aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,502
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I have a LOT of tools and never enough. I'm constantly buying them.
I have decided not to buy tools for working on frames. I just don't need them often enough. But I have a Park TS-2 truing stand, which I adore.
More:
2 dishing tools (bought second when I lost the first)
cone wrenches
pedal wrench
headset wrenches
fixed combination wrenches
sockets and ratchet
adjustable wrenches
hammers, mallet
workbench
vise -- gotta get a better one
zillions of pairs of pliers
scillions of screwdrivers
third hand for brakes
lockring wrench
allen wrenches
floor pump
Park dropout straightening tool
jeweler's loupe
cable cutter
chain tools
lots of freewheel extractors
chain whips
drill
soldering iron
brass bristle brushes
shimano cassette lockring extractor
crank extractors
8/10mm brake wrench
pin wrenches
spoke wrenches
tire levers
files
bike stand
hanging scale
tape measure
axle vise
analog, non-dial vernier caliper
This is NOT a complete list. My workshop is too messy for me to see everything.
I have no idea what I've spent, but clearly, it's many hundreds of dollars, over 35 years or so.
Bill, thanks for the tip on the chain tool. I'm not happy with any of my chain tools lately.