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Old 06-13-11 | 08:38 PM
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hammandegger
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From: St. Petersburg, FLA. USA

Bikes: 1998 trek 6000, 2001 cannondale terra, 2005 gary fisher tiburon, 2006 giant transport, 2011 surly long haul trucker

spoke tension meter valuable tool to have

Originally Posted by gyozadude
My garage is really small, and my wife's minivan fits inside. And I need room for my fishing gear and rod-building hobby too, which I spend more time on than cycling. But have most of the above tools listed, but I'll add:

- freewheel remover tools (freewheel vise, 2-pin, 4-pin, splined old shimano, and splined new shimano cassette tools).
- truing stand and dishing tool (portable so I can move it around - not enough space to clamp it to a surface)
- a set of metric and english taps and dies
- traditional threaded headset tools (cup removers, crown race setters, cup installers)
- star nut setter
- sealed cartridge bearing extractor
- about 3 or 4 sectioned tackle boxes or oil proof hobby/sowing boxes for lots of screws, nuts, caps, ball bearings, spacers, washers, etc.
- measurement tools - set of good calipers, tape measure, yd long level (all in dual inches and metric)
- degreaser, rust remover, polishing compound and soaking bucket
- grinding wheel and buffing wheel.

optionally - some expensive stuff
- shop stand with clamp
- spoke threader and or a threader/cutter tool.
- BB face and chase
- Headtube face
- crown race cutter,
- 1" x 24 tpi and 1 1/8" x 26 tpi fork steering thread cutting dies,
- spoke tensiometer,
- frame-fork alignment tools,
- MAPP gas torch for small brazing operations
etc.
IMHO the spoke tension meter is a necessary tool. I can't tell how tight exactly a spoke is by just feeling it. It's nice to have it while doing quick maintenance work on my bikes. When I run into a loose spoke, I am able to quickly get it to the same tautness as the spokes around it [or on rear wheels--the same as the other spokes on the same side].
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