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I could but I'm not going to. Both bikes are being raced and I save my best hammer work for the Condor and the Inbred.

I bought and used this one successfully... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071X25WP4/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_dp_1

Your choice. Worked fine on my caad12. I expect the frame to withstand 70kg smashing into a London pothole, a couple light taps of a hammer don’t worry me

That was the first one I saw.

Shit maybe I should just source some threaded bar. Ok, where do I get threaded bar from?

I have said bar

I'm not worried about the frame, I'm worried about not evenly seating the bearings which leads to premature wear which means I have to replace them sooner (or the spindle) which makes me mad. I hate working on bikes and it seems to be all I'm doing at the moment. In recent times I've taken the "get the right tool for the job" attitude if it means 1sec less swearing at bikes in my life. I am not a patient mechanic..

Really? How would I relieve you of it? U sell?

Its from a hardware store or something. You can borrow it if you want, not really worth buying off me, its like 2 quids worth. I can drop it to you tomorrow on my engined bike.

How often are you going to replace press-fit BBs? There's a workshop near me that lets you rent a stand in the workshop including all the tools/etc. by the hour for £6 and I've been in to replace two headsets. Say it takes me 30 mins to replace a headset, I'd have to do 17 of them before it's cheaper to buy the £50 headset press.

Might be worth looking for something similar near you?

I want to do this stuff in-house. So I need to own the stuff.

It's a great relief if something goes awry if I know I can strip it down and fix it that night without having to schedule a LBS visit or whatever. For the sake of £10-20 worth of tools it makes my life calmer.

Do you know what it is (dimensions). I just thought of the hardware store around the corner, they might have something useful.

Not exactly I'm afraid. The only problem is that the plates which sit against the bearings that you're trying the press in can swivel around on the rod. There's nothing keeping them parallel to one another so you can still press them in at an angle. You'd need blocks on the rod rather than plates so that their thickness stops them being able to to move in any direction other than up and down the rod.
The one I've got is about 10mm thick and 25cm long with a load of bolts and 2 square plates

Pic from google shows what I mean where the two discs are not perpendicular to the rod

Toolstation, Screwfix, even Wickes maybe.

If I've already got these bits:

Then if I got bar that closely matched the internal diam. they should be pretty straight, no? Better than me tapping them in with a hammer anyway.

I think I want another blue tool in my collection..

Question about old things: please don't say 'throw them away and buy something else'.

The cone & locknut on the end of a pedal spindle is inside the cup that extends to the dustcap thread, and normal cone spanners can't get to them. These are Campagnolo record pista pedals, a classic design that is mimicked by MKS etc.

Are there specific offset / angled spanners that do this job?

// Waits for someone to say 'throw them away and buy something else' just to spite me.

Peanut butter wrench? What is the size of the nut?

I just tried a bit harder ... sorted it.

The cone spanner I was trying was one of those rubbish pressed things with bulges in, as soon as I found a nice flat one, it turns out the cone is just proud of the cup, and I got it out. Brill.

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Are there specific offset / angled spanners that do this job?

Yes. The dust cap and lock nut tool is #710, I don't know the number for the pedal cone tool.

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I’ve got a proper one you can borrow

Hope XC6 hubs. Thought they would be 11 speed. I’m trying to put a road cassette on. SRAM 11-36 to be precise. Doesn’t fit. I’m guessing that means it’s shimano mtb 11 speed but not road. Is this right? It’s dofferent?
How can I use them with force 22 levers and rival1 mech?