do you carry spanners with you?

kitenski

Looking at lightening my load, I have a small all in 1 tool which has screwdriver, and allen keys, but I also have been carrying a range of spanners which I have never used!

So I either ditch them or get a lighter set of spanners....

Cheers,

greg

Si78

What spanners do you carry with you? Everything on mine is either allen key or torx key bolts. (except for brake bleed nipples)

kitenski

I had a range of them tbh, I've used them once in about 3 years to raise the seat on a friends kids bike, hence I'm thinking of dumping them!!!

geordiefreerider

Why would you need them, as Si says everything is allen bolts unless you still have solid axles - dump them mate no need !

Si78

I'd dump them as it sounds like you are just lugging extra weight.
If you really need a spanner, just take a small adjustable.

I carry a couple of allen keys, a couple of torx keys, a chain tool, some power links, a pump, tyre levers, a puncture repair kit and an inner tube. Can't think of anything else at the moment. too tired lol

alfablue

No need on my mtb or road bike, but my tourer has rack and mudguards fitted with nuts and bolts. The Alien II has everything I need. For other rides I take a Lezyne multitool, just allen and torx plus screwdriver and chain splitter.

kitenski

alfablue wrote:

No need on my mtb or road bike, but my tourer has rack and mudguards fitted with nuts and bolts. The Alien II has everything I need. For other rides I take a Lezyne multitool, just allen and torx plus screwdriver and chain splitter.

yeh good point, my kids bikes have mudguards, so maybe I'll just take them when I'm out with the kids and lighten my load considerably!!

Si78

View of inside of kitenski's rucksack?

cheehee

When I'm on my bike, the only spanner is the one riding it............................

Kiblams

cheehee wrote:

When I'm on my bike, the only spanner is the one riding it............................

My bike has only allen key bolds now I have chucked the Tourney drivetrain, so an allen key multitool and chain splitter is all I need.

asquithea

For my old bike, I carry a dumbell spanner. It's reasonably light, and fits the axle nuts + a couple of other nuts around the bike.

My new KHS seems to be allen key bolts all around, though.

scotto

I carry a pedal spanner

Grimy

Ditch the spanners, You really dont need them on a modern mountain bike where most of the fasteners are caphead bolts with allan or torque fittings. Still baffles me why people rate the topeak allien multitools with all them pointless spanners?

delcol

i carry a small chain tool and a multitool alenkeys. my bro has everything from spare chain cabels adjustable spanner. i always tell him to ditch some of the stuff he does not need to carry.

but after bending my rear rotor last year around 4 miles into comfortably numb in whistler i'l never tell him to loose the spanner again, it saved my bacon..
comfortably numb is well out of the way it's propper mountain wilderness no phone signal and even cougars roam the area,,, i bent my disk so bad the wheel wouldn't turn,...
what could of been a very long walk either back to the trail head, then back into town or walk to the end of the trail, was saved by the adjustable spanner i was able to use the spanner to grip the disc and manipulate it back into shape.. well at least so the wheel would turn,...
it got me off the mountain and saved me a very long walk...

so i will say keep at least a smallish adjustable in your pack..

Si78

delcol wrote:

i carry a small chain tool and a multitool alenkeys. my bro has everything from spare chain cabels adjustable spanner. i always tell him to ditch some of the stuff he does not need to carry.

but after bending my rear rotor last year around 4 miles into comfortably numb in whistler i'l never tell him to loose the spanner again, it saved my bacon..
comfortably numb is well out of the way it's propper mountain wilderness no phone signal and even cougars roam the area,,, i bent my disk so bad the wheel wouldn't turn,...
what could of been a very long walk either back to the trail head, then back into town or walk to the end of the trail, was saved by the adjustable spanner i was able to use the spanner to grip the disc and manipulate it back into shape.. well at least so the wheel would turn,...
it got me off the mountain and saved me a very long walk...

so i will say keep at least a smallish adjustable in your pack..

Good tip...I totally forgot about the 'straightening your bent rotor with an adjustable' tip.

and Cougars! WTF :shock: lol

glennpro09

a very good tip indeed i had to do that a couple of months back,
last year went off line hit a sharp rock, thank god my wallet was in my rucksack put an old store card in the tyre and got the dent out of my wheel with my 6inch adjustable spanner

Chaz.Harding

scotto - do your pedals not have an 8mm hex-head fitting on the inside of the axle..? AFAIK, most do nowadays.

Dazzza

Grimy wrote:

Ditch the spanners, You really don't need them on a modern mountain bike where most of the fasteners are caphead bolts with allan or torque fittings. Still baffles me why people rate the topeak alien multitools with all them pointless spanners?

Yup, i have an alien and tbh it's too weighty for what it provided so i found me a small cheap mini ratchet set with bits, much like the topeak rocket but without the chain tool and a small cheap leatherman type tool for the pliers more than anything else.

I have long tyre levers as well, might velcro one to the bike somewhere, handy if the chain decides to suck i have something i can wedge it out with.

kitenski

just weighed the roll of spanners I *was* carrying, 390g!!! Now left in the garage for a muli tool and a small adjustable!

jedi_master

I carry my old set of cone spanners with me. They are the ones with a 13 and 14 one end and 15 and 16 the other. After replacing them with some single ended Pedros ones save discarding them I just chucked them in my bag. Won't need them for my bike as I have cartridge bearings but my brothers bike has cones and you never know one day they may be called upon.

Chaz.Harding

Jedi Master - NEVER throw away tools, no matter how bizzare, obscure or old!

Never know when they will come usefull! And besides, a big toolbox (the spanner variety!!) is a bragging rite, same as a big... er... toolbox, lol.

8)

snotty badger

I don't bother with spanners, think I use to as a kid though??

delcol wrote:

i carry a small chain tool and a multitool alenkeys. my bro has everything from spare chain cabels adjustable spanner. i always tell him to ditch some of the stuff he does not need to carry.

but after bending my rear rotor last year around 4 miles into comfortably numb in whistler i'l never tell him to loose the spanner again, it saved my bacon..
comfortably numb is well out of the way it's propper mountain wilderness no phone signal and even cougars roam the area,,, i bent my disk so bad the wheel wouldn't turn,...
what could of been a very long walk either back to the trail head, then back into town or walk to the end of the trail, was saved by the adjustable spanner i was able to use the spanner to grip the disc and manipulate it back into shape.. well at least so the wheel would turn,...
it got me off the mountain and saved me a very long walk...

so i will say keep at least a smallish adjustable in your pack..

If there wasn't a spanner available I'd just unbolt the caliper and tie it too the frame. Sod hanging around for the cougars!