Removing the cassette

daveclow
daveclow Posts: 164
edited September 2009 in Workshop
i didn't realise you needed specialist tools for this. i was fitting my new tires to my new wheels last night but came to an abrupt holt when it came to swapping the cassette over. what a ball-bag!

is it a LBS trip to get this done or can i freestyle it with tools i may have at home.

Michelin kyrilians tires, and Mavic Askium wheels by the way :)

cheers,


d

Comments

  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    You need a chain whip tool to get it off.

    Any LBS SHOULD do it for free.
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    chain whip is not strictly necessary you can just about do it without if you've got an old chain and some 2 X 4 kicking about. You will however need a cassette lockring tool to remove the lockring without destroying it.
    Neeermad
    Carbon 456
    456 lefty
    Pompino
    White Inbred
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    and on the lbs front, no they bloody shouldn't do it for free.


    They might let you borrow the tools and do it yourself, usually for free. But unless you have a relationship with your lbs it is unlikely that they'll just do freebies for strangers.
    Neeermad
    Carbon 456
    456 lefty
    Pompino
    White Inbred
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    You can get the tools for £10-£15, well worth having in your tool box.
  • Mister W
    Mister W Posts: 791
    It's a job that you have to do frequently enough to justify buying the tools. They're not very expensive.
  • flicksta
    flicksta Posts: 157
    It might not sound like something you would do that often, but if you have the tools to take the cassette off, it makes cleaning the bike a whole different world. Takes it back to brand new.
    Litespeed Siena
    Brompton
    Spesh Hardrock
  • flicksta
    flicksta Posts: 157
    It might not sound like something you would do that often, but if you have the tools to take the cassette off, it makes cleaning the bike a whole different world. Takes it back to brand new.
    Litespeed Siena
    Brompton
    Spesh Hardrock
  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    IME, it is worth investing in a big spanner to give you decent leverage on the lockring remover.

    I just use an old chain to hold the cassette still. (I broke my chainwhip!)

    Good thing to learn how to do. Easy when you know how.

    Fast and Bulbous
    Peregrinations
    Eddingtons: 80 (Metric); 60 (Imperial)
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    ride_whenever wrote:
    and on the lbs front, no they bloody shouldn't do it for free.

    To me LBS - means your LOCAL shop - and therefore someone you know.

    I've walked in off the street to a shop I've never been in before and had it done for free - and also paid a few quid at others. But my LOCAL shop - where I go regularly, would do something like that for free.
  • acidstrato
    acidstrato Posts: 945
    chainwhip 6 quid
    lockring tool 3 quid
    big spanner 5 quid

    being able to do it yourself - priceless
    Crafted in Italy apparantly

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