fixie lock ring, what tool?

[young Ed]

converting the old girl to a fixie what sort of tool do i need for the lock ring on the rear sprocket?
will this do for both BB and fixie sprocket lock ring?

Cheers Ed

 

[Dusty Bin]

What are you converting - geared to SS? You only need a C spanner if you have a single speed hub.

 

[Pennine-Paul]

Use the rotafix method for tightening your cog
I've never bothered with a lockring tool,
just nip it up with a screwdriver and a hammer
never had a cog come loose ever.

 

[fossyant]

Lockring isn't really needed - only fitted one recently as it came with my wheels. I wouldn't use one of those tools with one peg, you need a "c" spanner with more. Skinned knuckles !

 

[young Ed]

Lockring isn't really needed - only fitted one recently as it came with my wheels. I wouldn't use one of those tools with one peg, you need a "c" spanner with more. Skinned knuckles !

something like this for the loose ball bearing bottom bracket cups?

rather than this

Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

or something like this for BB cups

whats this one for?

Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

but i don't want this one for the loose ball bearing type bottom bracket cups do i?

Cheers Ed

 

[Smurfy]

There's only one tool for a job this important!

https://www.bricklanebikesshop.co.uk/products/paul-components-lockring-wrench

 

[young Ed]

The second one for an old, loose ball bearing, bottom bracket and for a lock ring. If you don't have one, you can put a sacrificial screwdriver in the slot as a drift and tap that with a hammer.
The round black tool is a top hat tool used to undo Shimano hollow tech ii bottom bracket cups with one side and to tighten the non drive crank arm onto the bottom bracket with the other.

the second one being this

?
for this sort of cup?

There's only one tool for a job this important!

https://www.bricklanebikesshop.co.uk/products/paul-components-lockring-wrench

£75, no thanks mate! get me self 1 new wheel for that!
Cheers Ed

 

[Dusty Bin]

the second one being this

you won't be needing that...

 

[young Ed]

sorry guys your pics aren't displaying but do i need black one or silver one?

or

Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

The silver one

thanks, but what was @fossyant on about in below post what tool is this C spanner?

Lockring isn't really needed - only fitted one recently as it came with my wheels. I wouldn't use one of those tools with one peg, you need a "c" spanner with more. Skinned knuckles !

Cheers Ed

 

[fossyant]

Post a picture of the BB you currently have. If it's the old cup ones, we would all say replace with the UN53,54,55 version

Simple. They don't need the spanner.

Post pictures of what you have now.

 

[young Ed]

it is the old cup i know as last time a mate did it for me!
i would love to replace with un54/55 but i only just have the funds present to give my brother a tenner for his bday tomorrow and buy a crank extractor and bike repair stand and one or two tools for BB
and if i did get a un54 or 5 then i still need a tool like this, right

Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

would this set do me for un54/5 shimano BB's?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bike-Bicy...sure_Cycling_BikeLocks_SR&hash=item565fa78773
Cheers Ed