Replacing SRAM hoods – Easier than you’d think
The hood on my Kinesis’ right hand SRAM brake lever started to tear a few weeks back and by last week was clearly not going...
Category: Maintenance
Crank Brothers m5 – Perfect road bike mini tool?
I’ve gone very minimal with my road bike tools (the ones’s that I carry with me when I’m out on a ride) – the bike...
Mopha Tool Roll by E H Works
Not wishing to vandalise the lines of my Bianchi Sempre Pro with a black (and probably unshapely) tool bag threw up quite a few a...
Giant Anthem – Bearings out
These ten little rings are the suspension bearings from my Giant Anthem X3 (2012 model year)… Over the last few rides the back-end of the...
KOM mug – Meilleurs Grimpeur French style
During a last minute dash through the mini-mart in a small French town, as we were gearing up to leave after a week’s skiing, that...
Topeak Minitools – Review
I own two Topeak mini tools… not entirely sure why I have two, but suspect one was a present at some point… anyway they make...
Bicycle Riders mug – essential tool
You’ll spend hours fettling your bicycle this winter, huddled over a bottom bracket or chasing ball bearings around a work bench, so make sure you...
Cone spanners
Cones are those conical bits (obvious or what – Ed) that hold the bearings in your wheel stable and make the wheel run perfectly. I’m...
Jobsworth Pro Master Link Pliers
There are some jobs that it’s nigh on impossible to do without the right tools – and if you do try to do it without...
Allen Keys – the simple blue tool
Quite simply one of the top five tools that everyone should have to hand in the workshop. Also, it’s so compact that if I’m heading...