Riding cheap crappy old bikes badly since 1987
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Strong turney swivelley vice with flat jaws one side and pipe grips the other
Strong bench supporting the vice
All-purpose engineering adjustment tools (several, from 14 oz to sledge) to swing energetically at whatever's in the vice on the bench
"Shout! Shout! Let the clutch out!" Gears for Fears
Washing machine and dryer - so the Missus can clean my clothes
Freezer- so the Missus can store food to cook for me
Wife's car - so the Missus can go to work to pay for my beer...and wine
I seem to collect gardening tools galore every time I go near a hardware store. My latest 'best buy' in the garage was a Renovator Transforma ladder. That baby saved me thousands by not having to pay for scaffolding last summer when I painted the house - the roof and exterior so it really got a workout.
As for bike stuff I thought CRC was the complete tool kit in a can. What else do you need? Surely not a tyre gauge.
Happiness is a means of travel, not a destination
I don't want to go off topic but I thoroughly recommend that ladder as a life saver. It's far more stable than other ladders, but heavy unfortunately. I'm too old to stand on a narrow ladder rung which give you aches and pains. Those fold out platforms were bloody fantastic and you literally walk up the ladder and step onto the roof with ease. Way safer than stepping to and from a rung ladder a dozen times a day.
Back on topic.. I have a hammer for bike maintenance. Jeremy Clarkson recommended it .
Happiness is a means of travel, not a destination
I 'Clarksoned' my bike in the garage this week - tipped it gently over while attempting to check the front suspension travel.
Doh!
Suspension's fine. My balance isn't. Lesson learned.
"Shout! Shout! Let the clutch out!" Gears for Fears
It's not a secret, but the secret to a long lasting good looking job is the preparation and don't shirk it.
Which why I'll never paint my house. Fuck that noise. Spend another 4 hours sanding the Alcatravies ( I think that's a house part) or go riding on this clear warm day?
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Best thing in my garage? A concrete floor.
After years of working outside and on gravel it is just so much easier.
Next I need power...
=mjc=
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Comrade- I bring you 'light'
Behold the glow from this kerosene lamp.
Next week we'll try to make a serviceable screwdriver.
Ahh, communism is glorious. Who knows what wonders we will enjoy next?
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
3 or 4 10mm sockets
A good quality socket set in a case so i can't lose anything - currently missing the 8mm socket.
12mm / 13mm combination spanners
To anyone that ever told you you’re no good… They’re no better.
Koken T bars.
Vice grip chain wrench.
Hand ratchet.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
three sheds...one for storing all my treasures, like nine bikes and every other piece of useful shit I've collected...one for working on ... bikes mainly, and playing with the useful shit I've collected over the last fifty years...one for doing what I'm supposed to be doing when I'm, 'down the shed', full of timber and my woodworking tools...
...the fourth most handy thing is hundreds of those little wooden kebab skewers...the ones with a little paddle/handle thingy...one of the most useful things for so many little jobs...
You're strange.
I've met you at a Cams meeting introduced by Greg. Pity I haven't been down for ages. You guys run great events.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Set of Bondus T handle hex wrenches
Bahco 1/4" socket set with hex bits, screwdriver bits, etc. as sockets.
Amazon smart speaker with Alexa. Much easier to change stations when your hands are dirty.
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