Tools are so cool !!!
 

I recently acquired a used bike, one that I had lusted after for years. One can only imagine how proud I am of my new toy and how much I want it to be the best it can be.

Now this treasure came to me with slight bits of frame rust at the lower extremeties, nothing serious just normal wear and tear type of surface spots from flying road debris and moisture. A couple cross braces between two parallel botom tubes and around one edge of the BB hanger were just starting to show a little rust.

I turned the bike over yesterday and set to cleaning these little spots up, something I never would have bothered with on any bike other than this one that I had lusted after for so long. When I got to the BB hanger, the crank and rings were in the way. Yipee, I finally had a legitimate reason to use my Crank Extractor thats been rattling around in the bottom of my tool box for umpteen years and my recently purchased (last year) 15mm wrench.

Now when I re-assemble the crank I'll even be able to use that torque wrench my bride gave me so many birthdays ago.

It's such a wonderful feeling to have the right tools handy when one needs them. :)

Enough said.

You are now on the slippery slope to a full tool kit. Lots more out there for you to play with so look around for the "Quality" tools. Cheap ones break and bend after about 10 years.

Soon you could be looking around for projects to use those tools on. That will eventually lead to more tools and more projects and more tools and....................

Park Tools is your freind, no doubt about it. Now if I could just stop misplacing my tools.......

It would be very dangerous for me to those specific tools. I shudder to think of how much damage I might inflict upon my bikes with them.

I'll bite. Please tell us about your new bike.

I feel naked without tools...

When it comes to precision made bicycles, I enjoy mechanical work almost as much as riding.

mmmmm...tools.

There is something deeply satisfying about using good tools.

Cranky, this post is worthless without pics.

May I borrow your crank extractor?

I thought I had all of the tools I needed a couple of years back. That, of course, was before stepson and stepdaughter strarting buying used cars.

I've been amazed by the number of "special" tools you need to work on the individual brands of cars.

Now, I've bout a Bike and my wife has one. I'm finding an entire new category of tools that I didn't know I needed. :)

You have to follow the DG maintenance plan. He uses the shops tools and they are very happy about it. Mind you- he also has to pay the labour for the mechanic to use the tools aswell.

For me tools follow the bike rule.............n+1.........you always need one more tool.

What about the bike?

A picture is worth a thousand words.....

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