One more data point on freewheel removal. I follow the steps mentioned in
prior posts, but use my really big adjustable wrench over which I slip a
4-foot length of pipe. Then the leverage from this jumbo tool easily
"breaks" the bond.
--
Fred Yavorsky
Jenkintown, PA
http://www.twistcomm.com/Bikes
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 2:00 AM, RoadieRyan wrote:
> "72 Cinelli? Molto Bene! got any pictures of it up on the internets?
>
> I saw a beautiful vintage Cinelli Super Corsa at the Seattle bike show
> in February it looked fast and smooth just sitting there.
>
> Ryan
>
> On Apr 8, 1:41 pm, Eric Norris wrote:
> > My guess is that any standard 2-prong remover will work on that
> freewheel, but I am admittedly not a Shimano expert. You should be able to
> order a remover at any reputable bike shop. When you get it, hold it tight
> to the freewheel by reinstalling the skewer, and use a nice, big wrench on
> the remover. It's important to hold the remover tight, because the remover
> and/or engaging parts on the freewheel will have a tendency to strip if you
> don't.
> >
> > Those are indeed some long-lasting hubs. I have a set on my '72 Cinelli
> and on my randonneuring bike. If the bearings ever stop spinning smoothly,
> Phil Wood will refurbish the hubs for you.
> >
> > --Eric N
> > Sent from the iPad 2
> >
> > On Apr 8, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Minh wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > And for times when they get you into trouble. So i'll take the retro-
> > > derailleur request from a recent thread to bring this up. For some
> > > odd reason i've noticed that my inclination for bike parts leans
> > > towards the old. After a dalliance with carbon fiber and suspension
> > > in my youth (you should see my hardtail mt bike, carbon cranks from
> > > 1998! magura brakes! carbon fiber suspension seat post!). at the old
> > > age of 33 i'm only buying bike parts old then me or from an era older
> > > then me.
> >
> > > Anyway here's one of those situations where maybe i'm getting myself
> > > into trouble buying the old stuff. I picked up this wheel recently
> > > and it's an old phil wood design, from the pictures i'd guess early
> > > 80's. Well it has a Shimano 600 freewheel, in general i love shimano
> > > 600 stuff (two cranks, brakes, levers etc), but i'm hesitant to use
> > > this wheel as is. The FW looks to be in ok condition. My concern is
> > > that i've done some research and i know that getting this freewheel
> > > off can be tricky, so i'm trying to decide now if i should attempt to
> > > remove and replace with something more modern or ride it and pray that
> > > i'll be able to remove it in a few years. This is an either or
> > > because after reading the nightmares about getting this freewheel off
> > > (and also tracking down the freewheel tool which is only made by one
> > > small mfr still) i wouldn't re-mount it myself.
> >
> > > And i really would like to use the hub for years to come, it's held up
> > > this far no reason to think it won't keep going.
> >
> > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/minhi/5599199529/
> >
> > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/minhi/5599781666/
> >
> > > And for those people who are going to tell me just to give up on
> > > freewheels, sure i could've just gotten a shimano 105 cassette hub
> > > wheel fort he same price, but i just love the fact that a 30 year old
> > > phil wood wheel still spins smooth.
> >
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