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The hackspace currently has a set of bicycle tools on loan from --[[User:Davidhayward|Davidhayward]], plus some other relevant tools that belong to the space. They're located in the members room, and secured with a combination lock. Ask David for the combination if you'd like to use them.
{{Update|reason=Make sub-location and add more specific location details for each tool.|date=June 2019}}
:''For how bike parking works at the Hackspace, see [[Bike Area#Bike storage|Bike storage]].''


Here are photos of all of the tools and explanations of what they are.  
This page details the assortment of '''bike tools''' available in the space, including photos. They are kept in the [[Bike Area]].  


If in doubt of any aspects of bike maintenance, David can help.
==Tools owned by and loaned to the Hackspace==


===Bike Tools Owned by the Hackspace:===
===Sockets and Spanners===
Sockets and spanners are stored on the bike tool table, to the right of the fire exit at the far end of the downstairs area.


====Sockets and Spanners:====
{{Note|No bike tools are stored these drawers as of September 2024, The drawers won't open until you've lifted the lid.}}
<gallery>
File:IMAG0035.jpg
File:IMAG0036.jpg
</gallery>


Note that the drawers won't open until you've lifted the lid.
===Puncture Repair Kits===
This contains the glue and patches that you may need to repair a flat tyre.


[[File:IMAG0035.jpg]][[File:IMAG0036.jpg]]
Some air will naturally escape from your tyre over time, so If your bike has not been used for a while it may not actually have a puncture. Try pumping up your tyre and leaving it for an hour to see if it maintains the same pressure.


After using the glue, please endure that the lid is replaced tightly as the glue quickly evaporates.


====Track pumps:====
How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2sKMqB9QCg


The tripod-legged track pump needs repair.
===Freewheel / Cassette Removal Tool and Chain Whip===
<gallery>
File:Cassettetool.jpg|Cassette Removal/ Lockring Nut Tool
File:Cainwhip.jpg|Chain Whip
</gallery>


[[File:IMAG0034.jpg]]
These tools are for removing and refitting the rear sprockets from the rear wheel. A large adjustable spanner and grease are also useful. 


The chain whip is compatible with the vast majority of cassettes and freewheels. There are a number of differently sized lockring nut tools, select the correct one for the wheel.


====Freewheel vs Cassette====
A freewheel will have the ratchet system (aka the clicky bit) built into it, whilst a cassette slides on to a separate ratchet system (the freehub).
Many budget bicycles with 7 rear sprockets or less will be fitted with a freewheel, whilst other bikes will have a cassette.


===Itemised List of Tools On Loan===
How to use:
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTeL6zIqYtY How to Remove the Cassette or Freewheel from Bike Wheels (cjhoyle)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KAaP7pbFV0 Cassette Removal & Installation (Park Tool)]


The loaned bike tools are marked with blue tape, please don't disperse them throughout the hackspace, and please relock and put the red toolbox (pictured below) back on the racking in the member's room after using it. The box is organised by which bits of the bike the tools are for:
===Chain Breaker / Quick Link Chain Pliers===


[[File:IMAG0031.jpg]]
<gallery>
[[File:IMAG0028.jpg]]
File:ChainBreaker.jpg
File:Chain Pliers.jpg
</gallery>


====Workstand:====
These tools are for “breaking” the chain open, which will enable you to remove your chain.


It's a bit wobbly, so make sure the quick releases are tight. It's not secure enough to  Best to secure your bike by the seatpost, but if your cables aren't routed along the top tube you could use that too.  
These days many new bikes come with a quick link or split link fitted as one of the links in the chain. Options:


[[File:IMAG0033.jpg]]
* Quick link - compress quick link to open connection (ideally use chain pliers), can also be re-attached using the chain pliers.
* Split link - has a locking plate on one link, use needle nose pliers to slide off face plate, then link will come apart easily.
* No special link - use the chain breaker to press a pin out of any chain link to release it.


How to use:


====Brakes and Headset:====
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1qBdtmXZFo How To Remove a Bicycle Chain (Evans)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdUQKVMPF5I How to Replace a Chain on a Bike - Sizing & Installation (Park Tool)]


[[File:IMAG0022.jpg]]
===Chain Gauge===
<gallery>
File:ChainGauge.jpg
</gallery>
Use this tool to check how worn your chain is.  As you ride your bike, the pins in the chain wear down, causing your chain to stretch.  Riding with a worn chain can wear down your sprockets, which can be costly to repair, so it is worth checking your chain wear regularly.


