Bianchigirl, I worked at a shop - I wanted to open one myself but didn't see how I could earn a living with it... (It was a side business and a passion for the owner of the shop where I worked. He was an old school Italian guy that I suspect knew a lot more than I ever gave him credit for). Along the way I bought tools as I needed\could afford them because I knew that I wouldn't have access to a shop forever. So when I got married I was pretty well equipped for an "individual". Like I said earlier, I sold my truing stand .... as well as a set of rollers and some other stuff.... Did that the first time I lost my job but I had been off the bike for 4 years at that point and figured that I could "always buy another one" if I ever needed it. Well, fifteen more years, three moves and four jobs later I'm actually wanting to ride again..... I have 20 years of cobwebs that need cleared out and I'm hoping that some of you that are ummm... "more up to date than I am" can help to refresh my memory and get caught up on the current technology.

On a positive note, I found some of my tools this evening... some basics and some specialty.... found mt BB wrenches\spanners, chain tool, crank pullers, chain whips, a couple spoke wrenches. HAVE NOT YET FOUND the cable cutter, allen wrenches, headset tools, pedal wrench, cone wrenches, other various wrenches, tire tools..... Looks like I need to put a shopping list together.....