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eric
eric
12 years ago

Freewheel remover for touring cyclists?

OlyOop
OlyOop
12 years ago

I’ve got one of those, although I don’t remember what it’s called. Bought it from framebuilder Angel Rodriguez, who invented it. It hails from the era of touring, and is used as a portable freewheel removing lever. The long prongs go over the stem, while a freewheel remover tool fits in the section that’s machined away. A skewer is threaded into the hole to keep everything in place. The stem, then, and indeed the whole bike, acts as a lever arm while you twist the freewheel off the wheel.

OlyOop
OlyOop
12 years ago

Pocket Pro! That’s what it was called.

Upsidedownbiker
Upsidedownbiker
12 years ago

I thought they called it the cassette cracker.

Michael
Michael
12 years ago

I don’t think that is the tool you are thinking of. This is cast. It wouldn’t handle that pressure. And the end is not shaped quite right to fit in a freewheel or cassette. I believe it’s for a rack on a bike. I will look when I get in the shop as it looks familiar.

Pat
Pat
12 years ago

Some type of disc brake adapter?

andy
12 years ago

it is in fact a freewheel removal tool holder…..but I don’t remember who made it….J A Stein maybe?

greg
greg
12 years ago

that’s my missing tooth

OlyOop
OlyOop
12 years ago

It still requires a freewheel remover; this only substitutes for the vice or big wrench you’d need to turn it. It’s plenty strong enough, but in practice marred the stem. Spokes weren’t as good in the 70s as they are now and American tourists overloaded their rear racks and so broken spokes weren’t uncommon, and this was pretty handy for remote repairs.

Chuck
Chuck
12 years ago

I don’t know what it is, but you should give it back to Pat.

Wheelthang
Wheelthang
12 years ago
shiggy
shiggy
12 years ago

EASY!
Portable freewheel removal vice. Holds the appropriate FW removal tool (in the top), is held on with the QR skewer, and the bottom fits over a handy(?) fence rail.

A common tool for the touring cyclist so they could replace a broken rear driveside spoke

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