Uni Toolkit

Tire Levers
All necessary allens and hex wrenches (buy a set, be it english or
metric(usually) from an auto shop for like $6, and if you have square
taper cranks, a 14mm socket)
Lubricant
Crank puller
Spoke wrench
Duct tape

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It depends what kind of riding you're doing; if you get a flat, can you
walk home?

On all my rides out, I have a Topeak Alien tool (allen wrenches, tire
levers, sockets including 10mm for the main cap bearings, screwdrivers,
and bottle opener), a patch kit, and a portable pump. If I'm on my
Profile setup I'll also have a long-handle funky Allen key to tighten
those bolts. Generally for MUni and for group rides I'll bring along a
spoke wrench (saved my butt when I tacoed my wheel in Moab in 2003). A
5" vise grips can replace almost any other tool in a pinch, so that's a
good one to have.

At home, you'll need grease, a crank puller, pedal wrench, 10mm and
14mm sockets, and probably a hacksaw as you collect more unicycles with
inappropriately-sized seatposts.

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'Coolest crank/pedal wrench for the road. ' (http://tinyurl.com/c9sgw)

BTW: If you are needing to tighten your cranks or pedals a lot,you may
not be torquing them tight enough.

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Chrashing said:

'Coolest crank/pedal wrench for the road. ' (http://tinyurl.com/c9sgw)

...correction... for square-taper setups... but I will agree it is a
nice combo for one tool!

Chrashing said:

BTW: If you are needing to tighten your cranks or pedals a lot,you may
not be torquing them tight enough.

Before torquing your cranks/pedals to death, take some precautions:

- Pedal threads should be coated with grease / anti-sieze if you
would like to remove the pedal at some point in the future
- Crank bolts can be held in place with blue Loc-tite (the mild kind)
instead of excessive torque. If you strip your axle, you'll have to
re-build the wheel... not fun!

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fexnix said:

D u c t t a p e !

* D U C T T A P E ! ! ! *
...not just for your uni, but also for ripped clothing, broken skin,
missing shoelaces and when you're really, really hungry!

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if it's to take with you, the answer depends on the target for the ride.

if you're going a reasonable distance, then enough tools to fix most
(or all) problems on the uni you're taking. if someone's coming with
you on surplus wheels, get them to carry it!

As for tools at home, you'll not need stuff like crank puller, spoke
key if you've got someone you can borrow them from! The other option is
to go overboard until you've more tools than unis (like me)

minimalist transport - minimal tools.

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Unicycle Pump!!

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In my "bum bag" I carry a few small wrenches including an adjustable.
Also a set of allens, a broken down swiss army knife and a pen (for
writing down email addresses of people who seem interested in
unicycling).

I wish I could find a lightweight driver for a socket (14mm). Getting a
loose crank is a bad thing on a long ride.

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maestro8, great clarification, thanks.

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Can't stress the D U C T - T A P E enough. I'm especialy a fan of B R
O W N D U C T - T A P E .

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fexnix said:

D u c t t a p e !

Y E A H ! D U C T T A P E ! ! ! W O O O O !

and no i'm not being sarcastic.

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Hey, get some duck tape.

...

Also, If you're doing trials I'd bring a cheap pump. It's kind of hard
to get more air in your tire if you don't have one, and it isn't too
great to pinch the tube when you jump, if I'm correct...

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lol just get auni that wont break on u ?

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Chrashing said:

'Coolest crank/pedal wrench for the road. ' (http://tinyurl.com/c9sgw)

After a LOT of googling I finally found where I can get ahold of one of
these in North America. I just ordered one.

Here's the item:
http://tinyurl.com/a9q5f

Cycle Therapy is a Canadian company.

Price was $14.95 CDN plus $18.00 shipping (to Vermont) for a total of
$32.95 CDN. Looks like that translates to about $28 USD. Hopefully I
won't get slapped with some customs fees (which is what happened to me
once before on a a book that a friend shipped to me by UPS).

--Mark

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dogfeathersvt said:

After a LOT of googling I finally found where I can get ahold of one of
these in North America. I just ordered one.

Here's the item:
http://tinyurl.com/a9q5f

Cycle Therapy is a Canadian company.

Price was $14.95 CDN plus $18.00 shipping (to Vermont) for a total of
$32.95 CDN. Looks like that translates to about $28 USD. Hopefully I
won't get slapped with some customs fees (which is what happened to me
once before on a book that a friend shipped to me by UPS).

--Mark

S-t-o-p- -w-a-i-t-!- you can order from udc.uk for less than that I
bet. Or I can look up where I ordered one from NY. (Yes, it was hard
to find in the states, at the time I didn't know that udc.uk had it.)

I'll see if I can find where I order it from.

Edit: Found it! I orderd it from www.biKyle.com total $16.99 including
$5 shipping.

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Pfft, you guys are such noobies. you think you know about ductape.

Me, at around 6:30 in the morning, ready to go to shcool:

[image: http://www.paradoxarts.com/colinsjunk/ducttape.jpg]

All it took was 3 rolls of ducttape, and one weekend

e39m5

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Chrashing said:

I'll see if I can find where I order it from.

Edit: Found it! I orderd it from www.biKyle.com total $16.99 including
$5 shipping.

Bummer. I already ordered it at $32.95 CDN.

However the biKyle.com web site isn't doing very well in my browser
this evening. None of the images loaded and everything I click gives me
a 404 error.

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dogfeathersvt said:

Bummer. I already ordered it at $32.95 CDN.

However the biKyle.com web site isn't doing very well in my browser
this evening. None of the images loaded and everything I click gives me
a 404 error.

Yeah, that site is flaky tonight, it seems an odd site to navigate even
when it is working. Good luck with the wrench.

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For winning the unicycle category of a cyclocross race, I got a Serfas
Zipper multi-tool. It's small, and even has the 8mm allen wrench for
the splined crank. There's one on eBay:
http://tinyurl.com/9ufud
and bicyclesource sells them, too.

I hasn't got everything - still missing 10mm bolt driver for the seat
and a spoke wrench from the ideal tool.

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