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clwdk
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Basic tool kit

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Hey all,

I'm about to start stripping down a Centurion Oxygen road bike so I can spray the frame and then restore it all again.

I have a bunch of tools from various building projects I've done previously, none of them bike related. This basically means that I have wrenches, a torque set and so on. So it wouldn't make sense for me to get a packaged bike tool set.

So what I'd like to know is what are the essential tools that I should get?

Thanks for the help!
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timdownieuk
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clwdk wrote:Hey all,

I'm about to start stripping down a Centurion Oxygen road bike so I can spray the frame and then restore it all again.

I have a bunch of tools from various building projects I've done previously, none of them bike related. This basically means that I have wrenches, a torque set and so on. So it wouldn't make sense for me to get a packaged bike tool set.

So what I'd like to know is what are the essential tools that I should get?

Thanks for the help!


For roadside or home?

For home in addition to standard tools, I'd say a bottom bracket removing tool, crank extractor, freewheel/cassette removing tool and perhaps a good cable cutter.

Even if you don't want to buy a pre-packaged kit, the one that Aldi does from time to time may be the cheapest way of getting a reasonable selection of bicycle specific tools.

Tim
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Re: Basic tool kit

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thanks. I should have been more specific.

I'm thinking of a set only for home use.
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timdownieuk
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One of these is handy too when fitting new brake cables.

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/third-hand-braketool-prod1794/
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I think so far I've used chain tool, cone spanners and a spoke key that are bicycle-specific and sometimes not carried on rides. Two near-misses: I didn't need a crank extractor yet because one of my small ratchet sockets fitted in there and if it wasn't hub-geared, I would probably have used a chain whip and cassette extractor by now.

If you get all those, a small starter bike workshop kit is probably cheaper although I guess you take a gamble on the tool quality. Except the spanners and keys (and can you ever truly have enough of those?), is there really much in http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/product ... p-tool-kit or http://www.merlincycles.com/icetoolz-es ... 44802.html that you'd already have?
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clwdk
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Re: Basic tool kit

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Oops sorry I didn't see the last post here so I'm a bit late in replying. I ended up buying a cheap basic tool kit from Amazon. I'm guessing from the quality of it that it's not going to last that long but it will do fine for the bike I am working on at the moment. If I decide to fix up a few other bikes then I'll definitely invest in better quality equipment.

Thanks for the help!
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