Best multitool?
skinnypunter
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Just lost the 2nd multitool this year :-( MUST check zips in future. Am making a bid for a new one for Xmas.
What shall I ask for? Obviously, I want one that does everything, weighs nothing, and can be used on my roadie as well...
What shall I ask for? Obviously, I want one that does everything, weighs nothing, and can be used on my roadie as well...
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Topeak Alien 2
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Topeak Hexus - all the tool you will ever need in my opinion and cheaper/smaller than the alien.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BNIP-TOPEAK-HEXUS-II-TT2538B-/110782855715?pt=UK_Spots_Leisure_Cycling_Tools_RepairKits&hash=item19cb2c3a230 -
apreading wrote:Topeak Hexus - all the tool you will ever need in my opinion and cheaper/smaller than the alien.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BNIP-TOPEAK-HEXUS-II-TT2538B-/110782855715?pt=UK_Spots_Leisure_Cycling_Tools_RepairKits&hash=item19cb2c3a23
i have a broken one of those that says different! sheared an al;len key at the hinge point, now all the other tools rattle around and a unsuable.
Top peak warrenty lead to me getting an alien 2, i've given mine some abuse recently and its been mint! you wont regret it!0 -
i have had my alien 1 since 1995 and it still functions perfectly even the chain splitter!0
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Update: got the Alien 2.
Very good. It has a VERY sharp knife... Sliced straight thru a tendon and half way thru another. No cycling for at least 6 weeks :-(0 -
Bummer. They should make a blunt one for children.I don't do smileys.
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..for the spreading of Philadelphia. I have a variety of multitools of varying sizes and have needed scissors once (not an emergency) and a five millimetre allen key twice in four years. If my bike fell to pieces on a trail I would be stuffed, if something became loose I would manage with my Topeak mini 9. There is a mindboggling array of choices from a varietry of manufacturers. I have never had any problems with the tools I have from Topeak or Crank Brothers which all seem very well made.0
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Topeak Hexus II saved me a few times including what would have been a 7 mile walk when a chain snapped.Mountain: Orange Patriot FR, SubZero & Evo2LE.
Road: Tifosi Race Custom.
Do it all bike: Surly Disc Trucker 700c/29er0 -
halfords have the alien 2 on the online sale at the moment
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_242558
ordered picking up tonight
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mak3m wrote:halfords have the alien 2 on the online sale at the moment
Like I said... mind the knife!0 -
nice bit o kit well pleased been umming and ahhing about cheaper models when i found this on offer
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Just ordered a crankbros 19 piece tool from amazon for £200
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mikeysickalrigh wrote:Just ordered a crankbros 19 piece tool from amazon for £20
I got mine from Wiggle before they went back up in price :-)
It feels like a quality peice if kit, luckily I havent had to use it yet.0
