Tools and Spares

Tool kit

Wolfman Tool Roll

I wasn't particularly interested in a tool roll but once you've bought a few odd-shaped tools you realise that you need something to wrap them all up in a manageable bundle.

Motion Pro T-6 Combo Tyre Lever and 22mm axle nut hex wrench combo [1]
3 Buzzetti tyre levers
250mm adjustable wrench [2]
Sharp-nosed pliers
Hacksaw
Flat-nosed pliers
Toothbrush (for cleaning bike bits!)
Multi-head screwdriver [2]
3/8" socket driver [2]
3/8" extension bar [2]

Ice Cream Tub #1

spanners [2] (mm): 8 10 11 12 13 14 17
sockets 1/4" [2] (mm): 8 10 11 12 13
sockets 3/8" [2] (mm): 10 12 14 17? 24?
allen keys [2] (mm): 4 5 6 8
hex driver [2] (mm): 8
1/4" socket driver [2]
1/4" extension bar [2]
spare ziplock bags
snipe nosed pliers
steel putty
2 small philips head screwdrivers

Ice Cream Tub #2

spare nuts/bolts/washers [3]
mechanical tyre pressure gauge
spare velcro
electrical tape
spare fuses
super glue
plastic stanley knife
penknife
electric wire (10A)
electrical connectors
jubilee clips (assorted)
spoke spanner [4]
mini maglite
wire ties (various)
loktite
spare hacksaw blades
elastic bands

Misc

These are lolling about in the pannier.

Air Compressor (12V) [5]
Digital Multimeter [6]
Bike bulb kit
2x motorbike puncture repair kit (maybe the patches are bigger than for bicycles)
gaffer (duct) tape
parachute cord (washing line amongst other uses)
reflective jacket (EU regulation)
various rags
hammer (not too large)
latex gloves
rope (general purpose maybe even for hoiking a bike out of a ditch)
talcum powder (tyre changing -- unlikely for personal use)
windex (tyre changing again)
copper silicone [7]
lithium grease (why is everything in a spray form these days and why do I keep losing the little straws?)
WD40
chain lube/teflon [8]
spare front inner tube (21")
spare rear inner tube (17")

[1]	The T-6 combo is a really cool (and really expensive) tool. Obviously it's a tyre lever but the non-tyre levering end has a socket to match your rear axle bolt. It's made of aluminium so weighs nothing and is a decent length tyre lever. Brilliant.

http://www.motionpro.com/images/items/08-0286.jpg

[2]	(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) All extracted from a Halfords' Professional Tool/Socket Set I bought in a sale. Their Professional series has a lifetime warranty which seems quite generous.

http://washford.scene7.com/is/image/Washford/370635?$h20listthumb$

[3]	I went to Screwfix and ended up buying 50 bolts when I'd sheared one trying to put the bash plate on the bike. I still have 49 in a box. Then I discovered Stagonset who will flog you nuts bolts and washers in ones and twos and threes! Brilliant.

[4]	I can't see myself using the spoke spanner -- every time I ever used one on a bicycle I left the wheel in a worse state. Still, you never know.

[5]	These are rebranded everywhere but Ring Automotive are the original.

I have tried to remove the plastic to reduce volume but the buttons would then flap loosely. YMMV.

http://www.ringautomotive.co.uk/images/medium/RAC600.jpg

[6]	I bought my multimeter from Maplins but anything more advanced than a lightbulb has to be good.

http://images.maplin.co.uk/300/n49ab_new.jpg

This one has the advantage of testing connectivity too.

[7]	I needed some silicone (not the bathroom type!) for fitting my 2-in-1 exhaust but it does say it can be used as an emergency gasket seal/replacement.

[8]	I decided on using some Teflon based chain lube on the vague premise that I was going to hot dusty places and the Teflon was less likely to cause grit to attach to the chain and grind it or the sprockets down. I'm not sure it's true. I think you'd need to run two bikes next to each other to see.

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