bw286

i still don;t understand why it's so important to have a bottle opener on all these tools. if you can open a beer with a lighter, you can open a been with any relatively flat, solid object.

Jabba Degrassi

You know what I'd like better than a bottle opener? A pedal wrench.

HandsomeRyan

How often do you need to install or remove pedals while you are out riding vs. how often do you enjoy a cold beer?

Pedal wrenches are great to have in the toolbox but I don't think of them as necessary for a 'rescue tool'.

Jabba Degrassi

Maybe I have kind of a unique situation, but my tools are 7 floors away from where I keep my bikes. It would be nice to be able to switch pedals before a ride with just the tools I would be packing anyway. Maybe it's kind of a unique situation.

dobber

Probably about as often as you'll encounter a beer bottle that doesn't have a twist off top. Or the need to tighten you lockring.

HandsomeRyan

Often.

Steve90068

https://smartbikeparts.com/search_details.php?itm=TL0638

bw286

if you can;t open a beer bottle with your teeth, you don't deserve to drink it.

birdt8608

Whoa... you can even adjust fenders with it. I must have one.

fuggers

Anyone pick one of these up from the link above?
I have tried to search around a bit, assuming they are out, but couldn't find anything.

HandsomeRyan

The company has a phone #. If you are interested you should call and ask if it's in stock.

I'm still hoping to buy locally as I've purchased a bunch of stuff online lately and I do try to support my LBS's when possible.

HandsomeRyan

FYI: I just received the following email from Jason Elhardt @ Pedros:

AngryScientist 

i'm bumping this thread to see if anyone has picked one of these up recently, and where they can be had...

jhaber

Looks pretty sweet but looks too short to provide proper leverage. Out on the road it would be good to have but I don't see using this over a normal chain whip/lock ring tool at home.

Meepers

you have to drink better beer. domestics have twist off caps, imports and micro brews need an opener. i never leave home with out one!

Meepers

hmmm, there is a dealer two blocks from my house. more interesting, there is a bike shop 2 blocks from my house! i have only lived here a month and a half, but i have riddin my bike and drivin my car by ther countless times. looks like i have something to do after work today.


edit: now i know why i didn't know that LBS was there. because it's not! i guess they don't update the interweb offten enough. oh well, there is another dealer a block away from my part time job, i'll check them out tomrrow.

apprecilove

none of the dealers in the extreme nw have them in.

HandsomeRyan

My LBS is trying to order me one. They said their supplier will get some in early February and they'll try to get me one of those.

I can't wait.

admrwe

i ordered one from a site that said they were in stock but got a "we don't have these yet, we'll ship it out as soon as it comes in" email right away. that was like 2 and a half weeks ago, still waiting.

Meepers

me to. i stopped a a shop by my part time job yesterday and he took my name and number, said he had to put together an order and would try and get me one. so i guess i'll have to wait and see if it comes in.

Steve90068

they are out people
https://www.benscycle.net/index.php?m...oducts_id=7443

MuddyPaws

I'll have mine on Monday or Tuesday courtesy of my LBS.

admrwe

mine arrived today, heads up for anyone waiting

also, kind of bummed they got rid of the pin hole to make your own chain whip

j3ffr3y

I'm getting one for my birthday. its in just under a month!

fuggers

WTF, this was one of the main selling points