My multi tool goes up to 11. My crank arms weren't allen headed but that's prolly just cause they're old.
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=214314

Oh yeah, and get yourself a chainring bolt spanner and a tube of loctite. Tighten those crappy chainring bolts right the first time, and you won't have to keep doing it over and over.

Btw rob, post some friggin pics of your lobster. Is it the steel or aluminum version?

Co2 inflater that is also a pump > Co2 > frame pump

Mine goes to 15.

Wait, no one's mentioned that he needs an artisinal axe?

That thing is sweet, but $20/per seems a little silly.

That is why one is all one needs.

I think the first solution is ambiguous--it shows a stripped axle but talks about a stripped hub--confusing for newbs.

I couldn't find a picture of a stripped hub. The example is to show what stripped threads look like in general. If they can't put two and two together when they look at the stripped threads in that picture and the stripped threads on their hub they probably shouldn't be working on a bike.

HOWEVER.... If somebody does have a good picture of a stripped hub I'll swap it into the graphic

Thanks for all the info guys. I went out to see a movie and just got home now.

Will post tomorrow morning.

You'd be surprised how little it takes to keep people from putting two and two together. That said, your graphic is helpful.

Most newbs can't tell an axle from an allen key, though. It seems like every other thread is either about cogular slippage or what bike someone should buy. It's weird that reading is the least popular activity on the internet, which is full of words.

These things:
http://vainstyle.com/wp-content/uplo...-skinny-21.jpg
http://www.thebigoptician.com/showth...hp?image_id=55
http://spycloset.com/images/CWC-062.gif

"Department of redundancy department, how may I assist you?"

http://www.8el.com/images/op-console.gif

def need some street cred

Topeak Mini-9.

http://basicallybicycles.com/merchan...tool_62513.jpg

has a bottle opener and other less important crap.

a patch kit

on a more serious side this is the list I carry with me whenever I go outside:

- Pump (hate CO2, mine is a Topeak Road Morph G - has a gauge so you can pump to whatever PSI you need, goes up to 160 PSI, the foot pad is awesome, light and small and works with Presta/ Schrader/ Dunlop valves).
- Lock (I use a mid security u-lock, my city doesn't need something like the NY Fahgettaboudit)
- Oh noes kit (tire lever, patch kit, 1 extra tube)
- Multi tool (insert fith element joke here, mine is a Topeak Alien II)
- Small Adjustable Wrench, this way you can carry just one wrench to service your bike when needed

Kilo TT

What if you just made 10 louder?

Isn't there already a thread about this?

Zero Speed? New Hipster Fad? What do you think?

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