GeneO 

5x cheaper than the Park 6". Blue paint must be expensive
They are really handy though for sure. .

billnuke1 

Three useful “settings”...

Rebuilt and cleaned this wheel yesterday, before getting the tool...gonna make a big difference when I do the rear wheel and from now on...

billnuke1 

Also got the single...this can go into the vice or be positioned two ways on the bench or brought with me on road trips, camping, attached to a piece of wood...

JoeTBM 

And every once in a while they have a "free coupon" for the 4".

Old muffin pans (6 muffin style) are also great for keeping parts sorted when disassembling/reassembling

billnuke1 

Great size...magnetized edge to edge...gotta go through wife’s cupcake pans...found some bigger pans...aluminum though...

Drew Eckhardt 

IceToolz Campagnolo lock ring tool with 1/2" drive so I don't need to grab the 1" socket from the imperial rack in my 1/2" drive drawer. My torque wrenches have interchangeable heads so they're not size specific and reside in their own drawer.

MudPie

I just bought a Park FR 5.2 cassette lockring tool. My previous Park lockring tool split, rendering it useless.

madpogue 

^^^^^ Must be the season. Both of my latest tool acquisitions were repair/replacement (of the tools themselves):
* Park FR-1.3 Shimano splined freewheel tool. Old one is actually worn to the point that it "jumped" inside one particularly recalcitrant freewheel
* Park CTP chain tool replacement pin two-pack. Same bike, broke the pin trying to remove a really shot chain (this bike spent a LOT of time outside)

_ForceD_

Just got the Hozan spoke threader last week. Withe six bikes going I think it’ll pay for itself quickly.

Dan

Dwillems26

Not so much a purchase.. I made a tool to get a cap off inside a cannondale headshok. Made from an old seat tube I had to pull out of my recycling bin lol. I might hold onto it for a cheater bar when I need one.

Before that it was a cassette lock ring tool from park tool.

Next will be a cone wrench set

billnuke1 

Definitely a luxury to me...I scored a large amount of varied sized spokes a while back...I had always wanted one of these threaders before then...enjoy

veganbikes

Mainly bought because I needed some other stuff from Merry Sales Co. and said you know what I might try one of these, the concept is excellent and the price ain't bad so why not try it.

elcraft

I was always tired of switching ratchet wrench/ breaker bar to use my one inch deep wall socket for Park Tools cassette or Freewheel tools (I like to secure tool w/ skewer or axle nut). So I decided to find the perfect version ( for this application) of the socket; six point (less likely to slip or round things), deep well ( as previously explained before) and 3/8” drive (so not to need to switch ratchet)! I could only find one manufacturer that had said socket in six point version- Snap-On. I ordered it from one of the trucks, thinking; “how much could it cost“. I was shocked that when it came in it was $50!!! As I agreed to buy it, it is now in my cassette/ freewheel tool drawer.
But hey, it works really nicely...........

2old

Hozan C-205 Lock Ring Wrench because it sticks to the grooves while you're tightening like stink on a dog pile. Always thought Park tools were the best and still impressed by them, but from now on the few I need will be Hozan (sorry no picture).

_ForceD_

I purchased mine new from Modern Bike but I'd bet you could find one used for much cheaper. I think it'd be a safe purchase because I wouldn't think it's a tool that can be screwed up even through improper use. I have lots of spokes that I "harvested" from old wheels that I disassembled over the years. They were wheels that didn't have aero rims so the spokes are way too long. So, I can cut them to length and thread them for use on my newer wheels as needed.

Dan

billnuke1 

Mmmmmm...beefy...

Mad Honk 

Got the set of torque bars today from the tool truck I ordered five weeks ago. Snap-On and a bit pricey but beats the bejebers out of finding out you over-torqued a rim and bent the disc brake rotor. No pics but you get the idea. Re-doing a brake job for free is no fun. Smiles, MH

Oneder

6mm wrench because my deraillieur has the cable hooked onto it with such a nut attached to a wood screw of all things. For some reason.

Russ Roth

Why not just use a 1" wrench? I always find the further away that the leverage sits the more likely the tool is to slip. A wrench gets right in close to the lockring and the lockring tool never slips. I find this extra true for sealed cartridge BB tools, they always have a 1/2" drive at the end and always cam out when using it. But pop a 32mm wrench on the BB tool and it virtually never looses grip.

I've got a Campagnolo bleed kit and cassette lockring tool showing tomorrow.

Mad Honk 

The cost for a good tool is never an issue for a real mechanic. It won't break and will always work,and if it does wear out the company will replace it. The cost for tools may be high but if bought from the right company it is a life time buy. I bought Mac tools for all of my bike repairs and have never needed to replace one of them. Never needed to worry about the tool failing while using it,and knew it was covered by a life-time replacement coverage. I can likely send them along to a new mechanic when I pass and know they will work well into the future. I have passed a number of wrenches over to Sykerocker who lost his garage to a fire, ask him about the quality of those. Smiles, MH

Russ Roth

Lot of truth to this, I've got my wrenches, ratchets, and sockets stacked with Wright which are an industrial brand and still made in OH. I do have a few Snap-On ratchet wrenches, the reversible is nice but I find I don't like a lot of offset, the other two are non-reversible, have a nice length, zero offset and don't have teeth in the open end which makes them nice for not marring bolts. I might relegate these to the travel tool box since it is used with a lot of track bikes and they won't mar the shiny chrome axle nuts. Also partially due to the cost of filling out the set when SK makes a really nice set of zero-offset ratchet combo wrenches here in the US that is just as nice but more affordable.
Check out https://sktools.com/shop/x-framer-6p...et-12-pcs.html
8-19mm which is most every size you need for a bike, seen them down close to 200 around father's day and other similar sale times.

Miele Man

Bought a new park Suntour two-prong freewheel removal tool because the ancient Suntour one I had went awol.

Sure enough, about one week later I found the missing Suntour one. The Park tool is still in the original packaging. I'm hoping the shop will take it back once they reopen to walk in customers.

The Ancient Suntour freewheel remover fits my Pocket Vise perfectly.



Cheers

Camilo

I found this derailleur hanger alignment tool on sale for $30US at Wiggle a few weeks ago.





I've never had an obvious need for one, but it's about the only bike specific tool I don't have (not counting some that I've made DIY tools for like bearing and cup presses). I've never been willing to spend $100+ for a tool like this, but $30? Why not!

I hope to actually try it out soon just for grins, although I don't think I have any alignment issues on any of the 8 family bikes I provide service for. It will be interesting to see.

madpogue 

^^^^^^ Wiggle?

capnjonny 

One "tool" that I use a lot is an old straight bar off an old mountain bike. I cut it down so it fits in my tool box . ti slips over the end of my socket wrench or an allen wrench and gives me the mechanical advantage I need to break loose stubborn fasteners.