* 1. Headset cup remover. For sliding up into your head tube, then using a rubber mallet to knock bearing cups out of the frame.
How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXd-3UnqoaM
* 2. Home made tool for bashing crown races flat onto new forks (PVC pipe).
* 3. Home made headset cup press, for putting cups back into your frame.
* 4. Star nut installation tool.
* 5. Brake cable housing cutters. These have parrot beak shaped jaws, so you can chop brake and gear cable housings without squashing them; important for keeping the cables running smoothly. Please look after these, they're not a cheap tool. Also have a deburring awl under the rubber cap for making sure the housing ends
* 6. Cables ends, and headset spacers (for 1 1/8 headsets).


===Wheel Truing Stand and Spoke Key===
(Wheel Truing Stand on loan from Mike Haber)
<gallery>
File:Truingstand.jpg
File:Spokekey.png
</gallery>
This tool is to check and straighten your wheels. 
Straight wheels are important for bikes with rim brakes, as it prevents the wheel rubbing on your brakes as you ride.  It also allows means you can set your brakes closer to your rims, allow for sharper braking.


How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YqpZg_-FIM


====Wheels:====
===Crescent Wrench===
<gallery>
File:Crescentwrench.jpg
</gallery>
Most budget bikes use a cup-and-cone ball bearing system on the bottom bracket (the axle between the peddles/front sprocket).  As the bearings wear, or if the cones loosen, you will start to feel play in the bottom bracket.
The crescent wrench can be used along with a spanner to access and service these bearings.


[[File:IMAG0024.jpg]]
How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrkqf91H_Zk


* 1. Cone spanners, for adjusting hubs.
===Bottom Bracket Cartridge Extractor===
* 2. Tyre levers. Metal and ABS.
<gallery>
* 3. Box of brass spoke nipples. <span style="color:#FFFFFF">Heh. Nipples.</span>
File:Bbextractor.jpg
* 4. Valve caps
</gallery>
* 5. Spoke keys. Yellow = 3.4 mm Japanese spokes, Red = 3.25 mm American spokes. The other two are very old and I'm not sure about them.
Many mid range and older bikes will be fitted with a non-serviceable Bottom Bracket cartridge. When this is worn out, the whole unit will need replacing.
* 6. Pump. This is additional to the two track pumps that belong to the hackspace.
This tool enables you to remove and re-fit this part.


Spoke nipples, cable ends, and valve caps are consumables, feel free to use them if you need them.
How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBnYoYVTnlo


===Chainset Extractor===
<gallery>
File:Crankextractor.jpg
</gallery>
The chainset (also known as crankset) is the collection of sprockets and the peddle arms (cranks) in the centre of the bike.  Most bikes are fitted with a three piece chainset where each pedal arm side is pressed onto a centre axle (the bottom bracket spindle).


This tool enables the removal of the chainset. It pushes the chainset and pedal arms off the centre axle.


To install a chainset use a [[Tools/We Have|torque wrench]] and grease.


====Chainset:====
How to use:
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMV-SOIhM2c Crank Type Identification (Park Tool)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B6LdZPa4M8 How To... Replace Your Crankset (three piece) (Halfords)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPQyQnNdews Crank Removal and Installation - Three Piece Crankset (Square Spindle, ISIS, Octalink) (Park Tool)]


[[File:IMAG0020.jpg]]
===Pedal Wrench===
<gallery>
File:Pedalwrench.jpg
</gallery>
This tool is for removing your bikes pedals.  Please note that the right side pedal has a right-hand thread (ie. Turn anticlockwise to loosen).
This can also be used as a cone wrench.


