Which tool do you do?

General Fixed Street
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Howdy folks,

i haven’t been an ‘active’ member for quite some time, mainly due to my workplace blocking the site (damn those IT police) and a small stint in Hartwell leaving me with no internet connection for 3 months. (ouch!)

Anyhow, i have now moved back to Bunswick (melbourne) and my house mates and i are going to build a workshop in our garage (to help look after the 13 bikes we have between the three of us) plus our mates also, and maybe a few of you guys, everyone’s welcome (to a certain extent). Plus we can work for beer (hehe).

Enough of the chit chat, it’s got me thinking…

How many bikes do you own (names inclusive) and what tool would you love to own, but don’t (yet)?

Here is my list:

  1. Colly - grren tracky
  2. Snow White - white tracky
  3. Mutly - ss mtb
  4. The Trumpet - Roadie
    5 The Blue Lagoon - Cruser…

Tool of desire - Park-Tool USA Haedset Press (oohh yeh baby)… and you?

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ken evans track bike, jim bundy track bike, kona humu cruiser, vanwerkhoven road bike, pink 20" bmx, colnago road bike (in progress), karate monkey (in progress), 24" cruiser bmx (in progress).

id like to have an reynolds 853 bmx.

tools of desire? campagnolo toolkit. anvil bikeworks frame jig. cyclus chainring bolt spanner.

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Atala road conversion
Peter Bundy track bike

Tool: A proper bikestand and a wheel truing stand.

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  1. Kenevans Track Bike
  2. Tommasini Road fixed conversion
  3. Malvern Star Skidstar fixed conversion
  4. On One Inbred MTB Fixed
  5. Kinesis Road Bike

And my tool of desire at the moment is headset spanners, only because I need them right now and I don’t have any. But a DA chainwhip is also on the wishlist, but not for long.

But my favourite tool of all is Spuddy.

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Hmm,

  1. Hoffy Track bike
  2. Hoffy 1970’s road Bike (To be built up with Superbe Groupo)
  3. OZ Track Bike
  4. Late 90’s Tommasini Road Bike
  5. Early 90’s Malvern Star (531 I think) with Superbe Pro Groupo
  6. GT ss/fixed shitter (being built now)

Tools of desire?
Full Campag Reaming and Facing Kit.

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Ciombola (made in Adelaide) roadie, with Campag Veloce.
On-one Pompino as a fixed
80’s Hillman Track bike (used to belong to Gonz), all Dura-ace
Gunnar Crosshairs, (cross-bike)
Spicer track thingy
Kona, Fire Mountain (steel) SS

I want Spuddys’ Kona Humu, but the fucker won’t sell it to me.

Tool: Park/Pedros Cable cutter, beats using pliers

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I’ll sell it to you, for the right price :smiley:

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Giant trance 2 (my MTB ride)
Giant trance 3 (Brookes MTB ride)
unknown yellow banana retro fixie
unknown purple knife not so retro fixie
Giant CRX flat bar roadie
couple of project bikes i’m working on including a SS or maybe fixie MTB

i had to sell 4 bikes to fund CMWC so i’m going thru pushie withdrawal at the moment. time to start rebuilding the collection.

tool most desired - something better than the crappy merida stand i have. maybe a gripsport one?

favorite tool i have - the little tool that lets me do chainring bolts up. thing that looks like bent flattened gouged screwdriver tip

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Do you mean the SuperMaster or the Journeyman?

This may be a rookie thing to say… but at USD$3500, the journeyman seems a pretty damn good deal! What about the skills?

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1: Cannondale track bike
2: Cannondale F800 converted to fixed via an eno eccentric
3: 20" second-hand HEAVY bmx
4: 24" SE bmx, fresh today

still on the list: funny-bike track bike, a proper fixed trials bike.

desired tool: something/someone to change my flats out because I’m shit.

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have bikes:
scapin roadie
hillman olde fixie
unknown tough fixie
peugeot 22" town bike … and thats it as of Friday night :slight_smile:

want bike from above list:
CraigCs Ciomby… steel or Al?

Want tool:
snap on truck… loaded.

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Bikes:

2004 Norco Corsa FB road (on the market)
1988 Repco High Sierra MTB
1978 Peugeot U08 fixed conversion (some claim by Assualt, rogaine jnr, on this one)
1975 Peugeot PR10 fixed conversion
1980s? GEFSCO track

On-the-go: Street fix; full Phil

Tools on the lust list:

Stands - bike & truing

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Do you mean the SuperMaster or the Journeyman?

This may be a rookie thing to say… but at USD$3500, the journeyman seems a pretty damn good deal! What about the skills?[/quote]

They’re both pretty hot indeed. Skills are on the way :smiley:

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Update! This was a real blast from the past thread

Have bikes:
Bob Jackson tourer with Rohloff
Ritchey P-something SS mtb mutt
Ritchey '89 Timbercomp with ridic bling
Ritchey Mountcross with paul/XT/WCS
Jim bundy roadie with superbe pro
LeJeune '72 roadie with campy NR
Kona Mokomoko '01-ish stock stan-dard
Shogun samurai fix-ed gear

Tool most wanted: Custom shelves to store my junk, but if that doesn’t count, probably a jig… probably henry james.

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This thread predates my FoA membership by a year, but I’ll jump in.

Have Bikes:
Surly Crosscheck with Deore LX, 3x9
Unknown road frame, alloy/carbon fork, with Campy Veloce & Miche wheelset
SR Sakae Litage, lugged alloy, with full Suntour Sprint
Cannondale something, with Shimano 600
Hillbrick Track, steel, with Campy record/aerohead wheelset, other bits
Kenevans Pursuit, Reynolds 653
Repco Superlite, shitter, fixed/free

Tools most wanted: workbench, workstand.

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Great set of bikes! If you’re talking dream jigs, it’s gotta be the Marchetti. Fully rotating. Read more about it HERE

My bikes (currently on the road):
Late 70s Cecil Walker
2004-ish Apollo tandem
1964 Hillman tandem
1950s-ish Bates

Dream tool: Gotta be the Campagnolo wooden boxed toolkits (with English, Italian & French doodads)

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Oh yeah, they are nice! And so are Anvil, but I like the portable (and small) style of the Henry James. The Access has unbeatable… access, too.

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80’s Tecnotrat frame with 9 speed Record
Fuji Classic (48x19 fixed)
Blue 80’s (?) frame awaiting inspiration and parts (affectionately known as ‘Sto Cazzo’)

Dream tool: [only one?] My Dad’s Sidchrome wall-mounted tool set. Updated with a full set of ratcheting combination spanners.

[Exactly like this but about 25 years older - and full of history]

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track bike
road bike
pub bike

i would like a BT ergo system please.

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Bikes; No room when you live in a shoebox.

Somec Promax
Concorde EL
Kenevans 753 Road SS
Kenevans SLX Raod
Euro TSX Track
Greg Lemond Z Team replica

Tool, I wish I had a bench with a vice. i’ve needed one so many times.