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4th October 2013, 07:17 PM #16
A torque wrench....you have to be kidding!!!!
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5th October 2013, 01:49 PM #17Foo
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I kid you not! Everything is speced up to the limit and this especially applies to Carbon Fibre bikes and components.
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5th October 2013, 11:14 PM #18
When changing brake cables I use vise grips, quick acting clamp and the correct size ring or open ended spanner.
Having the spare when the cable snaps is the problem though.
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5th October 2013, 11:29 PM #19
My brake cables have hydraulic fluid running through them.
It's only a mistake if you don't learn from it.
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6th October 2013, 06:35 AM #20Foo
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^^ What? ^^
Please explain!
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6th October 2013, 07:54 AM #21It's only a mistake if you don't learn from it.
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6th October 2013, 12:57 PM #22Foo
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No no, what I meant to say was. You say oil running through your cables but did you mean to say fully hydraulic like a motor bike?
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6th October 2013, 02:05 PM #23It's only a mistake if you don't learn from it.
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6th October 2013, 04:13 PM #24
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12th October 2013, 08:58 AM #25
Bought the kit, first job to do was tighten the bottom bracket. The adjustable lockring spanner is useless, resorted to pipe wrench to remove lockring on the bottom bracket, other tools look ok but a little flimsy. All in all though it's a good starter kit. I think i would buy more of their tools particularly the bike repair stand but that hasn't been on sale recently.
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12th October 2013, 09:03 AM #26Foo
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I have the bike stand and am happy with it.
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12th October 2013, 12:54 PM #27
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17th November 2013, 03:24 AM #28
If you're running a carbon fibre frame or components then a torque wrench is mandatory. After you've overtightened a CF seat tube clamp and split the tube you'll then realise that the cost of a wrench would have been a small percentage of the cost of a new bike frame.
Whatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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17th November 2013, 10:19 AM #29Foo
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I missed out on the Aldi torque wrench as I was away in the truck and forgot to tell my wife to get over there and get me one.
I do however take special care not to over tighten on my CF bike though.
Foo
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30th September 2018, 07:23 AM #30Foo
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Jeez, 5yrs have passed since being in this thread. My tool kit has grown greatly since then, with the inclusion of a torque wrench set, cable cutter, a full set bike specific open enders and a chain wear measurer. Bottom bracket tools for different BB's and cluster remover.
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