Re: What do you carry in your toolkit?
- From: Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 04:27:09 GMT
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Andre Jute <fiultra1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I carry a small Park combination headset/ pedal spanner bolted up
behind my water bottle. It also fits the axle cap nuts of Shimano's
Nexus hub gearboxes, so the rear wheel can be taken off to change the
tube.
All the rest of my tools fit in a hardshell spectacles case and
consist of round multisize spoke wrench (never touched the spokes on
my current Bontrager Satellite Elite wheels in over a year, unlike
some accursed Rigida wheels I had once that had to be tightened
weekly); an 8x10mm open spanner for adjusting the brakes; Topeak's
Tool Bar
I don't imagine the toolkit weighs as a much as pound. It includes
only what I need, even the superfluous bits for the Topeak Tool Bar
are left at home. I have several other multitools and all of them have
more superfluous tools than useful ones, so I leave their weight at
home.
The one thing I cannot fix on the road is a loose crank bolt on my
favourite bike [...]
Best bike tool I ever bought, that Topeak Tool Bar
Unless I'm very much mistaken, you can't fix all possible broken chains,
as a single pin failure still leaves you with the other pin to extract,
even if you have a spare link.
(The best but bigger and heavier alternative to the Topeak Tool Bar,
if you have a modern city or mountain bike, is the SKS CTWORX if you
need a chainsplitter or SKS T-WORX if you use quick-release links on
your chain. These two SKS multitools have the correct open spanners
together with the correct hex keys and screwdrivers, and thereby
leaves the Aliens and other expensive multi-multitools for dead.)
What do you carry, and why?
My core multitool is a Crank Brothers Multi-17:
http://www.crankbrothers.com/multi17.php
Chain tool, four-size spoke wrench, mediocre 8/10 mm open-end wrenches,
and the necessary hex, torx, and screwdriver bits. It's surpassingly
effective.
No tire levers, so I carry those, plus a tube, patches, sandpaper, glue,
a presta extension tube, and a spare link. I usually carry a
presta-schrader adapter. I also have a compact, cheesy pump which should
be able to get a road tire up to 60-70 pounds. The loose bits aside from
the tire levers go in a tiny patch-kit box.
I added a fairly short 15 mm wrench to the kit once I got a bike with a
bolt-on rear axle (Alfine hub).
I don't really do unsupported rides into unpopulated areas (with rare
exceptions). This kit is all about getting back on the road and not
being too much trouble. I carry it as a bag for the tube, a similar-size
bag for the rest of the stuff, and the pump, but I could make the whole
bundle except the pump fit into a small tailbag. Instead, they usually
go into a back pocket or a saddlebag.
The Crank Brothers 17 is a pretty fabulous tool. I haven't seen anything
that includes a more optimal collection of tools in such a compact
arrangement. Even the other Crank Brothers tools (larger and smaller)
seem inferior.
As for tire levers, in my experience they're a wear item.
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