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Tool buying advice

I've gotten a little more serious with my riding and wrenching this year, at least I'm trying to with the wrenching! I bought a Raleigh Sojourn and a Park PCS-10 stand. I'm looking to buy all of the tools I need to work on my bike myself. Right now I have set of Craftsman wrenches, sockets and allen wrenches, a Park 4/5/6mm allen wrench, a Park spoke wrench, Park floor pump ...and that's about it. So basically I can put the bike up in the air and look at it.

I'd like to stick with buying Park tools. I need to find out which tools/sizes to buy for crank, BB, and cassette work. The Sojourn has a Shimano FC-R453 Octalink 30/39/50t crank and an Octalink BB. From what I've researched I think I need

this
http://www.parktool.com/product/crank-wrench-ccw-5

this
http://www.parktool.com/product/cran...-cranks-CCP-44

and this
http://www.parktool.com/product/cass...ring-tool-fr-5

..and a chain whip.

Do those look right? I can't find the right bottom bracket tool for the Octalink. I think it's this one but I'm not sure
http://www.parktool.com/product/bott...et-tool-bbt-22

Just figured I'd ask the real bike mechanics before I played the return-this-one-and-try-another-one game through the mail! Thanks for any help.

A link to the bike specs - http://www.raleighusa.com/bikes/steel-road/sojourn-11/
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