• I need a vice to put in a freewheel tool so I can use the rim as the lever to spin off a stuck singlespeed freewheel. Those B&D benches are useless unless you can bolt them to the ground and even then they flex a lot with the forces needed. I want a proper workbench somewhere.

  • Those B&D benches are useless unless

    I know, just failing to be helpful again.

    I want a proper workbench somewhere

    :-(
    I have one, a big old timber bu**er I bought 25-odd years ago complete with a wood-worker's vice and I fixed a big old Record to the top of it. One of the best things I ever spend £30 on. Heirloom.
    Sorry.

  • I've been able to remove freewheels by:

    1. Securing the tool in place with a bolt/qr
    2. Bracing the wheel against a wall
    3. Putting a ring spanner over the freewheel tool
    4. Twatting the end of the spanner with a hammer until the freewheel loosens.

    I think the sharper impacts of the hammer actually releases the freewheel quicker than the vice/busdriver method.

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