Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN

I have carried a cassette removal tool on my past tours, never needed it. But would I go out and buy new spokes and a new hub and lace up a wheel to be able to avoid carrying the cassette tools? Probably not. The tools are not heavy enough that I would spend the money and make the effort to avoid carrying the tools.

For reference, we are talking about a cassette tool with two of the flats filed down to work with a smaller crescent wrench, a crescent wrench that fits on it, a short piece of chain and cord to substitute for a chain whip. Not sure what the weight is, but more than half of the weight is the 6 inch crescent wrench.