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10-26-17 | 09:56 AM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by WizardOfBoz

I agree: separate allen keys work a lot better. Trying to adjust the brake centration with a multitool is for the birds: the stubby little allen key can't reach the nut. If nothing else, put 2 or 3 of the most important allen keys in your kit. The weight is negligible and the payoff in actually being able to use the tool is high.

In fact, given the weight of multi-tool frame, I think you could actually have less weight with a chain tool and loose keys. Or close, anyway.

Wiz

While I agree that most multitools are poorly designed and don't work that well, not all multitools are the same. The old Cool Tool had removable allen wrenches that worked quite well. The Fix Sticks allen wrenches are excellent and work as well...perhaps better...than shop allen wrenches. The Full Windsor multitool is in a similar vane and works almost as well as both of the others.

Here, by the way, is the treasure map to the Fixit Sticks kits.

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