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Old 06-30-21 | 02:56 PM
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Bikes: Current: 2016 Bianchi Volpe; 1973 Peugeot UO-8. Past: 1974 Fuji S-10-S with custom black Imron paint by Stinsman Racing of PA.

On tools, I go by the old saying, you can "pay me now or pay me later." A good cheap tool may last for 'enough' jobs, OR it may damage what you are working on with poor specs or manufacturing on the first job (usually the one you really bought it for).

I learned this from cars and bikes.

Case in point, cheap Allen keys or Torx drivers. You could round out the hex hole with bad dimensions, or more commonly round off the Allen key due to bad dimensions AND poor heat treating or steel, or break the shaft and scratching the paint or gouging the frame material with the broken shaft. To put icing on the cake, finding a replacement for that rounded bolt, nut, or allen screw/bolt, will surely be the one the hardware store will be out of, and it will happen on a Sunday evening.

There are good tools, and cheap tools, and a smaller subset of cheap, good tools. Choose wisely.
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