* 1. Crank extractor for splined cranks. Octalink, ISIS, etc.
===Cone Wrench===
* 2. Chain link breaker. Used for shortening new chains to the correct length for your chainset, also removing chains that don't have a quick/missing link.
<gallery>
* 3. Chain wear indicator. Place rounded section against roller. If the tooth at the opposite end slips into the chain easily, it indicates that level of wear (depending on which side you use, 0.75% and 1% wear, depending on your chain manufacturer both indicate the need for chain replacement.  
File:Conespanners.jpg
* 4. Crank extractor for square taper cranks.
</gallery>
* 5. 24mm socket, for use with cassette lock ring tool.
These wrenches are for removing and loosening the bearing cones on your wheel axles. You will need this tool when replacing your wheel bearings.
* 6. Cassette lockring tool. For removing and replacing the sprockets on the back wheel of your bike.
* 7. Bottom bracket tool. Fits Shimano sealed cartridge bottom brackets. It takes a 1/2 inch drive, and the torque wrenches are 1/4, but there's an adapter in the red box with the Sealey torque wrench (see below).
* 8. Chain whip. For removing cassettes.


How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIB0tfz6ju4


===Workstand===
<gallery>
File:MaintenanceStand.jpg
</gallery>
It's a bit wobbly, so make sure the quick releases are tight. It's not secure enough to work on pedals or bottom brackets, but it's great for using to set up your brakes and gears. Best to secure your bike by the seatpost, but if your cables aren't routed along the top tube you could turn the clamp and secure it there too.


This stand is fully adjustable and can hold your bike in various positions.  By using this stand, you will be able to suspend your bike, enabling you to turn the peddles and wheels uninhibited.
When using the stand whilst setting your gears and brakes, make sure the stand’s grip is not pressing against any of your bike’s cables.


====General Tools:====


[[File:IMAG0019.jpg]]
===Allen Keys===
<gallery>
File:AllenKeys.jpg  
</gallery>
Set up to 10mm and 1x12mm (can remove some freehub assemblies)


* 1. Ball end allen keys. Please keep these in the bike toolkit and not with the other hackspace tools.
===Consumables===
* 2. Small allen keys. Useful for the odd bolt on something, e.g. locking grips.
All purpose Grease
* 3. Scissors. Rubbish ones, sometimes useful to have around, ok for chopping zip ties, etc.
* 4. Adjustable spanners. Also useful for truing brake rotors.
* 5. Thread locking compound. Very useful for making sure things stay tightened up.


Oil


A limited number of chain split links




====Torque Wrenches and Sockets:====


Torque wrenches live in the bottom of the toolbox, and the magnetic parts tray plus sockets and allen+star bits livein a blue case nearby.


[[File:IMAG0030.jpg]][[File:IMAG0026.jpg]]
==See also==
* [[/Missing|Missing tools]]
* [[Suppliers#Bicycle_tools_and_parts|Suppliers - Bicycle tools and parts]]


List of them:
[[Category:Bicycles]]
 
[[Category:Tools and Equipment]]
[[File:IMAG0021.jpg]]
 
* 1. 10 - 70 N.m. Torque wrench. Good for things like pedals and bottom brackets.
* 2. Fork plug. Usually used for posting forks, but useful for putting on them when you're working on the bike without a front wheel, changing forks, etc.
* 3. Anti-seize. Copper grease.
* 4. Sealey 2- 24 N.m. Torque wrench. Good for most bolts.
* 5. Drive adapters. These live in the bottom of the red box with the Sealey torque wrench, and allow 1/4" to interface with sockets that take different size drives. Again, please keep in the red box with the torque wrench when you're not using them.
 
Here are the torque markings on the wrenches:
 
 
[[File:IMAG0027.jpg]]
 
Again, any questions about bike maintenance, ask [[User:Davidhayward|Davidhayward]].

Latest revision as of 09:02, 3 September 2024

 Information on this page is out of date. The specific problem is: Make sub-location and add more specific location details for each tool. Please help update the page if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (June 2019)
For how bike parking works at the Hackspace, see Bike storage.

This page details the assortment of bike tools available in the space, including photos. They are kept in the Bike Area.

Tools owned by and loaned to the Hackspace

Sockets and Spanners

Sockets and spanners are stored on the bike tool table, to the right of the fire exit at the far end of the downstairs area.

Note Note: No bike tools are stored these drawers as of September 2024, The drawers won't open until you've lifted the lid.

Puncture Repair Kits

This contains the glue and patches that you may need to repair a flat tyre.

