Hmmm. Man, this is tough to explain in writing. Well, often times we put the cassette tool in a vice, slide the wheel down onto the cassette tool which is griped by the vice, then give it a solid, gentle push with your chain whip.

I doubt that helps much.....

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Just think that the normal pull of the chain tightens the screw. Meaning that to tighten you have to twist it clockwise. To untighten you need to turn it anti-clockwise.

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smartasscoach.tri-oeiras.com

anti-clockwise = counter clockwise

Thinking it over a bit. How stupid of me to even ask! You wouldn't need chain whip if it loosend the other way because the pawls would hold against the tension. Thanks for the advise though.

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I guess this forum is counter-Brian286 then ;-)

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smartasscoach.tri-oeiras.com

lol..yeah...but i didn't get banned...

That's only because Slowman's out of town! ;-)

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smartasscoach.tri-oeiras.com

Thanks for that. I'll work on my training wheel first, in case I tweak something. Shimano RD-535 - solid as a rock, and feels like a rock when riding on 'em.

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HalfSpeed,

I love your tag line, "The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs."

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Ben Cline


Better to aspire to Greatness and fail, than to not challenge one's self at all, and succeed.

Thanks. It came from an email from my sister. She sent a bunch of 'old age' sentiments. I'd show you the rest, but I forgot where I put it. I'm afraid in not too many years, the Easter egg bit will ring true with me. At least with triathlon, you don't have to remember much, just which way to turn at the buoy, what your bike looks like and which shoe goes on what foot. Other than that, just go fast.

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Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.