Old tools and other bits

[biggs682]

When i collected a 1970's Claud Butler Cavalier from its original owner last week he handed over a box of assorted tools , spares and other cycling bits and bobs.

Some very useful some will stay in box and never get used , The tool in the 5th picture i have no idea what it is for so presume something to do with freewheel removal .

He also went to great lengths to make sure he told about treating the Brooks Professional saddle with some special cream that was in he box and sure enough there was a tin with "Ko Chin Line " on and reading the instruction its the stuff he was talking about , should last years and years

 

[HertzvanRental]

When i collected a 1970's Claud Butler Cavalier from its original owner last week he handed over a box of assorted tools , spares and other cycling bits and bobs.

Some very useful some will stay in box and never get used , The tool in the 5th picture i have no idea what it is for so presume something to do with freewheel removal . View attachment 99860 View attachment 99861 View attachment 99862 View attachment 99863 View attachment 99865 View attachment 99866

He also went to great lengths to make sure he told about treating the Brooks Professional saddle with some special cream that was in he box and sure enough there was a tin with "Ko Chin Line " on and reading the instruction its the stuff he was talking about , should last years and years

Nice tools, but you should really change your newspaper!!

 

[biggs682]

Nice tools, but you should really change your newspaper!!

i thought it would catch everybody's eye

 

[midlife]

Picture 5 are home made chain whips

Shaun

 

[raleighnut]

The last piccie looks like a 'homemade' headset press, not sure why it has old BB cups on it though, just to keep em together maybe?

 

[biggs682]

Picture 5 are home made chain whips

Shaun

i could only presume as much

The last piccie looks like a 'homemade' headset press, not sure why it has old BB cups on it though, just to keep em together maybe?

that was my first thought i wish now i had emptied the box in front of the old boy so he could tell me but i would still be there

 

[sidevalve]

Keep the metal tyre levers, polish them 'till they shine and USE them - the modern plastic things are useless.

 

[biggs682]

Keep the metal tyre levers, polish them 'till they shine and USE them - the modern plastic things are useless.

dont i know that

 

[Gravity Aided]

The last piccie looks like a 'homemade' headset press, not sure why it has old BB cups on it though, just to keep em together maybe?

Perhaps they keep the cups true as they are pressed into the headtube.

 

[wisdom]

One little observation and a delve into my memory.The original bike "multitools"that sometimes came with a bike, or were bought from the array of bikeshops are still going strong despite laying in the bottom of a saddlebag(the old version of a wedge seat bag)for years.
The spanners didnt round nuts off, the jaws didnt spread, they really did the job.What a difference in quality.From a lot of the imported tat thats around now.
Just an observation.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I slowly phase out other equipment with Park Tools for bicycle applications, and Stanley/Craftsman for the other things, and I buy vintage when I can find it, in those names. Craftsman is warranted for life.

 

[User42423]

When i collected a 1970's Claud Butler Cavalier from its original owner last week he handed over a box of assorted tools , spares and other cycling bits and bobs.

Some very useful some will stay in box and never get used , The tool in the 5th picture i have no idea what it is for so presume something to do with freewheel removal . View attachment 99860 View attachment 99861 View attachment 99862 View attachment 99863 View attachment 99865 View attachment 99866

He also went to great lengths to make sure he told about treating the Brooks Professional saddle with some special cream that was in he box and sure enough there was a tin with "Ko Chin Line " on and reading the instruction its the stuff he was talking about , should last years and years

Picture five are fixed wheel sprocket removal whips. & picture six is (I think) a bottom bracket removal tool.

 

[HertzvanRental]

On a more general note, I was a carpenter and joiner. I have all of my tools, together with tools that belonged to my Dad. Many of them are superfluous in the building trade of today, and, sometimes, it makes me kind if sad to know that they will probably be dumped when I'm gone.

 

[raleighnut]

On a more general note, I was a carpenter and joiner. I have all of my tools, together with tools that belonged to my Dad. Many of them are superfluous in the building trade of today, and, sometimes, it makes me kind if sad to know that they will probably be dumped when I'm gone.

Ditto, most of em couldn't even assemble my plough plane let alone use it to cut a groove.