Originally Posted by
mlau
FWIW, I don't know enough to know which companies are "quality" for BIke tools.
For instance, I was agonizing over what 4th hand (cable puller) tool to get, and ended up with a Park Tool.
I found the Park fourth hand (and the copy-cat Pedro's) to be difficult to use at best. They use thinner metal, which makes grabbing the cable more difficult. The Hozan is identical to the tool we used in the shop in the late 1980s (and for some reason, I thought it was Park-branded back then as well--at least I remember blue rubber hand grips).