Originally Posted by
Standalone
I'm surprised noone has mentioned ball-end allen keys. Am I missing something? Is it bad to be able to spin bolts in from odd angles, st least at low torque?
I've never used those but I do know that the design of that does allow more error for slippage and thus could round off a bolt and not SAE bolts, like those found on bikes, are softer metal and will round off faster. You don't run into odd angles on bikes to even remotely worry about using those.