Tool Time

I have purchased off Amazon Japan and had the tools shipped to Canada.

I recently picked up some pipe reamers to clean up/dress handle bar and steerer tube cuts.

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For aluminum bars I usually cut them with a standard pipe cutter, which leaves a rough edge, and slightly displaced material (lip) inside the tube. This can be a pain when inserting star nuts.
A file can be used to clean up the edges, but a dedicated reamer is such a nice tool to use. For aluminum bars and steerer tubes it was no brainer to buy Ridgid Inner/Outer reamer..

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It cleans up cuts with a nice clean beveled edge, both inside and outside.

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For carbon bars and steerer tubes I use a saw guide and a carbon blade. To finish/dress the cuts I have previously used some sand paper on a sponge block, ofter producing uneven results.
I sourced this discontinued tool from IceToolz, bike mechanics call it the pink nipple. It puts a really nice finish on carbon cuts.

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My own 'invention'. Can anyone guess what this piece of coat hanger is for?

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Originally Posted by Thaleia

My own 'invention'. Can anyone guess what this piece of coat hanger is for?

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Holding your chain together while you dick with a quicklink?

Gunder already has one and it's made of mithril.

FFS. Guess I won't need to hire that patent lawyer after all. And for added insult to injury, I've never heard of either Gunder or mithril lol so I'm truly ignorant here.

(For what it's worth, this thing is handy as hell, when you're in that predicament)

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Originally Posted by Thaleia

FFS. Guess I won't need to hire that patent lawyer after all. And for added insult to injury, I've never heard of either Gunder or mithril lol so I'm truly ignorant here.

(For what it's worth, this thing is handy as hell, when you're in that predicament)

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Topeak has included one of those on multi-tools for like 20 years :fm::

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Originally Posted by Thaleia

FFS. Guess I won't need to hire that patent lawyer after all. And for added insult to injury, I've never heard of either Gunder or mithril lol so I'm truly ignorant here.
(For what it's worth, this thing is handy as hell, when you're in that predicament)

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One brand I can think of off the top of my head is ToePeak. They include these with them built into their chain tools, and their multi tools that have chain breakers.
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Pretty good self own here. lol

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Originally Posted by Thaleia

FFS. Guess I won't need to hire that patent lawyer after all. And for added insult to injury, I've never heard of either Gunder or mithril lol so I'm truly ignorant here.

(For what it's worth, this thing is handy as hell, when you're in that predicament)

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That was just some teasing of Gunder who has a shop and tool quiver that is the envy of most and has frequently been a part of this thread.

I'm also guessing that you aren't much of a fan of The Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit based off of the mithril reference.

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Rather than douche up the rant thread with more tubeless debate, I’ll satiate the need expose my tool here where God intended it’s display.
Park Tools range from rather janky (I’m looking at you DAG), to exceptional. For its intended purpose, for people who have a few extra bucks to spend on nice things, their tubeless injector is a fine price of kit. Easy to clean. Easy to push and pull the plunger. Huge volume. Looks dope.


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Glad you like it, but man, paying Park Tool $25 for that and then having to find it, use it, and clean it, seems like a lot of work and expense as opposed to…..just pouring the sealant in the tire….

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Originally Posted by Falcon3

Glad you like it, but man, paying Park Tool $25 for that and then having to find it, use it, and clean it, seems like a lot of work and expense as opposed to…..just pouring the sealant in the tire….

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Breaking the bead, pulling it off the rim on one side, measuring and pouring the sealant in, getting the tire back on, re-seating the bead, and cleaning up the mess seems like a lot more work than unscrewing the valve core and injecting the sealant.

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Originally Posted by NuMexJoe

and high degree of rotation between clicks on the ratchet means I may as well use a box end wrench for the job. I don't need top shelf, but I'd like something I'll be pleased with (and that has fewer degrees of rotation between engagement points on the ratchet)

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Next product from Industry9:
Ratchet with 600 points of engagement at 1.6 degrees of rotation.
Anodized in your choice of 683 colors.

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Originally Posted by Roxtar

Breaking the bead, pulling it off the rim on one side, measuring and pouring the sealant in, getting the tire back on, re-seating the bead, and cleaning up the mess seems like a lot more work than unscrewing the valve core and injecting the sealant.

