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Community => Non-Thorn Related => