he best general tool that every bicycle owner has to have is bicycle pump and a set of double-ended cone wrenches for working with brackets sized 13-16mm. However, for more in-depth repair and creation of custom bicycles many additional tools are needed. Here they are separated in several distinct categories.
Brake tools
- Cable tensioning tool – Needed for stretching spokes.
- Brake clamps – For placing brakes in specific position.
- Disk straightening tool
- Cable and housing cutters
Hub, wheel and tire tools
- Cone wrenches – Needed for dismantling, modifying or adjusting hub bearings.
- Dishing gauge- For measuring dish of a wheel.
- Spoke wrenches – For tensioning wheel spokes.
- Tensiometer – For measuring tension of wheel spokes.
- Tire bead jack
- Tire levers – For removing tires form the rim, they are made either from metal or plastic.
- Wheel truing stand
Headset tools
- Headset is a part of a bike that houses entire rotating interface between bicycle fork and head tube of the bicycle frame. Repairing this part of a bike requires special set of tools that can gain access to complicated set of components that consists from several sets of ball bearings and their casings.
- Crown race cutting tool
- Crown race puller or remover
- Head tube facing and reaming tool
- Headset bearing cup press
- Headset wrenches are oversized
- Hex keys
- Star-nut setter
Drivetrain and bottom bracket tools
- Bottom bracket taps and facing tools
- Bracket wrenches
- Chain splitter
- Chain whip
- Crank extractor
- Derailleur alignment gauge
- Freewheel removers
- Lock-ring remover
- Pedal wrench
- Pin spanner
Post time: Jul-21-2022
