Don&#39;t know about grants but I have a few suggestions on necessary tools...<br><br>-Workstand (you don&#39;t <span style="font-style: italic;">need</span> it, but it makes life wonderful<span style="font-style: italic;">
</span>)<br>-Ratcheting 14mm and 15mm wrench (indispensable for quickly removing wheels)<br>-&quot;Y&quot; style hex tools with 8-9-10mm (everybody needs at least one of these for brakes)<br>-Chain breakers (get both for 3/32 and 1/8in chains, i recommend the park ones that you can change the pins out on, get plenty of extra pins too.&nbsp; you (or someone in your shop) WILL break these)
<br>-At least 2 sets of Allen keys (they will get lost.&nbsp; it&#39;s handy to have one &quot;flip-out&quot; set with the keys attached)<br>-Pedal wrenches (get good ones with a lot of leverage)<br><br>Perhaps we should all collaborate on a more comprehensive list to put up on the wiki &quot;Bike Collective Starter Kit&quot;.&nbsp; I skimmed the pages but didn&#39;t find one.
<br><br>Happy Friday!<br><br>Brian Windle<br>Urban Bike Project of Wilmington<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ariel raymon</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:bikefarm@gmail.com">bikefarm@gmail.com
</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Hey everyone, </div>
<div>Ariel from bikefarm here. We&#39;re starting to make our space into a shop, and are looking at the tools we need to purchase.</div>
<div>Suggestions on bare minimum tools for a funcitoning shop would be really helpful, as we&#39;ll be making a large order from the </div>
<div>UBI distributors in a month or so. Also, Are there grants for things like this? Thanks, </div><span class="sg">
<div>Ariel </div>
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