Schwinn 18-Function Bicycle Tool Kit
@ Featuring the Schwinn brand Americans have trusted for over one hundred years these mini tools come from the same design styling of folding pocket knives and larger multi-tools to offer the most maintenance and repair options possible without a full service station at hand. Small enough to go anywhere while featuring a multitude of devices that individually would require an entire toolbox; these tools can be used as emergency equipment or can constitute an entire home repair center all by themselves. PTI Sports products are designed with safety as the first and foremost concern and are constructed of high quality parts and materials to prevent degradation over time. Thoroughly tested, our products last through years of use before they are recommended for replacement, ensuring safe cycling for years to come.
- Snap apart design for easier use of tools
- Allen keysand box wrenches included
- Tire levers plus carrying case
- Multiple sized ALLEN KEYS
- Inovation magnetic design
List Price: $ 16.49
Price:
Bicycle Tools
Good Value for Seat Bag; Compact,
Allen Keys: 2mm, 2.5mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm
Box Wrenches: 9mm, 10mm, 12mm, 13mm, 15mm
Phillips & Flathead (common) screwdrivers
Spoke Wrenches: 12G, 13G, 14G [these are “notched” into the box wrenches]
8mm socket wrench
Tire lever on body [the black plastic tool “bodies” have been modified to terminate in a thin, slightly pointed & rounded-over shape; in a pinch, they could be tire levers]
Unmated, the tool kit can be stored in a space 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches; it weighs 8 oz without the pouch [which is nylon]. Mated together, the basic tool kit is 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches [all tools folded in]. The pouch can accommodate the tool kit mated together or otherwise.
The quality of the Allen keys is about average; they are comfortable enough to be used for routine maintenance, but it would be difficult to exert a lot of torque. The screwdrivers are below average in quality & finish; but okay for in-the-field adjustments. The box wrenches & spoke wrench cutouts are thin, with stamped-out working ends [not machined]…it appears that some reviewers used them for routine maintenance, but most of us would find them just barely suitable for emergency repairs [the box wrenches do “lock” into place, but the locking mechanism is very lightweight and flimsy]. Finally, as for using the tool bodies as tire levers…they really are ill-suited for this, so [again] emergency use only.
All in all, a good value at the Amazon price, and certainly okay–very compact–for the seat bag, but NOT for the workshop [or routine maintenance in general]. Even in an emergency, I’d use care with the box/spoke wrenches.
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|Sturdy tool,
I’ve given this tool 4/5 stars because the spoke wrenches are poorly cut, and do not grip my spokes well. The reasoning of why the spoke wrenches are included on this thing eludes me anyway – adjusting spokes while on the road is risky business and should really only be done at a truing station at which the push and pull of the spokes can be measured.
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