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Originally Posted by look 171
Steal them both for 10 bucks. Use the alum. job for the very special occasions and ride the Winner for daily grind. They can take a lot of abuse.
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That was $5 for
both . . . good to be friends w/ your local bike shop.
The Micro Pro can be removed with a two-prong tool, but it
should be removed with a special six tooth tool, to minimize damage to the aluminum body. I don't have that tool, and it isn't easy to find. The bike shop has it, but I don't see myself running to the bike shop every time I want to change a freewheel.
I think either I'll a) install the Micro lightly for "weigh-in", then remove it (aka cheating), b) install the Micro and ride it until it croaks, c) keep it as a curio, and keep looking for a Zeus 2000, d) stumble across a six prong tool.
The Zeus 2000 has a steel body and alloy cogs, it isn't as light as the all-aluminum freewheels but is more practical and loose cogs show up on eBay occasionally. The cogs are splined so I could in theory make a CAD file and have a local water jet place cut me all the spare cogs I want.
Curt, I bought a lightly used Regina Superleggera hollow-pin chain for $50 on eBay. It is about 1/3 worn, so still okay to use. The NOS ones are crazy priced.
Edit: I see a used one w/ Regina Oro FW on eBay, pretty cheap, and a NOS one for $139 also on eBay via Boulder Bicycles.