Originally Posted by
rydabent
Except for one or two brands most of the tools bought in a LBS are cheap foreign made tools that easily break. They may be good for one or two emergency fixes on the road.
Good advice on not buying crap tools (because they break) but in my experience the shops around here carry Park almost exclusively, with some specialty tools made by Shimano or others. I haven't seen many crap tools in the shops around here.