SS & Fixed carrying 15mm spanners

redvee
redvee Posts: 11,922
edited May 2009 in Commuting chat
I know you can buy Surly and other spanners that bolt on your bike via the bottle bosses but I'm a cheapskate that can run to spending a fiver on a 15mm combi spanner from his LCAS. Now have it mounted on the frame courtesy of some odds n ends I had in the kitchen cupboard, most people call this their shed etc but my 1st floor flat doesn't have a shed.

1 15mm spanner
1 ahead top cap
1 chainring nut
length of herringbone bar tape
1 Shortened Toestrap

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  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    Is this to do with your hit on the head? :wink:
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    tardie wrote:
    Is this to do with your hit on the head? :wink:

    Can't remember nothing about getting hit on the head :lol:
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Just carry a small 15mm cone spanner - bought an extra set when I picked up the fixed on Saturday. Just small enough to go in Rucksack side pocket, or with spare tube when not commuting.
  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    Philistine :wink:
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  • vanquished
    vanquished Posts: 66
    The whole 15mm spanner thing is definitely an issue when riding fixed: you need to strike the balance between the handle being long enough to provide sufficient leverage, and yet short enough to be unobtrusively portable. Otherwise you might as well not bother carrying a unscheduled deflation recovery kit.
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  • majormantra
    majormantra Posts: 2,094
    Do you lock the bike up with the spanner still attached? I'd have thought supplying the local chavs with the means to remove your wheels wasn't the best idea.

    Matthew
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    MajorMantra wrote:
    Do you lock the bike up with the spanner still attached? I'd have thought supplying the local chavs with the means to remove your wheels wasn't the best idea.

    Matthew

    :lol::lol:

    Fair point!

    I'm wondering if the space between the saddle rails and inside the saddle might not accomodate a 15mm spanner... a little more subtle than bolting it to the frame as well!
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    That would probably work... :idea:

    Wasn't someone talking about attaching a frame fit pump with duck tape? You could use enough to cover the spanner completely. Mind, you'd have a lumpy looking bike.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Not ventured out into the big wide world with it yet, though I did go to work with another 15mm spanner in my bag JIC. Don't intend to leave it on the bike when locked up but when I do lock up my bike I lock through the back wheel anyway.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Alas, the space under the saddle is too small.

    I bungee'd it to my pannier rack.

    Job's a good'un.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.

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