Originally Posted by
Kayce
Unless you are doing some serious serious long distance touring there is no reason to have a spoke wrench on your mutli-tool. Nice ones are cheap, and its almost always an at home job.
O_o
Break a rear spoke while on a ride without a spoke wrench?
Miles and miles of
*whump...*whump...*whump...*whump... as your badly out of true wheel flops around.
Break a rear spoke with a spoke wrench? Use it to adjust the tension on the surrounding spokes and ride home just like nothing happened.
I've actually used the spoke wrench on the Crankbros M19 to do the above. Had to have the bike upside down in the parking lot of a BrandsMart but it worked. Even had a teammate use it during a race for the same reason. He was on a geared bike and couldn't open the rear caliper enough to keep the rim from rubbing. Two minutes with the spoke wrench and we were back in action.
Why wouldn't you want to carry something so small, useful and lightweight?