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Old 03-30-05 | 01:46 AM
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From: Buzzing around the Portland, OR metro area.

Bikes: Handbuilt steel with Ultegra10/FSA parts; a fully customized Bianchi Pista with phil hubs, carbon fork, king headset, etc. it's tough.

i have some of the spin doctor tools, and all i can say is that you get what you pay for. my 5mm was totally stripped out in about 3 months....

also, that chain cleaner is a bit unneeded. just take your chain off and soak it in some cleaner (i use the cleansafe degreaser from performance, diluted to about 10%) overnight and you'll be golden. good as new.

anyway.

i went the other way and got a good torque wrench and some socket sets from sears, which seemed a better investment for most of that stuff. i have a few of the tools that are bike-specific (a headset wrench, bb remover, cassette tool), but got the majority as craftsman tools. these seem tougher, and have yet to strip out. plus the torque wrench keeps me honest
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