Must-Have Tools For The Home Bike Mechanic!

[@gmbn]

What is your favourite tool in your workshop? Let us know in the comments!

[@307.William]

Home made derailleur hanger straightener. Works great!!

[@declanfaughey8471]

My bike stand

[@Fernweh1965]

Me too 👌🏻​@@declanfaughey8471

[@alimantado373]

Best tool is a hex spanner , I use it daily , preferably a Park Tool.

[@Section59.]

Myself, I'm my most favorite tool In the workshop!

[@Chogie14]

Buy cheap the first time but buy the biggest set you can find. When things break or wear out, replace with the high end version. You're left with the tools you use the most being the best, but if you need something for a job you rarely do, chances are you'll have it. Best bit is you'll spend far less in the long run

[@nomad-pq4yw8iy7v]

That works sometimes but, other times the cheap will do damage not just break or wear out. So just be aware of that. No you don't need to buy all high end tools.

[@EliteSparda]

Until your cheap tool strips the thread on a suspension linkage bolt or something and it costs you 20x more replacing parts your tools have fucked up yeah...

[@bensims5280]

@@Chogie14 urgh. Stupendous advice

[@joeroche552]

Good cable cutters are worth their weight in gold

[@gmbn]

True! Definitely one for the toolbox

[@woduk]

Yes knipex

[@ecopennylife]

I would add a bike stand to the list, essential 😊

[@benhenderson9190]

Pretty solid list. Spoke key is a must as is Chain whip/cassette removal tool are a must. Can’t replace most rear spokes without pulling the cassette. Also you can remove your dork disk while you’re at it.

[@shafiqjan1474]

I have more tools than most bike shops, my favorites are my Bicycle Reseach nipple driver from 1980, Branson ultrasonic rig and DT Tensio 2. I would add those to a wish list. 👍🏻

[@greenbimoon]

I agree, buy quality tools, you have them for life. They work better, built better and last sooo much longer.

[@andyarchitect]

A good quality multitool such as the Topeak Hexus X is probably the first tool to get as it will do 80% of the jobs on your bike. Then follow it up with whatever is needed for maintenance tasks as they come up. Buy good tools if you think you will use them frequently, otherwise get something mid priced for occasional use. Avoid cheap tools that may end up harming your bike and costing you more than you saved.

[@Titot182]

The best Park Tool model was left out on the pitch - the Ji Sung Park Tool - tool had 3 lungs and made light work coming off the bench

[@svenball5384]

Workstand … when you’re as old as I am 😂

[@alimantado373]

Turn the bike upside down .😀

[@svenball5384]

@@alimantado373too easy. Support your local tool shop 😊

[@iansingleton]

GMBN Tool Club! 😁 This could be a cross discipline GCN channel! I'd sign up! 😁👍 I'm sure I go out to break my bikes, subconsciously, just so I can fix them! Can't beat a day on the tools with the bike hooked up to the stand! Great film Owen, I'm always amazed just how many seasoned riders, regardless of type of bike don't fix their own bikes! I couldn't imagine having someone else tighten the nuts and bolts on my bike before I go flying down a hill! My favourite tool? FSA threaded Bottom bracket removal tool(s)!!!

[@OwenBikeNerd]

Ooo thats an awesome idea - thank you! Cheers Owen

[@Krillekris]

I do some work on my own car also. So I did have some tools, before I bought my E-Bike. But my favorite bike-specific tool must be "Topeak RATCHET ROCKET LITE NTX+". It have saved me 1 time this year, on one of my E-bike trips. Broken chain🙂

[@DavidGodwin]

Cable stretcher tool is a game changer if you have brakes or derailleur(s) using cables. Park's is the BT-2, but there are cheaper knockoffs available too.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Wera Hex set, best investment I made so far, oh and the CWP-7 crank puller, highly essential.

[@nomad-pq4yw8iy7v]

PSST........ little secret 'good tools are the cheaper ones in the long run. Sometimes even in the short term. Park is a great source as well as others brands including some that aren't bike specific. MY favorite tool is the right tool another words the one that made for job and not just something your using to get by!

[@VictorElGreco]

An amateur’s tools IMHO should be primarily aligned with those consumable components: levers for the tubes, chain breaker for the chain, lock ring and chain whip for the cassette etc. Major rebuilds may require a trip to the bike shop. 😌

[@rogelio6993]

a solid 4th hand cable-puller thingy tool.

[@gmbn]

How many hands do you have? 😳 But those are great!

[@rogelio6993]

@@gmbn conjoined. at the hip.😅

[@rodrigog.c.6047]

Great Animal Planet voice.

