Originally Posted by
eogie
I was thinking about picking this up today.
http://www.parktool.com/products/det...t=6&item=AK-37
Would I be better off picking and choosing what I need? I'll be building up geared bikes from the ground up and thought this would do the job. Any opinions? Also need to get a stand. Money, money money.
TreeFort has this kit for $214 w/free shipping.
I use this kit and have been pretty happy with it. I've ended up using most of the tools, and although the idea of piecing together a toolset is really nice, the kit is a convenient and cost-effective way to get a good assortment of basic tools.
That said, if you don't see yourself having a need for many of the tools that come in the kit, I'd do it piece by piece. I must say that I've never even touched three of the cone wrenches that came with the kit, and ended buying a couple duplicate of the 13mm and 15mm sizes. Also, I despise the three-pronged hex wrenches and much prefer Park's P-handle set. A couple of things I love are the chain-cleaner set, and the shop-quality cone wrenches.