Toting tools on/for a Brompton

[[email protected]]

50+ years ago, on my pre-war lady-frame Matchless, and later my maroon
Hercules , I used to carry a tool roll with an horrendous mixture of
assorted tools - it must have weighed 3lbs at least.

What minimum tool kit should I carry on a club outing?

I have bought the spare inner tube the club requested!

Will a plastic tyre lever be strong enough for a 16" "puncture-proof"
tyre? Will one lever be enough?

I generally carry a leatherman (wave) multi-tool, which has been
useful for the screwdriver bits and the pliers for hauling the chain
back on to the chainwheel.

What else?

Your suggestions, please.
--
Charles
Brompton P-type T6 in Motspur Park
LCC; CTC.

 

[M-gineering]

[email protected]m wrote:
> 50+ years ago, on my pre-war lady-frame Matchless, and later my maroon
> Hercules , I used to carry a tool roll with an horrendous mixture of
> assorted tools - it must have weighed 3lbs at least.
>
> What minimum tool kit should I carry on a club outing?
>
> I have bought the spare inner tube the club requested!
>
> Will a plastic tyre lever be strong enough for a 16" "puncture-proof"
> tyre? Will one lever be enough?
>
> I generally carry a leatherman (wave) multi-tool, which has been
> useful for the screwdriver bits and the pliers for hauling the chain
> back on to the chainwheel.
>
> What else?
>
> Your suggestions, please.

spanner for the wheelnuts !

--
/Marten

info(apestaartje)m-gineering(punt)nl

 

[Peter Clinch]

[email protected]m wrote:

> What minimum tool kit should I carry on a club outing?

Depends where you're going, how far, what you expect to encounter. One
nice aspect of the Brom is you can always fold it up and climb on to a
bus or into a taxi to bale out!

> I have bought the spare inner tube the club requested!
>
> Will a plastic tyre lever be strong enough for a 16" "puncture-proof"
> tyre? Will one lever be enough?

There's plastic tyre levers and plastic tyre levers... I use Park
plastic tyre levers and they work okay on my Brom (shod with Marathons).
However, I'd suggest at least 2.
IME the tyre can be a bit of a beast both off and on, but last time I
had one off it actually went back on very easily. Wasn't aware of
anything different going on. <shrug>

Make sure you have the requisite spannerage to get the wheels off.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

 

[squeaker]

On 12 Sep, 07:48, [email protected] wrote:
> What minimum tool kit should I carry on a club outing?
>
Depends how reliant on others you want to be! IMHO a a spare tube,
instant patches, good bike specific multi-tool and pump (that can
inflate your tyres to the correct pressure) would the minimum.

> Will a plastic tyre lever be strong enough for a 16" "puncture-proof"
> tyre? Will one lever be enough?
>
Try it! Now, at home, in comfort(?) - it will never be as easy when
you are out on the road; so if it doesn't work now, find out out what
does before you need it

 

[[email protected]]

I'd recommend steel tyre levers, having found the Raleigh Records,
extremely difficult to remove and replace, breaking reasonably decent
plastic ones. Having fitted a Schwalbe now it is much easier.

I was wondering if tools could be slid up inside the top tube of the
frame some how?

Cheers,

Nick

 

[[email protected]]

On 12 Sep, 07:48, [email protected] wrote:
> What minimum tool kit should I carry on a club outing?

I picked up a used 13/15mm ring spanner and used an angle-grinder to
cut off the 13mm end and reshape it into a tyre lever.
This gives me a steel tyre lever (I only ever use one) and a spanner
for the rear wheel nuts (the front has a Q/R).
This, a spare tube, patch kit and (frame-fit) pump is all I carry for
the bike, though I almost always have a Swiss Army knife in my pocket,
anyway.
This is for commuting on a fixie. For a day trip I'd probably just
check the bike over beforehand to ensure that'd be adequate, whereas
on a multi-day trip on my touring bike I'd probably carry a few more,
as it's got all sorts of extra gubbins for the gears, racks, mudguards
and so on.

Cheers,
W.

 

[POHB]

On 12 Sep, 07:48, [email protected] wrote:
> What minimum tool kit should I carry on a club outing?
> Your suggestions, please.

Apart from the obvious multi-tool, puncture kit and pump I usually
carry a few plastic cable ties - they weigh nothing and can fix almost
anything. Also a couple of those little wet-wipe towelette sachet
thingies they hand out on aeroplanes or in greasy eateries - great for
getting oil and road-cack off your hands after making a repair. And a
spare pair of SRAM power links for the chain.

 

[Phil Cook]

Peter Clinch wrote:

>[email protected] wrote:
>
>> What minimum tool kit should I carry on a club outing?
>
>Depends where you're going, how far, what you expect to encounter. One
>nice aspect of the Brom is you can always fold it up and climb on to a
>bus or into a taxi to bale out!
>
>> I have bought the spare inner tube the club requested!
>>
>> Will a plastic tyre lever be strong enough for a 16" "puncture-proof"
>> tyre? Will one lever be enough?
>
>There's plastic tyre levers and plastic tyre levers... I use Park
>plastic tyre levers and they work okay on my Brom (shod with Marathons).
> However, I'd suggest at least 2.
>IME the tyre can be a bit of a beast both off and on, but last time I
>had one off it actually went back on very easily. Wasn't aware of
>anything different going on. <shrug>

I carry one those ingenious multi tools with me nearly all the time.
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?f_ProductID=6243
I've used the tyre levers (the sides of the handle unclip) in anger on
a couple of occasions. I once had just fixed the puncture on the way
to work swapping in the spare tube and a mate who drives a cab came
past...

>Make sure you have the requisite spannerage to get the wheels off.

My birdy has q/r front and rear. But this should do double duty and
tighten those crank bolts as well as standard track-nuts.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Campagnolo_crank_spanner.jpg
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

 

[Tim Hall]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:50:43 -0700, POHB <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Also a couple of those little wet-wipe towelette sachet
>thingies they hand out on aeroplanes or in greasy eateries - great for
>getting oil and road-cack off your hands after making a repair.

Or a pair of mechanic's disposable gloves.



Tim