those tools. You just have to need them. The chain ring bolt tool is just to hold the back side. The wide end works far batter on self extracting bolt caps than a spanner. The tire squeezer will work if you are working on some old crappy wheel and you can't get the bead to pop out. I can mount almost any tires sans tools, but have found use for it on occasion. They all have their purpose.
Are you serious? You must not work on enough older bikes to appreciate the "third hand" tool. It also works great on getting zip ties super tight.
They're also really good, with a little modification, at keeping bladed spokes from winding up when building/ truing a wheel.
Work on a wide enough range of new to old (mostly old) bikes and ever tool will be useful.
I've never used the tool that holds the brake pads together on vbrakes, canti brakes, and u brakes; looks like a metal question mark.
Used often. Works best on u brakes, but should be modded to work over a larger tire.
We have these in my shop, they might be the only tool I've never used. My hands work just fine.
what is that, a man handle bike stand?
yeah i never understood that. you can tighten it with that wrench, but still need a crescent or something similar to loosen it along with the whip.
While not completely useless you just can't use both ends at the same time. You'll need two of them.
It's to seat tire beads on unwilling patients.
Angrymetalsmith (aka Jack) used this tool brilliantly one day shuttling. I think it was T-Pirate/Mulestar or his buddy. They sheered their Hayes Sole disc brake right off the bar. He used that thing and like 12-15 zip-ties to hold the assembly in place.
Kid rode with it for a long time afterwards and it was dang near stronger. Big ups to Angrymetalsmith/viking butt pirate/beer snob/Jack.
You must be a fixie rider or something.
I have not used regular allen L-keys for a long time. A gooseneck 3/8" rachet driver and a set of 3mm-10mm allen bits works really nice and really fast in comparison.
He means you can't use the side of the tool away from the chain whip, that is designed to hold the Park cassette tool. You can tighten the cassette with that end, but you still need another one to loosen it since you're holding the cassette in place w/ the chain.
I use every tool in this thread regularly, aside from that Campy sh!t.
Yeah, I have those and a set of T handles for quick adjustments.
I though DMG was the most useless tool?
Hey, the 4th hand is extremely useful for V-brakes and sidepulls. Not so for cable disc brakes, and you don't need it if you use only hyrdos.
I thought this thread was going to be about loco
I assumed it was about Arkayne and the fact that RM has now rendered him powerless.
BRING BACK AUTO-LOADING GIFS!!!!
BRING BACK AUTO-LOADING GIFS!!!!
Where is the RM version of that pic?
