Old 03-05-11 | 12:43 PM
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From: New Haven, CT, USA

Bikes: Road, Cargo, Tandem, Etc.

Craigslist tool find--now I have actual bike tools! What else do I "need?"

[adventure movie title]Standalone Jones - Bargain Hunter[/title]

crikey! look at this one!



I picked all this up for twenty bucks, and just looked up prices online.

Wrench Force 32/15mm ($5)

Campy Peanut Butter Wrench ($35-$43)

Park HCW 12 Headset / Lockring tool ($14)

Park CBW4 Brake Wrench 6/11 mm ($5)

Park SR-1 Chain Whip ($22)

Zefal Twin Graph Gauge ($20)

Campy Double Ended Spanner - one end for the adjustable cup of a conventional BB, the other for a 1" threaded headset ($43)

Campy Spanner 712 (two on ebay for $100)

I now have some of what I need to start bringing my mother's atala back to life (the bike shop did my father's for me) I'm sure some of the prices I found doing a quick search are a little high. My wife said to me "Just because you 'saved' $250 doesn't mean that you can go and spend that now!"

So what else should I be looking to pick up to round out the tool set? (You know, with that $250 I saved...) Most of my current bikes listed below. Some other BMX bits laying around for when the boys are a bit bigger.

I do have a decent craftsman socket/combination wrench setup, a y-shaped hex key tool, a chain cleaner, a multi-sized circle shaped spoke wrench, a multi tool, a Park PRS-3 single arm stand (also from CL), and some cheapo verneir calipers. One of my favorite home shop "tools" is the little retractable tape measure in the photo. Inches and mm.
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