Good budget tool kit

counterculture
counterculture Posts: 507
edited April 2009 in MTB buying advice
any advice? i have money to spend on it but i dont wanna blast a chunk on crap. is it possible to get a decent one for about £50, i dont think i need to go for park tools at the minute but im looking to get a good starter kit i can add and swap bits and pieces
i spent all me money on whisky and beer!!!

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    The Lifeline kit from Wiggle.
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Yup. Or, there's another shop that sells the same kit seemingly, under a different brand, for less. If you've got an internal BB you'll need to get a seperate tool for that, and if you've got bolted rotors you'll need a T25 torq, as neither are included but depite these frankly ridiculous omissions, it's a very nice kit. Just in the middle of building a 5th bike up with it, the cable cutters are suffering a little but everything else is spot on.
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  • Torres
    Torres Posts: 1,266
    +1 for the lifeline kit.
    Only around 40 quid and a total bargain. Just add to it when you need more specific tools, but like northwind says the T25 key is a rather odd omision, but they aren't pricey.

    Tool quality is also good.

    Buy one! 8)
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Why not just buy what you need when you need it?
    That way your not wasting money on tools you don't need.
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Because this way is cheaper- for the price of the whole kit, you could only get a couple of decent tools. Also, it means you're less likely to get caught out needing a tool at 10pm on friday when your mate's picking you up at 9am on saturday.
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  • Airienteer
    Airienteer Posts: 695
    Revolution Tune Up Kit
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    naaaa... I've used one of those and the general quality of the tools isn't as nice. Not a bad kit by any means but I don't think it really compares, it's definately a cheap kit, the lifeline one is a decent kit which just happens to be cheap.

    Icetoolz have a fairly nice small kit, but it's let down a wee bit by containing too many nasty general tools, and skimping a bit on the bike tools. For me, it's better for these kits to be all bike tools, maybe a couple of allen keys, but there's no need for some of the rubbish that they pad these out with.
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