Cannot remove BB from 95 Rockhopper

[bifter]

I note that you describe the frame as a 95 in your title and as a 85 in your text.

Ooops my bad, a typo - it is a 95. I worked all summer in a sports shop to save up for it when I was a youngun.

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Thanks for the French tips! Turned out the guy in the shop spoke English, so my rehearsed phrase was not needed.

I showed him le boitier and he popped out the back and came out 10 minutes later with the bike in one hand and what was left of le boitier in the other

He didn't charge me which was cool.

Next step is to fit the Kona P2 I recently bought to replace my nasty cheapo suspension forks.

Sounds like a shop well worth spending your hard earned cash in. Good on 'em.

 

[Old Ned]

Any idea how he did it as I think I have the same problem with my '98 Giant TCR ally road frame. I haven't got a spanner that fits the tool exactly and I haven't got a big vice - but I know a man who has!