Best Starter Tool Kit For Building a Mountain Bike

[Flowta]

The toolshop in jhb.....

 

These guys?

http://www.toolshop.co.za/home/

[V12man]

These guys?

http://www.toolshop.co.za/home/

Yes - speak to Jorge

[RABUBI]

A bottle opener as well.

[droo]

A bottle opener as well.

 

Essential for when you strip your moer. It's the only tool that can fix it.

[BarHugger]

 

 

Essential for when you strip your moer. It's the only tool that can fix it.

 

......and just before you go that route with a Jeremy Clarckson ham-moer special......remember the Hub threads on pedal threads......still catches a few DIY mechanics.

 

Have fun.

 

(DIY = Destroy-it-yourself)

[porqui]

Essential for when you strip your moer. It's the only tool that can fix it.

 

After you've used the bottle opener it's time for bloudraad en 'n tang.

[madmarc]

In my opinion the smaller torque wrenches are over rated and not really required on bicycles. the only reason they have all the torques printed on the screws etc is so the manufacturer can cover his ass if you strip a bolt and then claim that it was their responsibility to advise what the tightness or torque should have been. Its an American thing because generally most Americans are dumbasses and when they break something they always look to blame or sue the supplier. the same reason why they have safety lips on the dropouts on the forks, so if they forget to tighten the skewer and the front wheel falls out injuring the rider then the manufacturer can't get sued. As Johan Boreman used to call them "Lawyers Lips" ..........So rather invest in a bigger torque wrench that can do 40Nm because its more important to ensure your cassette & cranks are torqued to 40Nm......on all the other scres and bolts, simply use a small amount of blue Loctite and nip them tight and you good to go.

[Flowta]

Essential for when you strip your moer. It's the only tool that can fix it.

 

Came across this the other day thanks to this thread

Don't think it will look too bad on my SingleSpeed either

http://www.capemulti.co.za/Portals/113/Images/Park%20Tool/Park%20Tool%20-%20%20BO-5%20wall%20mount%20bottle%20opener.jpg

http://www.capemulti.co.za/ONLINESHOP/ONPROMOTION/tabid/5107/CategoryID/64/List/0/Level/1/ProductID/1360/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName%2cProductName

[droo]

Came across this the other day thanks to this thread

Don't think it will look too bad on my SingleSpeed either

http://www.capemulti.co.za/Portals/113/Images/Park%20Tool/Park%20Tool%20-%20%20BO-5%20wall%20mount%20bottle%20opener.jpg

http://www.capemulti...ame,ProductName

 

I don't think that's actually a cage - it's meant to be a wall mount bottle opener, and the "bottle" is a catcher for bottle tops.

 

I may be wrong though. And at the very worst I'm pretty sure it could be bodged.

[Flowta]

I don't think that's actually a cage - it's meant to be a wall mount bottle opener, and the "bottle" is a catcher for bottle tops.

 

I may be wrong though. And at the very worst I'm pretty sure it could be bodged.

 

I know.

 

But who actually needs water on their bike?

[Willie2011]

http://www.birzman.com/products.php?src=prod&subclass_sn=24

[kosmonooit]

In my opinion the smaller torque wrenches are over rated and not really required on bicycles...

 

Thing is on carbon bars and frames one has to be quiet precise with Torque, over-tightening can cause problems, Al and Steel is much more forgiving. For someone new to the game, their idea of tight could be quiet far out, and your bars or frame must just go foobar en-route at a tricky moment.

 

You shouldn't rely on Loctite, any pro tech will agree I am sure. CWC has a good deal on a small Torque Wrench.

[mazambaan]

" You shouldn't rely on Loctite" I only partly agree. Maybe from experience on single cylinder motor cycles, my hand is never far from Loctite 243. At least on the brake caliper attachment fasteners on a bicycle. But a bicycle has relatively few fasteners so I guess it's not essential, A check of all fasteners is easy to do on a regular basis and particularly after services

[kosmonooit]

Up to you who you do things of course. but I will only use Loctite when specified - it's not a substitute for correct torque. And with every component, the tech info sheet normally specifies what you must do, and I folow those instructions to a T. Hangover from my aircraft tech days I guess.

[fanievb]

Up to you who you do things of course. but I will only use Loctite when specified - it's not a substitute for correct torque. And with every component, the tech info sheet normally specifies what you must do, and I folow those instructions to a T. Hangover from my aircraft tech days I guess.

 

i bought my torque wrench after stripping a pinch bolt on a shimano crank arm. very expensive lesson that. now i stick to the recommendations.

[droo]

I know.

 

But who actually needs water on their bike?

 

I was talking more about actually mounting it to the frame. After that you'd have to make sure it fits a beer, probably a Darling or a Windhoek Draught dumpy.