What's your favourite bike tool?

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Mick F wrote: 7 Jul 2021, 4:41pm
8mm 9mm and 10mm hex nuts?
Why?
There are plenty of 8 and 10 mm hex nuts on my bikes on e.g. mudguards and racks but I have no 9 mm nuts. I now have open ended and ring spanners with 8 and 10 mm at the ends so I never pick up the wrong spanner.

My favourite tool could be my track pump because it just works every time.
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rotavator wrote: 26 Sep 2021, 9:24pmMy favourite tool could be my track pump because it just works every time.
It's not a tool as such but I got one of these, because I'm just that lazy :lol:

I don't take it out riding with me but I might buy another so I have one while out and one at home.

Doesn't pack much of a punch though, topping up 4 car tyres will drain most of it.

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My Lezyne alloy track pump. Had it >10 years; fastest pump I ever had. For on the bike, my Road Morph pump: since I buggered a collar bone in 2002 I haven't been able to use an ordinary pump or one of those minute silvery things, but with this I can put an end on the ground and use both hands. Last time I used it I got up to ~6½ bar.
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Tekton 1/4” drive 270° swivel head ratchet (with Facom hex socket set).

I was looking for a nut driver/spinner, but this has that facility as well as being handy for fiddly jobs such as bottle cages and micro adjust seat posts etc.

Lovely versatile tool, although the price has doubled since I bought mine a couple of years ago.

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Took some finding…. I used to take my Pamir Engineering Freewheel Cracker on tour. This turned the bike into a chain-whip and helped with broken drive-side spokes. I’ve got their later Hypercracker for cassette lock rings somewhere too.

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backnotes wrote: 30 Sep 2021, 1:14pm Took some finding…. I used to take my Pamir Engineering Freewheel Cracker on tour. This turned the bike into a chain-whip and helped with broken drive-side spokes. I’ve got their later Hypercracker for cassette lock rings somewhere too.


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My favourite is the 1.5-kilo hammer I apply to the end of the spanner I use to start unscrewing pedals. One tap does the trick.
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Mick F wrote: 7 Jul 2021, 10:11am The issue with multitools is that they rarely have all the bits you need, and often have bits you never need.
That Park one at the beginning. .......... What are the 8mm, 9mm and 10mm sockets for?

My favourite tools are a full set of Allen keys.
My mudguards use 8mm nuts (for the stays) and 10mm nuts (for the mounting bolt).
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There's a Chinese YTool copy of the Park 8,9,10mm to be had online for a fiver!
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Good quality chrome vanadium too.
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Don't know about "favourite" but the three I use all the time are:
* my Topeak multitool
* a Shimano-a-like cable cutter
* a SKS RennKompressor track pump
The multitool comes with me everywhere, is used all the time and shows no signs of wearing at all. The pump's the same and will doubtless still be cheerfully pumping air after nuclear armagedon. I wasn't sure about the cable cutters as I usually try to heed the motto, "Buy cheap, buy twice." and bite the bullet to buy the best gear I can afford, so when I bought the cutters at a low price off of Amazon, I didn't expect them to last long. However, they show no sign of giving up, many cable cuts down the line.
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This
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15mm open ended and 14/15mm socket; it does all my square taper crank bolts, pedals and wheel nuts.

Use it all the time

A close second is a full set of Snap-on ball ended Allen keys - found as road kill :D
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Stradageek wrote: 28 Jan 2022, 6:02pm15mm open ended and 14/15mm socket; it does all my square taper crank bolts, pedals and wheel nuts.
Haven't seen that before. Neat.

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When I posted my favourite, I realised I actually never even use it. :lol:

Based on usage, it's this thing by a long way.

I swapped the Phillips for a 6mm allen bit and the 3/4/5 allen bits for Wera Hex Plus ones (that cost nearly as much as the torque key did!)

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Whoops, forgot about this one. The only multi-tool I know of that incorporates a usable pedal/wheel nut spanner. It is however eyewateringly expensive (£40)
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