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Old 08-07-13 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by mechanicmatt
Honestly, return all that stuff unless it is a Metric Allen Wrench set that is Husky brand. Go get a quality multi-tool such as a Crank Bros Multi 17 or Topeak Hexus II. I have literally built entire bikes with these things at swap meets.

Crank Bros Multi 17:
http://www.rei.com/product/768257/cr...-multi-17-tool
Topeak Hexus II:
http://www.rei.com/product/799892/to...-ll-multi-tool

Heck with as much as you are spending you could get this:
http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...52_-1___202586

If you have to go the Home Depot Route, besides your screwdriver set, what you actually need is:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-13-...13PC/202934894
and
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Met...PCMM/202934515

That should get you most tools you need besides a patch kit and tire levers. That would be a good start. Do not buy a bike pump from there.
Those tool kits have their uses, but if you actually did 'build an entire bike' with one - there's not a chance the pedals, crank bolts, bottom bracket cups, cassette, centerlock disc rotors, or wheel nuts are properly torqued. And there's not a chance you could use something like that to remove any of those components on a bike where they HAD been installed with proper torque values. Even less is any of those items are seized. The leverage just isn't there.
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