Recommend me a good tool kit please?

SR7492
SR7492 Posts: 190
edited January 2015 in Road buying advice
As title, can anyone recommend a tool kit for me to do most of the mechanics on my Road bike myself?

I see there are a few deals going but not sure which one to go for. Ideally, I'd want one which has most of the stuff which I build up a new bike from scratch.

My budget is up to around £50

Thanks in advance.

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  • Dippydog3
    Dippydog3 Posts: 414
    SR7492 wrote:
    As title, can anyone recommend a tool kit for me to do most of the mechanics on my Road bike myself?

    I see there are a few deals going but not sure which one to go for. Ideally, I'd want one which has most of the stuff which I build up a new bike from scratch.

    My budget is up to around £50

    Thanks in advance.
    If anyone can do all three of "good", "toolkit" and "£50 budget" I will eat my chain tool. :D
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/product ... d-tool-kit

    This is on sale atm for £45, I've had it for about 18 months now and it's been used to strip my bike and rebuild with new groupset.

    Only gripe I've had is the crank tool, which isn't too long and doesn't offer much leverage. But if Halfords hadn't over-tightened/under-greased my chainset it wouldn't have been an issue.
  • letap73
    letap73 Posts: 1,608
    Yes I know the old adage buy cheap buy twice, however, I have the tool kit which did allow me to build up a bike and has been invaluable for the last four years, I know nothing about the work stand - but again I have found a work stand albeit a park tools one very invaluable:

    http://www.halfords.com/cycling/tools-m ... undle#tab3
  • sirmol
    sirmol Posts: 287
    I have this;
    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/x-to ... lsrc=aw.ds

    It has everything i need! I then bought
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-triple-hex-wrench/

    For the most common hex uses!
  • janwal
    janwal Posts: 489
    IN sale at planet x very good price.
    http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOJWTK/job ... e-tool-kit
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    It depends a bit on what you mean by "most" and whether you think you need a torque wrench (which could eat most of your £50) - it's not a bad idea if you have carbon.

    Two or three Allen keys often covers a lot of what's needed on a bike. A pedal wrench, chain tool, spoke spanner are the others I've used most. A chain whip and cassette spanner too. After that, cable cutters and BB tools I suppose.

    But honestly, if you think you're going to be doing this for a while, spend the money on good stuff and buy some of the less frequently needed tools only when you have a use for them. Often a cheap tool is worth less than the thing you are fixing but has the potential to ruin it.
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • Elfed
    Elfed Posts: 459
    I would think that all the tools in a set would be a compromise, same as any ready made tool set whatever trade, you'll end up with things you might never need and of poorer quality.

    Work out what you want for a specific job and buy them separately, over time you'll soon amass some decent quality tools, Park, Pedros, Fat Spanner.
  • yaya
    yaya Posts: 411
    Elfed wrote:
    I would think that all the tools in a set would be a compromise, same as any ready made tool set whatever trade, you'll end up with things you might never need and of poorer quality.

    Work out what you want for a specific job and buy them separately, over time you'll soon amass some decent quality tools, Park, Pedros, Fat Spanner.

    +1
  • silverpigeon
    silverpigeon Posts: 327
    Elfed wrote:
    I would think that all the tools in a set would be a compromise, same as any ready made tool set whatever trade, you'll end up with things you might never need and of poorer quality.

    Work out what you want for a specific job and buy them separately, over time you'll soon amass some decent quality tools, Park, Pedros, Fat Spanner.

    This. Cheap tools do cheap jobs. Start off with a quality set of allen keys and pedal wrench and go from there as and when you need to do specific job.
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  • gozzy
    gozzy Posts: 640
    Dinyull wrote:
    Only gripe I've had is the crank tool, which isn't too long and doesn't offer much leverage. But if Halfords hadn't over-tightened/under-greased my chainset it wouldn't have been an issue.

    Square taper? You don't grease square taper.
  • roubaixtom
    roubaixtom Posts: 316
    Nothing wrong with this, used it all summer and built 2 bikes with it.

    http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOJWTK/job ... e-tool-kit

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