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Old 08-30-15 | 09:21 AM
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habilis
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From: Morris County, NJ

Bikes: 90's Bianchi Premio, Raleigh-framed fixed gear, Trek 3500, Centurion hybrid, Dunelt 3-spd, Trek 800

I made (modified) what may become my favorite bike-related tool: a light-weight, compact adjustable wrench that will live in my seat bag and fits all the axle nuts, seat-clamp nuts, etc., on my collection of behind-the-times bikes. (Only one has QR axles front and rear, and one is fixed gear and can't have QR on the rear wheel.) I had to file the jaws of a 4-inch-long wrench that couldn't quite span the axle nuts. It should still be strong enough since I won't need to do major torquing with it. Without this tool - or something bigger and heavier - I couldn't fix flats on the road.

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