Psydotek

Actually, i don't know for sure. I have a kit with various sizes but i'm not sure if there's a 15mm. It's in the car but i'm too lazy to check right now...

sloaccord

i have a shiny pretty craftsman. wash wrench, drop into water bottle. fill bottle with water. no allen bolts to remove, no heavy crap in the jersey.

MIN 

Dude, that's heinous.

estratton

I second this being kinda gross...

Landgolier

Agreed, use whiskey. Much more sterile.

rm -rf

I previously posted my chopped Craftsman wrench. It's 100 grams, and fits a small saddle bag. There's no sharp corners on it, I cut off the open end piece. I didn't need to buy a set, it was an individual item. See post #24

The Campagnolo wrench would be good for a pocket.

sloaccord

it's not, really. they used to use aluminum water bottles, what's the difference from chrome-plated steel?

Landgolier

Wrenches get grease on them. Grease is pretty toxic. Dish soap doesn't take off grease completely, or we'd all be using it for everything. I don't think you'd die from doing this, but I'm not going to do it any time soon.

radical_edward

Credit (once again) would have to go to Sheldon. I wanted a peanut butter wrench for years, thanks to his write up. Probably 10% of my decision to get a fixie was due the fact that I could have a bike to use with my wrench

estratton

^The PB wrenches are great impo.

Cyclist0383

Go to wherever sells cheap tools. Perhaps even a pawn shop. Cheap tools are light and will be strong enough to remove a bicycle wheel.

Dr. Bill

I use the Park version of the famed peanut butter wrench. I have the Campy version as well, but that one stays home. It fits nicely in a Jandd Hurricane Mini Mountain Wedge seat pack under my saddle--no sway at all.

https://www.jandd.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=FMMWH

The wedge pack holds a spare tube, tire irons, peanut butter wrench, minitool, spoke wrench, rag, and a cell phone. That's the minimum for a metric century length ride. IMHO, trying to carry all that mechanical stuff in a jersey pocket is unrealistic and very uncomfortable. I carry food in the jersey pockets.

Hope this helps.

drb2003

It pains me to even say this but the tule weighs in at 84 grams. I personally couldn't care less what it weighs but my digital food scale was out and I checked for those that might care.

Gurgus

I guess I'm the only one that rides with a camel bak. All kindsa crap and tools fit in one of them.

filtersweep

Don't crash and impale yourself on your wrench.... Gotta watch out for those kidneys.

I hardly consider a flat kit in a tiny seat bag to be "swaying weight"---- and why are you even a weight weenie if you are riding fixed-- your gearing (or lack thereof) affects your climbing more than anything. And if a tiny seatbag makes your bike unstable, well, you've got yourself other problems. I could see if you had a fully loaded touring bike---

You could probably ditch your cell phone if you went with a proper pump.

brinskan

Instead of lugging around a "tool kit" I carry a 1/4 breaker bar with a 15mm socket, and a 4mm and 5mm hex sockets with Park Tool 6mm sleeve adapter. That is the only tools I need for basic road side repairs. So it's only 3 peices. And good thing about a breaker bar is if your bolts are real tight and you need more leverage, remove your seat post and use that over the end of the breaker-bar. Voila

Ken Cox

I have a Campy peanut butter wrench and a Surly wrench.

The Surly wrench works for me on bikes that have chain tensioners (I don't tighten axle nuts so tight with chain tensioners as a safety back-up).

The Campy wrench has better ergonomics and weighs less than the Surly wrench.

I would like to know more about allen head axle nuts...do they require special-length axles?

If I could replace my conventional hexagonal axle nuts with allen head axle nuts, I would.

dwainedibbly

The seatpost idea sounds very creative. I wouldn't recommend it with a carbon post, though.

brinskan

yeah, that goes with out saying...

iamtim

+1

Those little wrenches wrock.

BeerBiker

I went to the swap meet and bought a decent quality combination end wrench. I hacksawed the open end off and ground/filed down the end until it's baby-butt smooth. It looks like it was made that way and you can torque on it without it cutting into your hand. It fits nicely in my seat bag with spare tube, patch kit and tire irons. I don't understand why a seat bag would be a bother. Never heard of that being an issue.

Mark

Gretch

my friend gave me a gift of a homemade 15mm that is about 3 inches in length and has a bottle opener on the other end.

I carry it everywhere but to be honest its got no torque and is a pain to actually use to take off a wheel.

daodedick

Gearwrench +1. It's small, and it gets the job done. I have a bigger 15mm at home to get more torque and do the real repairs, but the GW15mm is in the saddlebag for flats.

LóFarkas

A bunch of multitools come with the square bit driver thigs. Use one of those multitools instead of your current one and get a 15 mm hex bit for it. Ligthest/smallest possible solution. (If appropriate 15mm bits exist.)

E.g. https://www.fahrrad.de/typo3temp/imag.../4376-_lrg.jpg

seaneee

+1 million. Small, lifetime warranty, fits in a wedge bag, and only costs$10 ($14 for the ratcheting one)