Is your bike ready for spring riding? Time to give it a tune-up in the comfort of your own garage! Here are some of our favorite bike tools and accessories for a home workshop and for the ride.
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This is great for making clean cuts to cables and housing, and also for cutting brake hoses. Read more.
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As a tubeless seating device, the Lezyne Over Drive pump works great. It’s easy to use and works as intended. As an everyday pump, it also works well. The pump is smooth and efficient and fills tires up quickly. Read more.
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The EDC Threadless Carrier and V2 tool work great, and offer a neat solution for being prepared on every ride. For those replacing a fork, it’s a no-brainer add-on for additional storage while saving the hassle of installing a star nut. Read more.
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Rock n Roll Gold lube is a favorite everyday chain lube of pro mechanics. It’s great for road and MTB, wet and dry, and it’s also pretty clean. Read more.
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A quality truing stand goes a long way to getting a true wheel, with gauges for showing where the wheel is out of alignment. This stand works great for home mechanics. Read more.
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The SP41 housing provides smooth shifting for a long while, and it comes highly recommended by veteran mechanics. Get 50 meters of the best housing in the biz, and share with friends. Read more.
Quick links can be exceedingly difficult to separate on the trail when you need to remove a bent section of chain, and having extras attached to these robust levers is sweet. This tool has a chain quick-link separator, a tough set of tire levers, and link storage in a thin and packable setup. Read more.
This is a lightweight 20 function mini tool that’s perfect for endurance racing and training. Read more.
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Flipping your bike upside down won’t work for all repairs, and a stand can give you something sturdy to push against when you need to put a lot of torque on a component. Read more.
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This bike Ultimate bike cleaning kit gets mountain bikes cleaner than ever, quicker than ever. Read more.
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If you have a good torque wrench, and you know the torque spec for a given bolt, it never hurts to use this bike specific Torq. Read more.
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For larger holes, or even tiny ones that won’t seal for whatever reason, there’s a simple, convenient solution: tire plugs. Read more.
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These two tools fit inside your bar ends and cover most trailside repairs. Not only that, the swiveling head on the hex-wrench side allows for a good amount of leverage on all bits. Read more.
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A sealant injector is a favorite tool in the garage. Rather than trying to pop the bead for a sealant refresh, you can inject some fresh fluid right through the valve, squeeze the empty tire first and let it expand while the sealant goes in. Thread the core back in, and it’s good to go. Read more.
This dedicated tool offers an easy way to work on your chain. Read more.
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Some internal routing is easy, and some is just a complete pain to work with. For this task, the dental pick can be a game changer. Once the cable housing starts sliding into the picture, pop the dental pick through the cable port and insert the pointy end into the end of the housing to guide it through the outside of the port. Read more.
This is a real handy tool, even if you’re not putting Cush Core inserts in a tire. The fat handle feels more ergonomic and makes it easier to pop and drop tires from beads, even tires without inserts. Read more.
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