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X1000
I don’t break the bead if I can avoid it.
Plus, that ain’t gonna work with inserts.
I always set the bead dry. If I’m gonna be doing some trouble shooting with tubes, re-taping, turning a backward tire around, I sure as hell want to start dry and add the messy stuff at the end.


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Who says people are breaking the bead to put sealant in without an injector?

I pull the valve core and use the 2oz Stans bottle, it works great. Better than the Stans injector, in fact. The Park Tool might be better but for $25 I'm not going to find out.

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Originally Posted by adrenalated

I pull the valve core and use the 2oz Stans bottle, it works great. Better than the Stans injector, in fact.

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^ This, though given the amount of dentists around here, dental irrigation syringes should be pretty handy and work real well for fat bike-sized doses.

If you need to spend money on this stuff, I guess that means get a WaterPik?

i got a couple Orange bottles that work pretty well if i need to inject

the last couple times i just pour the old Stan's into a cup and into the new tire with the top up

but like most very special tools for very specific tasks I don't do it often enough to justify a special syringe

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Originally Posted by J. Barron DeJong

Topeak has included one of those on multi-tools for like 20 years :fm::

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And I've been making them out of broken spokes for even longer. :fm:

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Originally Posted by jm2e

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Rather than douche up the rant thread with more tubeless debate, I’ll satiate the need expose my tool here where God intended it’s display.
Park Tools range from rather janky (I’m looking at you DAG), to exceptional. For its intended purpose, for people who have a few extra bucks to spend on nice things, their tubeless injector is a fine price of kit. Easy to clean. Easy to push and pull the plunger. Huge volume. Looks dope.


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Another BIG advantage of this is that the narrow tube allows you to insert it through the stem into the tire so no gooping up the valve core or the internal threads.

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Originally Posted by jm2e

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Rather than douche up the rant thread with more tubeless debate, I’ll satiate the need expose my tool here where God intended it’s display.
Park Tools range from rather janky (I’m looking at you DAG), to exceptional. For its intended purpose, for people who have a few extra bucks to spend on nice things, their tubeless injector is a fine price of kit. Easy to clean. Easy to push and pull the plunger. Huge volume. Looks dope.


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Whoa... this is the most over-engineered piece of kit I've seen in a long time... like others said, just use the squeeze bottles. The other advantage to the squeeze bottle is you can carry one with your repair kit. With a dart and a squeeze bottle, I've never had to use a tube to repair a tubeless flat.

It kills me that in *this thread* there’s a huge debate over spending $25 on a syringe.

Just pop a small section bead and pour it in. I find this whole squirting through the valve stem mystifying

Maybe I’m stupid


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Originally Posted by mrkbrnblm

Whoa... this is the most over-engineered piece of kit I've seen in a long time... like others said, just use the squeeze bottles. The other advantage to the squeeze bottle is you can carry one with your repair kit. With a dart and a squeeze bottle, I've never had to use a tube to repair a tubeless flat.

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So you're buying your sealant in 2oz bottles?
Let's see, a 2oz squeeze bottle of Stans = $3.50
A quart (32oz) of Stans = $34
16 2oz bottles X $3.50 = $56
$56 - $34 = very close to the price of the Park injector (which is far easier to use than the 2oz bottle)
Math is cool

Added bonus for those who care, you're not tossing two plastic bottles with each refill.
And yes, I do carry a 2oz in my pack for emergencies.

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Originally Posted by evasive_MT

It kills me that in *this thread* there’s a huge debate over spending $25 on a syringe.

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welcome to TGR

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Originally Posted by Roxtar

Let's see, a 2oz squeeze bottle of Stans = $3.50
A quart (32oz) of Stans = $34
16 2oz bottles X $3.50 = $56
$56 - $34 = very close to the price of the Park injector (which is far easier to use than the 2oz bottle)
Math is cool

Added bonus for those who care, you're not tossing two plastic bottles with each refill.

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Who TF is buying 16X 2oz bottles? I bought one once and keep it around.

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Originally Posted by adrenalated

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Who TF is buying 16X 2oz bottles? I bought one once and keep it around.

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Your sealant never dries out?
You never have to refill?
Impressive. Where do you live?