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Old 08-04-13 | 09:28 PM
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cny-bikeman
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Bikes: 2008 Novara Randonee - love it. Previous bikes:Motobecane Mirage, 1972 Moto Grand Jubilee (my fave), Jackson Rake 16, 1983 C'dale ST500.

Those are of course general tools, rather than bike specific. As the T-Driver does not say metric is likely is not - and that is a problem, as essentially all multi-speed bikes and many others use metric hex and allen bolts/nuts (though not all the threads are metric). Bike tool kits are unnecessary, especially for working on your own bike. I don't like using an adjustable wrench on smaller nuts, certainly nothing below 12mm. Combo wrenches are ideal, as are regular allen wrenches, as the length roughly corresponds to the relative force you need to use to tighten. Y wrenches (8/9/10 mm) are useful (although moreso on older bikes, as is a spoke wrench and cone wrenches. Cruise Parktool.com to see some good bike-specific tools and parktool.com/blog or sheldonbrown.com for repair procedures.

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