Tools / Pumps » Cassette lockring tools
A cassette lockring tool is handy to have a long, I have had a cassette loosen up during a ride. Regular ones are heavy and require a heavy wrench to use.
Here are two that are tiny and do not use a wrench.
Unior Cassette toolStein cassette lockring tool
For more info, see: http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/tools/cassette.html
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January 18th, 2009 in
Tools / Pumps
Looks pretty good, pricy tho
I have a Hypercracker around somewhere I carried it on my first AZT trip and used it a lot at first then I broke the rear D while using it.
On the second trip I ended up buying one of the regular ones and borrowed a wrench to use it the first time. Never needed it again but I figured it would be easy to find a wrench to borrow as long as I had the tool.
Red loctite on your cassette lockring, followed by judicious torque, removes 99.999% of the likelhood of the lockring coming loose for years on end. Still very easy to remove when needed.
A few drops of red loctite weighs a lot less than *any* just-in-case tool.
MC
True about the red Loctite…anaerobic, man! That means that it hardens in the absence of air, which is pretty slick. NEVER had a cassette ring let go since I started gluing them. I STILL carry the ‘cracker in case I have to replace a spoke on the drive side. The red Loctite does not help much for that…