Originally Posted by
noglider
Ooh, I forgot the pump. I will need a pump if I'm going to change a tube.
May I recommend the
Lezyne Pocket Drive?
I think it's my favorite of the three portable pumps I have. It's really small & light, but really well-engineered too. To use it, a tethered rubber cap pops off one end, which lets us unthread the hose that's stored inside. One end of the hose is threaded for Presta, the other end for Schrader.
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Originally Posted by
noglider
Also, I really dislike multitools, and I've had many. The only one that is kinda-sorta OK with me is the Park MT-1.
Amazon tells me I've bought three of these
Topeak Hexus X. One was stolen with my Ride1UP Portola eBike in Colorado Springs two summers ago. I only have one left. What's cool about it:
- It has a chain breaker implement, and one of the handle scales/tire levers has the matching Allen wrench to drive it
- The handle scales double as tire levers
- Spoke wrenches and a Presta valve core wrench are also built into the removeable handle scales
- The tools all have a nice chrome plating, so you won't find it has rusted when you need it
- You might notice there are three bits stored in the main body of it. They didn't want to make it three layers wider, so those bits attach with a magnet onto the end of one of the allen keys to drive them.