Pat I have the advert re: big ride sat apr 12, i will tell don also. here's is something i thought interesting regaring shop tools
it looks as though every body has similar problems. Tom

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1. On Shop tools (Sherief)
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:53:05 -0500 From: Sherief Subject: [TheThinkTank] On Shop tools To: Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Message-ID: 6f24d4530803310953n69ccb215h3f893d96c17ab91f@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hello all,

This is Sherief from the Austin Yellowbike, and I was hoping to pool the thinktank's experience with shop tools prone to breakage and the like. We're currently having huge issues keeping up with Chain Tools and Presta Valve pumps especially... it feels like not a week goes by without at least one of each of these tools breaking. W/r/t the chain tools, we recently switched from the nicer Park tools to the cheapest we could get out of the catalog, but with the way those break there's effectively no net savings and even when they are functioning the new cheap ones are no good. We try to make sure people know how to use the tools before they do, etc. But my question(s) today is: Do people have any similar experience out there with broken/breakable tools-- specifically good ways to prevent these breakages? Does anyone have any recommendations for good chain tools /PV pumps that can withstand a bit of overeager volunteering?

Best, Sherief