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Cool Tool Tuesday vol 2 (www-de.wera.de)

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Greetings fellow fediverse bike-wrenchers; I want to talk about the Zyklop Mini today.

I love it and it's the best tool I've ever bought, bar none. With the (optional) bit check it stows nicely in a trousers pocket, apron, or ride bag/jersey pocket. It makes tightening up almost every bolt on most bikes trivial even when they're tucked nicely in some bullshit aero location. It lives in my 'everynday' bag, and it sees use almost every day. On rides I've adjusted almost every contact point on my bike with it. It even manages to deal with my brifter bolts in their almost stripped state.

Bonus points because it's also a great fidget.

Is it cheap? No. Is it worthwhile? Yes, very. I used generic 1/4" bits and bought the bit check case on eBay for pennies to save myself some pain.

What are your well-worth-the-money/never-leave-home-without cool tools?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i have the sabercut ☞ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H5vhPCyVGI

last best tool has some more videos on mini ratchets ☞ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwGL9X1vzc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE3f2Z-KkwY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ZUzR5RGHI

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

A bit beefy for my taste but having bits both ends is nice!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This looks like a beautiful tool, but for bikes if you have a single ratchet, it should probably be a torque wrench. Something like PRO (Shimano) or Park Tool, or equivalent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

It's lovely kit!

Please don't use torque wrenches as general purpose ratchets! It's a great way to throw them out of calibration, and if you use a "clicker" type you might be over tightening by accident anyway (the "click" can act like an impact driver if you check tightness with them).

I used torque wrenches where appropriate - ie. On carbon parts and to ensure minimum tightness of contact points where manufacturers tolerances are expressly stated.

You'd be hard pressed to over torque with a 2 inch ratchet, mind you, you can apply more force with a standard T or L handled hex.