Bike tools you wish you'd bought sooner
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Sorting out a pad change this afternoon which involved realigning the callipers. Pretty straightforward with zero swear rating.
Got me thinking what a PIA job this would be without a work stand.
I got by faffing and struggling for years before getting one. What an idiot.
Any other tools you wouldn't be without?
Got me thinking what a PIA job this would be without a work stand.
I got by faffing and struggling for years before getting one. What an idiot.
Any other tools you wouldn't be without?
A decent workstand like you say is def a game changer. Got a Park Tool one that my parents bought me years ago as a birthday present as a teenager and it's still going strong.
Talking about caliper alignment, I find these little things amazing, cheap AF and make short easy work of it.
Headset press cost me a bit but has more than paid for itself and mates appreciate the use of it too.
Proper star nut setting tool saves a lot of faff and doesn't cost the earth.
Next purchase for me is a Park Tool dummy fork.....
https://www.parktool.com/en-int/product/dummy-fork...
Talking about caliper alignment, I find these little things amazing, cheap AF and make short easy work of it.
Headset press cost me a bit but has more than paid for itself and mates appreciate the use of it too.
Proper star nut setting tool saves a lot of faff and doesn't cost the earth.
Next purchase for me is a Park Tool dummy fork.....
https://www.parktool.com/en-int/product/dummy-fork...
bobbo89 said:
Talking about caliper alignment, I find these little things amazing, cheap AF and make short easy work of it.
I don't normally have a problem but those canny little things will make it a doddle.The amount I've spent on crap tools and trying to use a multi tool for garage work, I would have probably been better off buying a comprehensive Park Tools set in the first place.
Oh yeah, allen keys, a good set of T-Handles are handy AF. Halfords Advanced for £26 are a bargain.
That said though, I've had my trusty Park AWS-10 for nearing 20 years now and it's still going strong. Every cyclist should have one....
That said though, I've had my trusty Park AWS-10 for nearing 20 years now and it's still going strong. Every cyclist should have one....
At home I tend to use a 1/4" ratchet with hex sockets rather than allen keys. Find that much easier.
A decent cassette lockring tool is a must especially now two of my bikes use centrelock discs. Not a cyclo/halfords one as for some reason they taper inside and won't go over the end of the through axle. The Park ones work perfectly though.
I did have a headset press but some a-hole stole it out of my dad's garage. Not that there's much call for a headset press these days with integrated headsets.
Got a selection of lengths of threaded rod, nuts and big washers which can be used to make up various bearing presses when combined with sockets of the right size. Bit of a bodge but never had an issue doing suspension or bottom bracket bearings.
A decent cassette lockring tool is a must especially now two of my bikes use centrelock discs. Not a cyclo/halfords one as for some reason they taper inside and won't go over the end of the through axle. The Park ones work perfectly though.
I did have a headset press but some a-hole stole it out of my dad's garage. Not that there's much call for a headset press these days with integrated headsets.
Got a selection of lengths of threaded rod, nuts and big washers which can be used to make up various bearing presses when combined with sockets of the right size. Bit of a bodge but never had an issue doing suspension or bottom bracket bearings.
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