Installing a new cassette

[Thomk]

Can I do this without a cassette lock ring remover and a chain whip (i.e. are there any cheats I can use or do I need to buy the tools)?

 

[Paul J]

I have only ever removed the screw on type cassette and only needed the adaptor to fit the splines. I then just held on the the rim and turned the spanner and adaptor. Don't know if this helps your problem.

 

[Cubist]

You can make your own chainwhip, but as you can buy them for six quid why bother?http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=36&products_id=388 You'll use it enough times in a bike's lifetime, and thought here are other ways of holding the cassette in place, a whip saves skin and knuckles. Similarly a lockring remover costs from a fiver, and there isn't really a way round them that I know of.

 

[BSRU]

Buy the right tools for the job, they do not cost much but save time and sometimes pain.

 

[Thomk]

Done, thanks.