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03-11-20, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Unca_Sam

Park Tool's IB-3 multi tool includes those on the tire lever/ chain breaker handle. They suck for anything other than sn emergency though.

I bring a 17g black Park SW-0 spoke wrench and 77g CT-5 chain tool. They don't suck, although other riders with Japanese nipples are out of luck.

For a 75 kg rider + bike combination that costs you 4.5 seconds per hour in the mountains which doesn't matter when you're not racing in which case neutral support would make it redundant.

03-11-20, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by rumrunn6

seems to be my specialty. always the rear. & the wheel always go far enough out of true, that I can't ride it home. hoping the last tech, that did the replacement & truing, reviewed all the spokes

As above, bring a spoke wrench or multi-tool with a spoke wrench, and see if you can make it ridable. What have you got to lose?

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03-11-20, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Drew Eckhardt

Oh, I meant the spoke wrenches suck, not the chain tool. It's a handy little thing to have, and I'm generally not counting grams. I happily use the chain tool to size chains in the workshop, but the spoke wrenches are too cumbersome and prone to rounding nipples to replace a dedicated spoke wrench in the workshop.

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03-11-20, 01:02 PM

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...the spoke wrenches are too cumbersome and prone to rounding nipples to replace a dedicated spoke wrench in the workshop.

This is common to multi-tools IME. I have bought and lost a couple Park spoke wrenches over the years, and learnt my lesson to not rely on the multi-tool ones. The cheap ring-shaped multi-size spoke wrench, though, seems to work fine.
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03-11-20, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Unca_Sam

If the difference is between getting home and not getting home, crank away on the nearest opposing nipples to pull in the slack! Higher spoke counts help too. I can imagine that a 24 or 28 spoke rear wheel would take more adjustment than the 32 and 36 spoke wheels I ride on. The other tip is to open the brake's QR, but that doesn't help if the wheel is rubbing the frame!

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Originally Posted by rumrunn6

thank you. I've tweaked my kids bikes' wheels, a little, when they weren't perfect. so I've done it, at home, a little, but the cpl times I've "felt" stranded I had bail out options ..

Even better -- you can loosen up the two neighboring spokes a little, and tighten the two outside of those a bit, to spread out the imbalance. That's why it's good practice to build wheels at less than the rim's maximum tension, so you have room to maneuver if need be.