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Features, Pedro's, Tech, Tech news, Tool and Maintenance Reviews, Tool-Talk - October 30, 2020

Pedro’s Vise Whip II: a well-loved tool gets updated

Removing a cassette from a wheel isn’t a difficult task, but it does require two specialist tools. First, you need a tool to undo the locking, and then you need a tool to stop the cassette from freewheeling backward. Most commonly that second tool is a chain whip, effectively a piece of bicycle chain mounted …

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Wolf Tooth EnCase Bar Kit One multi-tool review: Tiny size, big on function

The proliferation of dropper seatposts and the advent of enduro racing have effectively killed off the use of seat packs on mountain bikes, ushering in a subsequent flood of clever options for on-bike storage of spares and tools. That sort of integration has been slower to make its way over to the road side, but …

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How to check for chain wear: The easy way, the best way, and why

Your bicycle’s chain is put through hell every time you ride. For every minute of pedaling, approximately 44,000 chain pieces are in motion, creating 320,000 separate instances of sliding surface friction. And all of this is on a component that sits near to the ground and is exposed to the elements. Just like your tyres …

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Fumpa and miniFumpa electric bicycle pumps review

Inflating tyres is just part of being a cyclist. Thankfully pumps are rather refined and the task is hardly tedious. Despite that, there are options to save you from having to pump at all. Battery-operated electric inflators are one such product and have long been used by race mechanics for easy inflation and quick pressure …

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Novel Wolf Tooth Components HAT flips the script on derailleur hanger tools

Without exception, every rear derailleur hanger alignment tool operates in a similar manner: you remove the rear derailleur, install the tool, and then rotate the tool’s handle, checking the gap between the indicator gauge at the end of the handle and the rim. In essence, what you’re doing is checking if two discs are parallel …

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Pedro’s Vise Whip II: a well-loved tool gets updated

Wolf Tooth EnCase Bar Kit One multi-tool review: Tiny size, big on function

How to check for chain wear: The easy way, the best way, and why

Fumpa and miniFumpa electric bicycle pumps review

Novel Wolf Tooth Components HAT flips the script on derailleur hanger tools

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