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Old 05-19-23 | 07:53 AM
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Bikes: '87-ish Pinarello Montello; '89 Nishiki Ariel; '85 Raleigh Wyoming, '16 Wabi Special, '16 Wabi Classic, '14 Kona Cinder Cone, 2023 Surly Disk Trucker

I have never been a fan of the Three-way Allen or Torx wrenches even though I own them. As was said before, they seem to be fine to tighten new bikes and bolts but after that I find their tolerances to loose to use regularly. My go-to Allen wrenches are PB Swiss with Bundhus coming in a close second. I have never stripped out an Allen bolt with those and I also us their Allen and Torx bits in my torque wrenches.

Then there's the always awkward (to me) feeling of the three-way wrench. I never got used to using them and they don't fit in a pocket very well but to tighten a new bolt they are adequate but I use a torque wrench to get the bolt to spec.

For shop use though, they would be very convenient because you have the sizes you use 90% of the time in your hand. Those things came out after I stopped working in bike shops though. That may be the biggest reason I don't favor them.
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