Bumping this up. Got me a pelican style box and some better Kaizen foam inserts on the way.
Dee did you just cut your's with a snap knife or go all out with a hot knife?
Bumping this up. Got me a pelican style box and some better Kaizen foam inserts on the way.
Dee did you just cut your's with a snap knife or go all out with a hot knife?
Wow my travel toolbox needs work, great ideas and inspiration. Thanks!
A little bit of both the regular knife and the hot knife. I found that the the hot knife works really well, but the foam melts back a bit, essentially creating a wide kerf of your cut, just take the extra width into consideration.
Walmart has some "Wood burning tools" with knife attachments for cheap, its worth picking one up for under $20. I like the flat tips to smooth the rip-out layer below the tools.
This is motivating me to redo some layers in my box, as I got some new lighter tools that I want to add to my travel case.
I got the long nose marker and long thin blades from here to do my tool box and they worked really well: https://kaizeninserts.com/t/tools-to-kaizen
I also put marks on the blade using a sharpie to indicate depth so that I had an idea of how deep I was cutting.
I’ve been buying some new tools in the off season. I’ll be able to update some stories here soon.
On my purchased list include:
-Some fancy bits from a niche tool company out of Japan and Germany.
-Some new bits for my travel case (which means new foam cuts)
-Some new pieces for my garage wall set, mostly bearing presses, BB cup tools, and suspension tools.
-a full set of tools to fill a new “Tool Roll” that will act as a every day carry set in the car, it will allow me perform almost any fix at a trail head, without having to bring my hard case.
My fist new tool(s) I want to show off is the Bosch Easy Pump. (Freshly arriving from Germany, not distributed in USA).
It’s a hand held battery operated pump. The battery is self contained, with a micro USB - USB charge cord. Features an automatic PSI (or BAR) shut off, max pressure of 150 PSI.
I matched it with the Silca Hero Chuck, which is in my opinion the best presets air chuck/head in the industry.
It weight 500g (1.1lbs) with the Hero Chuck attached, and the battery life is claimed to fill 8 bike tires. I’m sure it will last many “top ups”.
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Well Dee you need to post purchase links for all that stuff for sure. I’m in.
I have been putting together some tools to build a "tool roll" that can live in my car, and can be at the trail head when I drive to trails, or road trip to the desert.
I want to be able to do most repairs without having to bring my travel box with me.
Here's a look and a description what I have on the go:
This is the tools out of their pockets
Right to Left, bottom row then top row,
-Wolftooth Tool Wrap
-Wolftooth BB wrench with 1" bit holder, also inserted in the standard 16T 44mm BB size is an adapter for XTR BB 16/39 and XT BB 16/41
-Abbey Tool Hanger Alignment Gauge (HAG)
-Park Tool 15mm pedal wrench
-Knipex Pliers Wrench 180mm (7-1/4") which opens to 35mm.
-Felco cable cutters
-12" toe/cam strap
-General multi bit screwdriver
-Park tool measuring tape metric (and imperial)
-Wera Hex-Plus kit. 8,6,5,4,3,2.5,2mm, T25,T10 (in a nice velcro case)
-Bosch Easy Pump with Silca Hero valve.
-Lezyne Digital shock pump
-Wera 1/4" mini ratchet drive set. It includes a Zyklop ratchet: an extension bit holder, bits are 8,6,5,4,3,2.5,2mm, T25,T10. Also in a nice velcro holder.
Top Row:
-Wolftooth 1" inserts. Cassette/lockring, Cinch/ISIS, 8mm hex with a 16mm adapter for Cinch cranks.
-Shimano crank preload tool
-Wolftooth Pack Pliers, to open quick links, plus 8 other uses. It has 2 extra quick links in side.
-Leatherman, mostly for a needle nose plier
-Spoke tools, Park Tool Black and Red, Shimano size, and bladed spoke holder
-Valve core tool, valve cores, tubeless vables, Presta adapter
-C02 20oz and 16 oz with a C02 head
-Razor knife
-Disc Brake bleed block, pad spacers, 7mm and 8mm wrench.