[@TheTazman63]

Let’s talk about your hair😂😂😂it’s awesome

[@OwenBikeNerd]

Why thank you - yeah its all my own work - well the growing at least! Cheers Owen

[@Whoadayson]

@@OwenBikeNerd Hair is definitely wild but it fits you! Im glad your part of the team. Im a new viewer, relatively speaking, but Im one thats probably alot like you in that I like the maintenance and wrenching about as much as I like riding, and I just wanted to throw a compliment your way, and toward whoever hired you, that your knowledge of the maint side of biking adds alot to the videos I come across. Thanks Owen. By the way, I just picked up both the maint books! Very nice to have the videos linked for when watching is preferred to reading, ie: when my hands are greasy and Im tired of trying to clean them off to flip the page 🤷‍♂

[@OwenBikeNerd]

@@Whoadayson Thank you - much appreciated - awesome glad you've got the maintenance book - well both - books - We worked hard on the MTB maintenance book - so its great hear its enjoyed and used! Cheers Owen

[@51im]

There's something really satisfying about using a good chain link tool. But my most used tool is my hex key set, never had those fancy T bar ones just a quality L shaped set.

[@gmbn]

It makes life so much easier! Nice what brand did you choose for your Hex set?

[@51im]

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[@JeffMTBinVA]

Add a bike stand, even a cheap one will do. Also park tools tire sealant syringe is awesome.

[@gmbn]

Great additions!

[@woduk]

Torqx t30 for some shimano chain ring bolts too. I bought a good quality set on eBay for not much money yato brand

[@donball370]

Owen, marvellous mate. I'd add a set of quick-link chain pliers (or is that just roadies?) They say bikes are n+1, for tools n+??

[@gmbn]

Great idea! And tools aren't actually an n+1 scenario. Well, sometimes of course as new tools emerge for new components, but your quality tools will last you a while so there's no need to replace for no reason

[@OwenBikeNerd]

Thats a great shout - to be fair! Cheers Owen

[@tim__sadler]

This is screaming collab opportunity at me - an #askgmbntech Pro Tool kit - all those things in a branded hard case. Boom!

[@AmvC]

1:38 and, if you want to change a Shimano 135mm TX/MT Freehub: an 11mm _or_ a 12mm Hex 😂 Shimano won't let you know beforehand - they only say "use Hex wrench" in the manual 😂 and, when you're really, really lucky - the _very same_ part may come with either 11 or 12 😂 Why? because they don't care. They want you to buy a new hub - or, ideally a new wheel. Tough time finding an 11mm Hex? It's acutally easier to grind down a 12mm with a file.

[@eddierivera7803]

Best tool box tool are scissors to tidy up that hair 0wen. Hope you’re donating it to Rich and Tom. Love ya man!

[@gmbn]

😂 'One of us. One of us.' - Rich & Tom

[@OwenBikeNerd]

ha ha ha - Park Tools do make some great scissors to be fair! Cheers Owen

[@garethrobinson2275]

Yes and , er, no. Tools for life except Hex gets swapped out to Torx, at least there are both sometimes. Crank puller, even cable cutters (gone wireless), star nut insertion tool? I have lots of redundant tools.

[@Terrylyon1979]

Wow your hair looks like you put your fingers in to a plug socket 😆 great video and advice cheers

[@gmbn]

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[@OwenBikeNerd]

ha ha ha - I mean I did ask my hair dresser for that electric look! Cheers Owen

[@tb6744]

Disc straightening tool? just use an adjustable spanner. Metric obviously

[@adamweb]

Some cheap tools are "adequate" but anyone who's watched recent Berm Peak videos knows most of them are hot garbage! 😄

[@vecxp]

👍

[@ericfroehlich976]

Park or knipex cable cutters?

[@paulsymons562]

Knipex all the way.

[@Califoriadude]

10 second gang❤ and first veiw

[@charliedelta1136]

What’s on your head ?

[@OwenBikeNerd]

My hair - I've grown it all my self - ha ha ha! Cheers Owen

[@papagodzilla5465]

thats some strange haircut. But man thats some quality video right there.

[@OwenBikeNerd]

Cheers Owen

[@DaanvanGruisen]

Parktool commercial?

[@ubaydullahrassack509]

Here early

[@oiuqreofnqoiruegnqerg]

Hey, I also have a small favor to ask: can you stop begging for subscription before the video proper even begins? That's kinda pathetic. Just get to the point and stop wasting my time.

[@gmbn]

It's a very KZbin thing to include! We weren't doing it much and were an outlier, so we do have to do it a bit more in this environment!