Tool Time

I’ve lost track on how many times I’ve sheen shitty cable end cap crimps. Especially on kids bikes. Attachment 460002

VAR tools out of France made these years ago. Tough to find but cheap when you do as most people have no idea what they are. Problem is they are large and can be difficult to use in tight places like remote dropper levers.
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Park tool finally came out with a set. No idea why they didn’t do this decades ago, or why they waited for everything to go wireless. Anyways they are nice and compact plus can be used end on or sideways. So should be ideal for dropper remotes etc.

Since all of my bikes are fully wireless I’m going to have to wait till the kid or lady friend needs a new cable to test them out.

If you don’t have Jewelry Marking Pliers, with your custom name embossed on the stamp plate, do you even crimp cable ends, or do you just do it without any feelings?
Asking for a friend w a tool problem.

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I’ve lost track on how many times I’ve sheen shitty cable end cap crimps. Especially on kids bikes. Attachment 460002

VAR tools out of France made these years ago. Tough to find but cheap when you do as most people have no idea what they are. Problem is they are large and can be difficult to use in tight places like remote dropper levers.
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Park tool finally came out with a set. No idea why they didn’t do this decades ago, or why they waited for everything to go wireless. Anyways they are nice and compact plus can be used end on or sideways. So should be ideal for dropper remotes etc.

Since all of my bikes are fully wireless I’m going to have to wait till the kid or lady friend needs a new cable to test them out.

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Just got the park tool version. Can’t believe I didn’t get something sooner. Fuck off to needle nose pliers. (Although amazing for many other things.)

A Knipex works great for crimping.

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Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs

If you don’t have Jewelry Marking Pliers, with your custom name embossed on the stamp plate, do you even crimp cable ends, or do you just do it without any feelings?
Asking for a friend w a tool problem.

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Real men just braze the ends then laser etch them

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Originally Posted by Andeh

A Knipex works great for crimping.

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Only if you are using these

https://www.amazon.com/97-53-18-Twis...5115729&sr=8-5

Otherwise it’s not a proper crimp.

$145.. you better be on the factory line being the crimping guru. lol.

If you're not welding the ends of your cables you're basically just weighing yourself down with those heavy, un-aero cable ends

I've always used a normal wire stripping/crimping combo tool to crimp cable ends and it works pretty well but for $30 the Park Tool version seems like a worthy buy.

But if you crimp your cable ends how do you shoot pain into your legs from accidentally touching the fraying strands so you can tell you're still alive?

Real men use their teeth.

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Originally Posted by grskier

$145.. you better be on the factory line being the crimping guru. lol.

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Big Crimpin'

Bought this M12 1/4” clutched screwdriver for the office. On sale for $70 with batteries and charger. I got annoyed with having to steal my carpenter’s impacts for bullshit office tasks… This thing is fucking awesome. I want one for around the house now…. If you want a small drill driver to stash on a RV/Boat this would be it.

Edit to add: this would also be perfect for bike mech’s….

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Originally Posted by Andeh

A Knipex works great for crimping.

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Is Knipex a brand or a specific tool?


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Originally Posted by nickwm21

Bought this M12 1/4” clutched screwdriver for the office. On sale for $70 with batteries and charger. I got annoyed with having to steal my carpenter’s impacts for bullshit office tasks… This thing is fucking awesome. I want one for around the house now…. If you want a small drill driver to stash on a RV/Boat this would be it.

Edit to add: this would also be perfect for bike mech’s….

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My dad gave me his Bosch version and I use it 10:1 vs my standard drivers / impacts

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Originally Posted by jm2e

Is Knipex a brand or a specific tool?


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Originally Posted by muted reborn

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We should have a FAQ.

Tool. The high end standard for pliers.

Edit: I said tool and I meant brand and that must have been confusing.

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Originally Posted by nickwm21

Bought this M12 1/4” clutched screwdriver for the office. On sale for $70 with batteries and charger. I got annoyed with having to steal my carpenter’s impacts for bullshit office tasks… This thing is fucking awesome. I want one for around the house now…. If you want a small drill driver to stash on a RV/Boat this would be it.

Edit to add: this would also be perfect for bike mech’s….

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My kid uses a Milwaukee impact gun to work on BIG (some you can walk thru) electric motors in a full on shop and he sez they are stronger than the full on air tools

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Originally Posted by EWG

We should have a FAQ.

Tool. The high end standard for pliers.

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Aren't pliers also useful as a hammer ?

or pry bar ?

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Originally Posted by XtrPickels

My dad gave me his Bosch version and I use it 10:1 vs my standard drivers / impacts

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Love my 12v bosch drill and impact.

Haven't tried the screwdriver version, but I'm not sure I see the value in it over the drill--is it just that it is easier to change bits? Little smaller? The drill is already pretty tiny.

The Milwaukee looks like it has a nice very narrow tapered clutch adjuster that would be great for tight areas, but the Bosch one is pretty fat.

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Originally Posted by jm2e

Is Knipex a brand or a specific tool?

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It's a brand, they are a German company focusing on everything Pliers.

https://www.knipex.com

"kuh NIP EX" Place more emphasis on NIP and less on the K.

Just scored an EZmtb bleed kit to do my Guide RE's there are a alot of yellow plastic bleed kits on Amazon that all look the same but the quality is different so apparently you gotta watch that you get the kit with metals adapters as oposed to plastic and some of the syringes are poohpy

i learned > I wanted to know trying to find brake fluid, apparently DOT 3, 4, 5.1 are glycol ether based and 5 is silicon based , you do not want to mix 5 with the rest of them, the Guides takes 5.1 and the only place to find it in town was of all places

the bike store for the Finishline brand


anybody got a favorite youtube for bleeding SRAM's ?

Added this to my Bosch 18v quiver today…

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How many hammers does a man need?

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Originally Posted by Lvovsky

How many hammers does a man need?

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At least one more than that, I don't see a proper BFH.