-Sharpies and paint pens
-Shimano syringe and syringe with M5 threads cut onto it to act as a funnel.
-Shimano mineral oil
-Chain lube, degreaser, grease pack, carbon paste.
I'm still finalizing it, and I'm missing:
-Zip ties and electrical tape
-Tire boot and tube patch kit, I'll throw a Tubolito in there too.
-Shifter cable, length of cable housing and some ferrels and ends.
I'm trying to find the right torque bit/end/wrench for the kit. I'm leaning towards the Silca Torque stick.
Here's what it looks like with tools in their pockets:
Here it is rolled up and it weighs just under 4.5kg (10lbs)
Thoughts, questions, what am I missing?
That is beautiful. And slightly shame inducing [emoji23] .
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Shit, that's nicer than my every day tool set by a mile.
Dee I've always wondered what type of car you drive and where you typically park it? Any bumper stickers I should keep an eye out for while I'm on the hunt?
Floor pump. My daughter is off to Univ Utah and I’m sending a basic tool kit with her. We are down to one kinda crappy floor pump so it goes with her, and I’ll get a nicer one for my lovely wife. Considering a 2 stage high pressure/high volume (I think?)
So, what floor pump do I want? I’ve never spent big on floor pumps as I consider them to be like rugby balls - disposable, nomadic items - but maybe it’s time to step up.
Need to buy it soon …
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Lezyne pumps punch above their weight for value. The new chuck is good, and as long as your valve stems aren't too loose you won't have any trouble like all of the dopes who leave negative reviews. https://ride.lezyne.com/collections/...el-floor-drive
Or just go full Dentist with this one for $850. https://silca.cc/products/silca-cust...-richard-sachs
But I pretty much stopped using floor pumps after I got one of these and put a Silca Hiro chuck on it. https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Produc...-Tools/2475-20
ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
I got this for my pool toys and such, but now it’s my floor pump.
Digital gauge and will inflate a car tire to 80psi. Very slowly but it’ll get there eventually.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...P747/308746324
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Ok you guys are all using compressors for bike tires? Am I that far off the back? It was always beaten into my head by my wrenching mentors that they are inaccurate and not suitable for 110psi.
Am I just going full dinosaur here?
Lezyne or (can’t believe I’m saying this) Specialized. They actually build really good accessories.
Let me check, I think I have a Lezyne Gravel Digital pump to sell for a good deal.
Their “Gravel” pumps go to 100 psi, and still push enough volume to fill MTB tires efficiently.
Unless your riding a track bike on a velodrome you shouldn’t need to pump over 100psi, Eliminating the need for a “high pressure, or high pressure” choice.
I have a joe blow floor pump
Use it for road tires mostly
It does what it’s supposed to
And it’s 9yo
Bontrager Charger. Head works, gauge works, hasn't broken in the 15 years I've had it and only cost me €20. I've never used a fancy pump and thought "Damn this is nice". Just me?
I stopped pumping my tires over 100psi years ago. The world has moved on from that (and we're all faster and more comfortable for it). YMMV, but I use 75-80psi on my road bike with 25mm tubed tires (I'm 64kg) for comfort. Unless you're HUGE, 100psi is probably too much. https://silca.cc/pages/sppc-pro Recommends 90 ish for you... It really depends on surface though. I can't use the recommended pressures for MTB and rocky gravel because I'll get rim strikes, but it works well for anything that's not really rocky.
The Milwaukee inflator works far better than I expected it to. Even with the tiny 1.5AH batteries it will pump at least 8 bike tires. The gauge is accurate at pressures from 16 to 80+psi in my experience. It is within a PSI or so of my analog Jaco gauge and the digital one on my Lezyne floor pump. My only complaint is that it sometimes overshoots the set pressure, and I'm not sure why but it seems to be related to exactly how I connect the chuck.
ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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