Originally Posted by
CliffordK
The Swiss Army knife will work as a tire lever in a pinch.
I can adjust my derailleur stops with it.
With pliers, I can tighten or loosen some bolts if needed.
I've found rope, string, or even wire beside the road that I've cut with it... for miscellaneous needs.
Prying open smashed bungee strap ends.
If you're riding sewups, you can cut the stitches.
I regularly use it to pick glass out of my tires, or probe the bottom of holes in the tread with it. And, have used it to extract those pesky radial tire wires.
Resize a boot or patch.
And, it can always serve as a can opener or bottle opener if I ever need it.
As I've been experimenting with a post-pump, one Allen wrench can be handy.
Well, I hadn't been thinking along the lines of unorthodox, eccentric, and completely non-ride related uses, so you got me there!
You remind us that which tools we carry will vary based on how we ride and for what purpose. Whereas I've never needed a Swiss Army Knife to cut open a sew-up while out on the road, a fully self-supported touring rider might (although it takes an odd series of decisions to arrive at that point which I, frankly, can't imagine). Similarly, I don't carry sandpaper, but a sandpaper salesman who only rides around town looking for people to sell sandpaper to might be well advised to keep swatches in his pack, because, well, you just never know who you'll run into out on a ride.