Some air will naturally escape from your tyre over time, so If your bike has not been used for a while it may not actually have a puncture. Try pumping up your tyre and leaving it for an hour to see if it maintains the same pressure.

After using the glue, please endure that the lid is replaced tightly as the glue quickly evaporates.

How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2sKMqB9QCg

Freewheel / Cassette Removal Tool and Chain Whip

  • Cassette Removal/ Lockring Nut Tool
    Cassette Removal/ Lockring Nut Tool
  • Chain Whip
    Chain Whip

These tools are for removing and refitting the rear sprockets from the rear wheel. A large adjustable spanner and grease are also useful.

The chain whip is compatible with the vast majority of cassettes and freewheels. There are a number of differently sized lockring nut tools, select the correct one for the wheel.

Freewheel vs Cassette

A freewheel will have the ratchet system (aka the clicky bit) built into it, whilst a cassette slides on to a separate ratchet system (the freehub). Many budget bicycles with 7 rear sprockets or less will be fitted with a freewheel, whilst other bikes will have a cassette.

How to use:

Chain Breaker / Quick Link Chain Pliers

These tools are for “breaking” the chain open, which will enable you to remove your chain.

These days many new bikes come with a quick link or split link fitted as one of the links in the chain. Options:

  • Quick link - compress quick link to open connection (ideally use chain pliers), can also be re-attached using the chain pliers.
  • Split link - has a locking plate on one link, use needle nose pliers to slide off face plate, then link will come apart easily.
  • No special link - use the chain breaker to press a pin out of any chain link to release it.

How to use:

Chain Gauge

Use this tool to check how worn your chain is. As you ride your bike, the pins in the chain wear down, causing your chain to stretch. Riding with a worn chain can wear down your sprockets, which can be costly to repair, so it is worth checking your chain wear regularly.

How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXd-3UnqoaM

Wheel Truing Stand and Spoke Key

(Wheel Truing Stand on loan from Mike Haber)

This tool is to check and straighten your wheels. Straight wheels are important for bikes with rim brakes, as it prevents the wheel rubbing on your brakes as you ride. It also allows means you can set your brakes closer to your rims, allow for sharper braking.

How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YqpZg_-FIM

Crescent Wrench

Most budget bikes use a cup-and-cone ball bearing system on the bottom bracket (the axle between the peddles/front sprocket). As the bearings wear, or if the cones loosen, you will start to feel play in the bottom bracket. The crescent wrench can be used along with a spanner to access and service these bearings.

How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrkqf91H_Zk

Bottom Bracket Cartridge Extractor

Many mid range and older bikes will be fitted with a non-serviceable Bottom Bracket cartridge. When this is worn out, the whole unit will need replacing. This tool enables you to remove and re-fit this part.

How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBnYoYVTnlo

Chainset Extractor

The chainset (also known as crankset) is the collection of sprockets and the peddle arms (cranks) in the centre of the bike. Most bikes are fitted with a three piece chainset where each pedal arm side is pressed onto a centre axle (the bottom bracket spindle).

This tool enables the removal of the chainset. It pushes the chainset and pedal arms off the centre axle.

To install a chainset use a torque wrench and grease.

How to use:

Pedal Wrench

This tool is for removing your bikes pedals. Please note that the right side pedal has a right-hand thread (ie. Turn anticlockwise to loosen). This can also be used as a cone wrench.

Cone Wrench

These wrenches are for removing and loosening the bearing cones on your wheel axles. You will need this tool when replacing your wheel bearings.

How to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIB0tfz6ju4

Workstand

It's a bit wobbly, so make sure the quick releases are tight. It's not secure enough to work on pedals or bottom brackets, but it's great for using to set up your brakes and gears. Best to secure your bike by the seatpost, but if your cables aren't routed along the top tube you could turn the clamp and secure it there too.

This stand is fully adjustable and can hold your bike in various positions. By using this stand, you will be able to suspend your bike, enabling you to turn the peddles and wheels uninhibited. When using the stand whilst setting your gears and brakes, make sure the stand’s grip is not pressing against any of your bike’s cables.


Allen Keys

Set up to 10mm and 1x12mm (can remove some freehub assemblies)

Consumables

All purpose Grease

Oil

A limited number of chain split links



See also

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