ChezCheese:)
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What do you carry along with you in your ebike toolkit?
Show us what's in your toolkit
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ChezCheese:)
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You mean I'm not the first newbie to ask this question? ?
Mr. Coffee
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Carried every ride:
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What brand of slip-joint pliers are they? I have a very small (4" maybe) Channellock brand pliers, but yours look designed to offer extra torque. True?
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They are the Knipex mini-pliers:
https://www.amazon.com/KNIPEX-Tools-86-03-125/dp/B00I8N282O
I don't know about torque, but they have proven most excellent for removing recalcitrant wheel nuts on Pedego and Rad Bikes.
Highly recommended.
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Top shelf wire strippers too!
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Oh yeah, I also carry a pump: usually a Lezyne Micro Floor Drive HV. That pump is a bit bulky and also has a propensity to unscrew the valve cores on Presta valves at inconvenient times and places. I have one of these that I sometimes carry largely because it is more compact.
The Lezyne moves a lot of air and I think it is the only way to go if you have bigger tires.
The Lezyne moves a lot of air and I think it is the only way to go if you have bigger tires.
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Yes, it does have a locking mechanism. While it is expensive, it is far and away the very best adjustable wrench/pliers I've ever found and has earned a place in my every ride carry bag.
As an "all-in-one" tool, you might also consider the Blackburn Wayside Multi-Tool. It has about everything you'd need (except for an adjustable wrench). The only downsides are that it is prone to rust (so I carry it in a ziplock bag) and has a knife blade on it so you won't want to have it be carry-on for air travel -- and for some bizarre reason there is no bottle opener on the multi-tool:
If you like spending money on nice tools the Silca Ratchet + T-torque Kit is hard to beat. It is beautifully made and is an awesome tool. I usually reserve it for the workbench but if you need to break down and reassemble bikes (e.g. if you are boxing bikes) as part of a trip it is a great thing to bring along.
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Good tools are spendy but perform. Once you grow up to be an old fart you realize a good tool is a friend for decades. Buy once or do halfassed work with a quick fix. Harbor Fright tools work once. German quality tools become old friends. Funny we want the best bikes and low budget tools.
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Oh yeah, I also carry a pump: usually a Lezyne Micro Floor Drive HV. That pump is a bit bulky and also has a propensity to unscrew the valve cores on Presta valves at inconvenient times and places. I have one of these that I sometimes carry largely because it is more compact.
The Lezyne moves a lot of air and I think it is the only way to go if you have bigger tires.
DouglasB
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I have one of the smallest hand pumps on the market that fits nicely into my kit. Had a flat yesterday and it took forever to inflate back up to a minimal pressure. Fortunately I also carry a CO2 cartridge inflator. My hand pump is actually only a back up. I've run out of CO2 before when I had several flats in a row. Had to call the wife to pick me up.
Tars Tarkas
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I like these threads. I may get the pliers/wrench mentioned above. What size does anyone recommend?
As for air, I have 26" x 4" tires and I keep 6 to 8 25 gram CO2 carts in my trunk bag. I buy them in bulk on Amazon. 25g might be too big for some tires, but they work very well for me. I suppose I should have a pump for back up, but I haven't come close to needing one yet and I'd hate to ever have to break one out for my tires!
I basically never ride from home. My support vehicle, from which all of my rides start, has beaucoup tools and air, so checking tires before a ride doesn't use any of my CO2.
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As for air, I have 26" x 4" tires and I keep 6 to 8 25 gram CO2 carts in my trunk bag. I buy them in bulk on Amazon. 25g might be too big for some tires, but they work very well for me. I suppose I should have a pump for back up, but I haven't come close to needing one yet and I'd hate to ever have to break one out for my tires!
I basically never ride from home. My support vehicle, from which all of my rides start, has beaucoup tools and air, so checking tires before a ride doesn't use any of my CO2.
TT
I ride with a cell phone. Over many thousands of miles in last ten years, I’ve been lucky. No flats. No breakdowns. If I ever have one, I’m calling in support. “Come and get me.” 99% of my riding is on the road in the Rincon Mountains outside of Tucson in a loop of 35 miles all in cell phone coverage. I’m only 5-10 minutes away from home by auto on this loop. So, No way am I fixing a flat by the side of the road. Even on a fairly lightweight Aventon Pace 500. Too old. Too lazy. But I do admire the ingenuity of these other riders and their tool kits. Very probably the smarter way to ride.
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Tars Tarkas
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I'm old and lazy too but I'm also way too impatient to wait for help from the other end of the phone just for a flat tire. Plus, the only place I had a flat recently was a goodly distance from road access. And that's the kind of places I ride a lot.
To each his own, of course. It's good that flats aren't too common generally. My dad taught me how to patch a tube when I was about 8. It's just one of those things that goes with riding a bike, to my mind anyway, and it's never seemed difficult to me. Annoying, certainly.
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To each his own, of course. It's good that flats aren't too common generally. My dad taught me how to patch a tube when I was about 8. It's just one of those things that goes with riding a bike, to my mind anyway, and it's never seemed difficult to me. Annoying, certainly.
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