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Thanks for the comment. My daughter has a road bike less than one year old, carbon fibre, nice looking, the bike that is, but it is not a classic and she cannot keep pace with me on the Eddy Merckx. She has the day off this Friday and i am knocking off at noon so we can go for a long relaxing...

Re: History of the Eddy Merckx: I had my old CCM Silver Ghost stolen shortly after arriving in my permanent residence town in Northern Ontario Canada. I left it inside the Royal Canadian Legion building unlocked, thinking that it would be safe in a gold mining town. Wrong. I went several...

My bike is back on the road, pretty much as good as before. I posted pictures of it in my basement on the site that asks for pictures of those skinny road bikes. I did this on 22 July if anyone is interested in seeing what the bike looks like. I see nothing here that enables me to browse to...

I posted a subject called Seized Hub about 1.5 months ago. It had to do with my struggle to replace a broken spoke on my rear wheel. The sprocket/freewheel was so badly seized that I turned to this site for help. I received lots of helpful suggestions. Eventually I had to destroy the...

I have been trying to post a picture of my 1986 Eddy Merckx. Here is my latest attempt. If this works I will tell the story and post more pictures.

Here is an update. My father in law, retired machinist, removed the outer sprockets of the gear cluster by grinding them off. The inner sprockets then pretty much fell off. The race in side, the one with all of the little ball bearings came off but I was not there to see it. At that point...

I have a recent bicycle repair book, published by Park Tools from the United States. It told me that the repair tool had to be turned counter clockwise. It then referred to the extra leverage that would be achieved by putting the repair tool in a vise. It said that the rim would then be...

Something happened to the first part of my rant. I see only the part that says it is a continuation. Maybe it will surface at some point. I was saying that this adventure taught me two things. The first was that I should have been removing and lubricating the sprocket assembly periodically...

Re: Here is a continuation. I do not know what happened to the first part of my post. My father in law says that using a hammer and punch is the same as using an impact wrench and if that doesn't free it, it is too badly seized to be salvaged. That was his conclusion this morning after...

Re: I mentioned that I had to get the wheel to the bike shop, which is about 1.5 hours west of my community. A friend picked it up yesterday and I hope to have it back in my possession tonight. I am going to the hardware store to see if I can get some industrial strength penetrating fluid...

Thank you all for the innovative ideas. I am going to try some different things, including these new ideas and report back in due course. Can any of you confirm something for me? I was trying to remove the freewheel assembly by attempting to rotate the removal tool counterclockwise...

Re: My removal tool looks like that. I have tried everything now. I have quick release hubs and I secured my removal tool that way. I put it in the bench vise and turned the wheel at the rim. What "gave" was part of the freewheel. The removal tool did not break but it sheared off part...

Can anyone out there help me? I discovered a broken spoke on my rear wheel on the freewheel side. I was able to get the tool to remove the Campagnolo freewheel but the parts are so badly seized that I cannot get the parts to unthread. I took the wheel to a bike shop and they have not been...