I also recommend the Crank Brothers multi-tools (although I prefer the M10 without the chain tool because I have a separate one). The M17/M19 does look decent, if the chain tool is worth a damn.
The M series Crank Brothers tools are very durable; I've had two Park multi-tools come apart in my hands (IB-2 <http://www.parktool.com/product/i-beam-mini-fold-up-hex-wrench-screwdriver-star-driver-set-ib-2> and MTB-7 <http://www.parktool.com/product/rescue-tool-mtb-7>) The bolts that hold the tools on the end come loose when you pivot the tools in and out. I could never get them to stay tight enough, even with blue Loctite. I carry the Topeak Super Chain Tool <http://www.topeak.com/products/Tools/SuperChainTool>, which has worked satisfactorily as my one and only chain tool for home and on the road. Cheap, light, and its parts hold together when jostling around in a bag. I used my chain tool several times this winter as my fat bike had some chain incidents. I kept breaking chains first due to a bent derailer (doh!), and then chain suck problems. (I managed to create a couple stress burrs on the back of the big chain ring. These kept sucking the chain into the stay when climbing in the small ring. The chain jams, the derailer locks forward, and if I continue to pedal, the chain breaks. We (my co-workers at the LBS and I) seem to have fixed it by filing the burrs off the back side of the big ring. If it happens again, I'm getting new chain rings under warranty. No replacement for the broken Connex chains, though.) The chain jammed like this on me persistently on the very sloppy race I did in January, the Triple D endurance race (my first race ever). After breaking the chain twice and jamming it maybe 10 times, I did the remaining 50 miles in the big ring. Ouch. I rotate that chain tool, a Park SW-7 triangle spoke wrench, and a pump to whatever bike I'm riding that day. With 4 bikes in the rotation, I haven't sprung for 4 complete tool kits. Yet. Each bike does have its own flat kit, levers, and tube (4 bikes, 4 wheel sizes: 700c/skinny, 650b/medium, 26"/large, 26"/fatbike). The fatbike also carries a spare chain because it's a ne'er-do-well. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Ron Mc <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have room, bring your full-sized Park tool, unless you still have > an old Rivoli - bring that just because it's cool. > > On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 1:19:16 PM UTC-5, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: >> >> Yeah... I'm consistently amazed how few riders have a chain tool (a >> _GOOD_ one) on board. If you have any kind of options as far as gearing, >> it's easy to drop a couple links and get home with a limited drivetrain. >> As a certain Gary Fisher once opined (early, early on...) "The most >> important think a (mountain) bike needs to do is get you home..." >> >> However, I'm shocked, SHOCKED! to see anyone with a single-cog type >> drivetrain venture anywhere without at least 8 links and a tool. That's >> part of the basic kit. We did a fixed gear ride a number of years ago, and >> only 2 out of 11 riders had a chain tool. >> >> so, there's that... >> >> - J >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
