Cable cutter- Hozan, Pedro's, Felco are all superior.
Pedal wrench - Hozan' is a better design, but the Park works well.
Lockring wrench -- If you ever use a Hozan lockring plier or an old Var
you'll never go back to those ridiculous lockring spanners.
Spoke wrench -- Good tools, just badly overpriced compared to Avenir.
These are a few that come immediately to mind.
I'm sure if I rooted around at the coop or in my
garage I could come up with some more.
I see Park as following the GM business model:
We dominate this market through history, brand loyalty,
and distribution. Why should we really try very hard to
provide a quality product when we are selling so much
product and making money? Look where it eventually
got General Motors.
For an excellent example of Park in the 21st century,
look at this:
http://www.amazon.com/Park-Tool-Mast...546342&sr=1-10
which I bought one of and promptly returned as an
overpriced POS.
Or this:
http://www.amazon.com/Park-Tool-Prof...4546342&sr=1-5
with which I replaced it, but had to look at three
different ones out of the box to find one that
was not defective.
I would paraphrase this by changing may be to is.
Whenever tools are mentioned on this forum, particularly
if someone takes a shot at Park, an acrimonious debate
usually ensues.
For the record --" if nominated, I will not run .."
Postscript: I recently popped for a set of Cyclus
BB thread taps and tool from here:
http://www.dotbike.com/bottom_bracke...campaign%3dDAC
Here is the Park equivalent:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...+tap&x=18&y=24
In fairness, having used both, the Park is a more
substantial tool. It does not work any better.
Including shipping from the UK, I paid less than
half of the Park price-- and mine had both the Italian
and standard taps included. With Park, the Italian
taps will cost you another 250 bucks.
Incidentally, I received rather excellent customer
service from dotbike.com.
I do not anticipate any problems with such a tool
that are not user error induced, so Park's noted
customer service comes at a substantial premium
in this case.