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Originally Posted by diverge52rider
I went through the same ordeal. Instead of repeating everything that's been said I tried to plan ahead and buy the tools for the jobs I knew I was going to do so I didn't have to wait long to have them available (i.e. 15mm pedal wrench to replace the cheap stock pedals that come on the bike; a torque wrench for carbon fiber). That may not matter if you have a LBS nearby with everything you need.

If you got the itch to buy stuff, get things you'll need down the road like a chain wear indicator or a valve core tool (for tubeless)...once you start using this stuff you'll find out things like, "Crap! My chain wear indicator doesn't show 0.5% wear" so you'll have to go out and buy another one.
Or, "Crap, my chain wear indicator reads 0.5% on a new chain, so I have to toss it and use a steel rule to get an accurate measurement".
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