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This week’s photo is submitted by Anton from Mec’Azur. If you think you know what this is, post your answer in the ‘comments’ section– the correct answer will be posted there on Tuesday!

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Chad
Chad
11 years ago

portable cassete cracker

Andreas
Andreas
11 years ago

Hi there

it is a Shimano cassette removal tool which uses one of the chainstays as a counter force. I bought one of these ca. 1995 and took it travelling all over the world.

Regards

Andreas

Ray
Ray
11 years ago

Pamir Hypercracker

Andy
Andy
11 years ago

It’s a “Hypercracker” from Pamir Engineering.

timbo
timbo
11 years ago

I have one of these buried in my toolbox. Did these only work with Uniglide or did these also work with Hyperglide cassettes?

Jack
Jack
11 years ago

Campagnolo seatpost calibration tool. For models March to June 1979.

MagliaRosa
MagliaRosa
11 years ago

@Jack – isn’t it the 1975 model? There’s a famous scene in “La Course en Tête” where you see Merckx using one.

Your Face
Your Face
11 years ago

Campy fixed gear non drive side crank.

jud
jud
11 years ago

pamir hypercracker.

ronny hörmann
ronny hörmann
11 years ago

yeahh – that´s the hypercracker – very cool for travelling. a real cool tool.
greetings

ronny.hoe

atganirider
atganirider
11 years ago

Timbo – I still use mine for Shimano 8, 9 & 10 sepped cassettes. Brilliant pice of kit. Anyone have the other version with a length of chain on it for those cassettes with one or two screwed sprockets, then splined?

timbo
timbo
11 years ago

Atganirider
Now that my brain woke up, I remember that I have both versions. The other version has the curl that wraps around the chainstay and the attached whip captures the outer cog. I just haven’t had my hands on it for so long. Again, I think this was necessary for the Uniglide, but not the Hyperglide.

timbo
timbo
11 years ago
Colin
11 years ago

Thats a Pamir Engineering Hypercracker!

atganirider
atganirider
11 years ago

Timbo – much obliged, Sir!

Ripnshread
Ripnshread
11 years ago

Carried one in my seat bag for years

lenny
lenny
11 years ago

its a beer can opener

frank
frank
11 years ago

Oh that’s nutz! Just last week I was thinking of sending you a photo of my HyperCracker!

Now I just need to find it before I go to Nicaragua :-/

Clubber
Clubber
11 years ago

As above, it’s a Pamir hypercracker. One of those saved me on a 2day Orienteering event when my chain got wedged behind the cassette and couldn’t be removed any other way.

endurobob
endurobob
11 years ago

I would pay to see someone attempt to use one of those on a cervelo R series bike. I can’t imagine those spindly stays would stand up to that pressure.

Tool is awesome for touring however.

Mark Herbst
Mark Herbst
11 years ago

cleat wrench

Maxwell
Maxwell
11 years ago

J.A. Stein makes a similar tool now

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/stein-mini-lock/

Zach Overholt
Admin
11 years ago

Anyone who answered a Pamir Engineering HyperCracker is correct.
From Anton: This is a PAMIR ENGINEERING Hyper-Cracker

its a very useful tool for touring and the like. line it up with the frame to remove your cassette with the chain acting as the chainwhip

it also has 14/15 spoke nipple tools too!

Anton

Kyle
11 years ago

I have one of these that I found in my dad’s tool box. Cassette Tool

reteptterrab
reteptterrab
11 years ago

Thanks for posting this! I bought mine in the mid 1990s and still have it. Dug it out of the toolbox today so I didn’t have to bring a chainwhip home from the shop to switch out a cassette. Thing works awesome.

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