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Basic bicycle
tools assortment:
Regular tools:
- small
regular screwdriver
 small
Phillips screwdriver
- medium
regular screwdriver
- medium
Phillips screwdriver
- pliers
- needle-nose
pliers
- small
Vise-Grip pliers
- medium
Vise-Grip pliers
- waterpump
pliers
- diagonal
cutters
- awl
- box
knife
- 6-inch
adjustable wrench
- 12-inch
adjustable wrench
- 8-ounce
ballpeen hammer
- plastic
mallet
- flat
and half-round files
- metal
punches & chisels
- scissors
- 2-,
3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, 10-mm Allen
- wrenches
- 7-
through 17-mm combination wrenches
- hacksaw
- tapered
reamer
- tape
measure (marked in centimeters and inches)
- outside
caliper
- 8-,
9-, 10-mm “Y” tool
- 4-,
5-, 6-mm combination Allen wrench
- torque
wrench
- rubber
gloves
- goggles
Specialized
bicycle tools:
- repair
stand
- floor
pump with gauge
- chain
tool
- spoke
wrench
- 2
to 3 tire levers
- pedal
wrench
- 13-,
14-, 15-, 16-, 17-, 18-mm cone wrenches (2 each)
- cassette
lockring remover
- chain
whips
- bottom
bracket cartridge tools
- headset
wrenches
- third
hand
- crankarm
bolt wrench
- crankarm
remover (puller)
- chainring
bolt wrench
- suspension
pump if you have front and/or rear shocks
Add these
for more advanced repairs: Regular
tools:
- taps
(5mm x 0.8; 6mm x 1.0; 8mm x 1.0; 10mm x 1.0)
- thread
pitch gauge
- Bondhus
screwdriver Allen wrenches (4-, 5-, 6-mm)
- cable
cutters
- 6-inch
stainless ruler
- bench
vise
- electric
drill with bits
- tapered
reamer
- torque
wrench
- tubing
cutter
Specialized
bicycle tool:
- clipless
pedal axle removal tool
Add
these for a professional setup
Regular
tools:
- solvent
tank
- air
compressor
- vernier
caliper
- electric
grinder
- snap-ring
wrench
Specialized
bicycle tools:
- truing
jig
- dishing
gauge
- spoke
tensionometer
- valve
tool for working on Schrader valves
- dropout
alignment tools
- derailleur
hanger alignment tools
- headset
installation tools
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Easy Tool Organization
Want a great
toolboard
over your work bench? Do this: cut a piece of cardboard out of a bike
box (or ?) the size of your tool board (3/4-inch plywood screwed to the
wall works nicely). Lay the cardboard down on the bench or floor and lay
all your tools out on it the way you’d like them to hang. Put frequently
used tools near the center, and don’t put tools too high or you’ll
have trouble reaching them when they’re hanging on your tool board.
Next, draw a quick outline around the tool and mark where a nail would
support the tool. Remove the tools, rest the cardboard against your tool
board, drive nails through the marks you made, remove the cardboard template
and hang your tools on the nails (use the outlines on the template as
your guide). The tools should now be organized exactly the way you planned.
Try the arrangement and if you like it, use a Sharpie marker to outline
the tools and you’ll have completed your custom toolboard.
Hints
You can reuse the toolboard template, so don’t throw it away.
For a screwdriver and Allen wrench rack, just drill some holes in a section
of 2 x 4 stock and screw it to your tool board. |
