Thursday, August 29, 2024

What are the tools that you must acquire for basic bike home repair?

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I had the following tools and they are near my bike

1.   A bike stand where you can raise the bike and do your repairs
2.   Hex wrench:   2 to  10 mm.  Most usable are 4, 5, 6.
3.   Torx wrench:  set.   You often use T 25, 30 and 40
4.  Chain cutter tool
5.   Hand pump
6.   Patch kit (P40.00 with about 5 patches, glue, and sandpaper
7.  Rubber mallet
8.  Spoke wrench
9.  Long nose plier
10  Sharp cable cutter
11.  BB removal tool
12.  Bearing removal tool
13.  Press fit for bearing
14.  Rubber mallet

Some of the tools can be in folding multit tool  Many of the bike mechanics use a lot of this for convenience

The YT video suggests other tools.




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