Bike tool kits

supersonic

Heads up on some very good prices at Tredz:

Advanced kit:

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Bike-Hand-Advan ... _45356.htm

Basic kit:

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Bike-Hand-Bicyc ... _41164.htm

jeannot18

Good price but my MTB/bike budget is down to 0...

Thanks for the heads up anyway

JC

weirdNumber

I could do with one of these but money is super tight for me this month. grrr

Long_Time_Lurker

Cheers - I've just ordered a basic set.
(Now I just have work out what all the bits do. :oops: )

The Northern Monkey

I'd buy parts as and when you need them personally... I've built up my tools over the past 6 years and have a big toolbox full.

Long Time Lurker wrote:

Cheers - I've just ordered a basic set.
(Now I just have work out what all the bits do. :oops: )

^ Shows my point... Just becasue its cheap doesn't mean you need it. Whats the point in spending £30 if you only use 1 of the tools?

Northwind

None... But if you use 3 or 4 of the tools it's probably paid for itself. And then there's the traditional night-before-a-ride fix, where buying tools as you need them suddenly stops working

Slow Loris

I bought the advanced Bike Hand kit a few months back from Tredz and can recommend it both on quality and price. I was replacing my bike frame, fitting new forks and pedals and tightening up the hubs/cones so pretty much used everything in the box, but still had to fork out for a headset press and cup remover (recommend Cyclus and Ice-Toolz respectively for decent value - both the same price as my lbs quoted me for the work!).

Cheaper than getting individual tools if you haven't already got a toolbox and have mostly Shimano components.

Northwind

Slow Loris wrote:

still had to fork out for a headset press

Rubber hammer

Slow Loris wrote:

and cup remover

Regular hammer

supersonic

The Northern Monkey wrote:

I'd buy parts as and when you need them personally... I've built up my tools over the past 6 years and have a big toolbox full.

Long Time Lurker wrote:

Cheers - I've just ordered a basic set.
(Now I just have work out what all the bits do. :oops: )

^ Shows my point... Just becasue its cheap doesn't mean you need it. Whats the point in spending £30 if you only use 1 of the tools?

If you were going to use only one tool in your lifetime, then you wouldn't buy it ;-)