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    After being burned by Campag's weird ways recently and having to delay builds until I'd ordered new tools like 3.5mm and 7mm allen keys that seem to appear on no multi tool ever. I thought I'd get ahead of the curve after winning an Ultra Torque crank on eBay, so just thought fuck it, I'll order the tool at the same time so I can get it fitted and get the bike back on the road ASAP, as its bound to be a unique dodecahedron fitting or something.

    Both arrived yesterday and its just a bloody 10mm allen key, which of course I had already,. The one bloody time I didn't have to buy a 'special' tool and I end up buying one, BAH!

    When did Campag get overcome with common sense?

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    This is annoying. I was told (admittedly a while ago - and probably by a Shimano salesman, thinking about it) that you needed a special tool that cost hundreds of pounds to change Ultra Torque cranks. Is it really just a 10mm allen key?

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    Ultra Torque is actually dreamy to fit, super easy, just a 10mm hex key. BUT you need a very long one as the bolt is quite deep inside the crank

    The short end on normal 10mm hex aren't long enough to get to it, and using the long side obviously doesnt give enough leverage.

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    I bought one of these on Amazon for a tenner. It ended up arriving a bit late, so I resorted to using the long end of an allen key and managed to get enough leverage to fit the cranks. I haven't needed to re-tighten it since and it's been rock solid.

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