Tool kit: buying advice

Looking to get a relatively cheap set of tools to do standard home maintenance/servicing. Was looking at the Park Tool kits but they're a little out of my budget!
I came across three sets which seem to have most of what I'm after, not knowing a lot about the brands (other than Draper), I couldn't comment on reliability - anyone got any thoughts on these? Which kit will be better, or is there anything else similar on the market that I should be looking at?
Draper 87942 Bicycle Tool Kit
ICETOOLZ Essence Cycle Tool Kit
Fat Spanner 25 Piece Bicycle Tool Kit
I came across three sets which seem to have most of what I'm after, not knowing a lot about the brands (other than Draper), I couldn't comment on reliability - anyone got any thoughts on these? Which kit will be better, or is there anything else similar on the market that I should be looking at?
Draper 87942 Bicycle Tool Kit
ICETOOLZ Essence Cycle Tool Kit
Fat Spanner 25 Piece Bicycle Tool Kit
0
Posts
And what would you class as decent - what brands are recommended other than Park?
look at your bike, does it have any need for spanners? is it all allen keys ?
get a chain whip, cassette tool, bb tool, chain breaker and some allen keys and thats pretty much it.
2010 Specialized Allez in Matt Silver
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-workshop-tool-kit/
And it seems to be good value
This is a good starter:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 42558#dtab
Then add parts as you need them.
VOODOO CANZO
Come and see me at https://www.facebook.com/biketyke/
http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Bike%20Hand-Bic ... _41164.htm
Has a Shimano HT2 tool.
VOODOO CANZO
Come and see me at https://www.facebook.com/biketyke/
Looking at the Ice Toolz selection box:
ISIS/Shimano BB Tool (11B1) - Useful, should have
Chain Tool (61C2) - Multitool
6" adjustable wrench (25H6) - Most people will have one or a set of spanners.
8mm Hex key (35V8) - Multitool
Nylon Tyre Lever Set - Hopefully you already own
8 Groove Spoke wrench (12F8) - Multitool
8 & 10mm open ended spanner - Most people will own, and if you have an adjustable, why would you need?
2 x Cross head screw drivers - Hopefully you already own
Hollowtech 2/MegaExo BB Tool (11F1) - Useful, should have
Chain Whip - Useful, should have
Pedal & Box Wrench (34A2) - Might be useful, depends on existing tools
Cassette Tool (09C1) - Useful, should have
2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5 & 6mm Hex Key Set (36Q1) - Multitool
2 x Flat head screw drivers - Hopefully you already own
So out of that set (and it does depend on what you already own generally), there are only about 4 useful things that won't come on a half decent multi-tool... I would personally just buy those 4 items from Park or similar.
But if you don't have many general tools, I'd go with the one from Tredz...
Fun: Yeti SB66
Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets
http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Park%20Tool-Par ... _45380.htm
It's only £5,399.99...
Fun: Yeti SB66
Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets
VOODOO CANZO
Come and see me at https://www.facebook.com/biketyke/
I bought one of these http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=47439 for opening powerlinks the other day.
BBB = £5.99
Park = £12.99
I must say that I don't know where there is room to improve the BBB one by £7.
Fun: Yeti SB66
Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets
HT2 tools can be expensive, and I doubt you can buy that with cone spanners, cassette tool and chain whip for less than £35 in total. I usually find the allen keys, spoke keys and chain tools to be better quality than those on multi tools. Everything else is just a bonus!
VOODOO CANZO
Come and see me at https://www.facebook.com/biketyke/
kits are always cheaper than buying tool by tool but I don't follow my own advise and bought pink tools for my lady https://womentake.com/best-women-tool-set/ at a time. I do all my own work except for pressing headsets. I've gotten buy with chainwhip, cassette remove tool, crank puller, chain pin tool, truing stand, nipple wrenches. everthing else you could get at home depot for alot cheaper and better quality than park tool like metric allen key set adjustable wrenches or metric open end wrenches, dead blow hammer (rubber mallet) six pack of beer and a bucket for cleaning metal parts. you could get a gallon of mineral spirits for the price of a can degreaser from the bike store, warning that stuff stinks so try to use it outdoors if you can
There is no secret ingredient - Kung Fu Panda
London Calling on Facebook
Parktools
Do you specialise in pointless answers to old threads?
And it all promised so so much”
Giant Trance 2 27.5 2016 ¦ Sonder Broken Road 2021¦ Giant Revolt Advanced 2 2019 ¦ Giant Toughtroad SLR 1 2019 ¦ Giant Anthem 3 2015 ¦ Specialized Myka Comp FSR 2009
NukeProof Mega FR 2012
Cube NuRoad 2018
Previous:
2015 Genesis CdF 10, 2014 Cube Hyde Race, 2012 NS Traffic, 2007 Specialized SX Trail, 2005 Specialized Demo 8
YES, this is the best method. Tool kits are not a good idea because some of the tools you probably already have, and others you'll probably never use, so now you have a bunch of tools that have just wasted your money. So get the tools as you need them. You can get a lot of tools that can do double duty like allen wrenches, screwdrivers and pliers, you don't need Park tools for those, just go down to your local home improvement store and buy what you need when you need it.
I don't think you need to get the top of the line tools though, if you're working as a professional and need tools to do the job then yes, but if you're just dinkin around the house and on some bikes then no, any decent quality you can find at a home improvement place will work just fine just don't get the cheapest thing you can find.
Some home improvement places will allow you to take a tool that came with a lifetime warranty right back to the store and not send it to the tool company for replacement, if your home place does that then that's where to get your tools.
Of course some tools you will need are strictly bike specific, those you can get at any local bike shop when the need arises, and Park is just fine for that as well as some other brands like Pedro and VAR (I think VAR still sells tools).
If you have a carbon fiber bike you will NEED a torque wrench, the Shimano Pro Torque wrench is the same wrench as the Park and it's a bit cheaper than the Park, and the Wiggles Lifeline Professional is also the exact same torque wrench and I think it's cheaper than the Shimano one. Wiggles has two torque wrenches, the lowest costing one is a piece of junk, this is the one that is like the others I mentioned: http://www.wiggle.com/x-tools-pro-torqu ... -one-size/ It is very critical if you have a carbon bike that you strictly follow the manufactures torque specs when tightening anything that either clamps around something carbon or bolts into something carbon, if you don't follow this rules and just tighten you could over tightne and crush the carbon fibers which can lead to a failure of the part which could lead to a crash or a totaled out frame from the crushing forces.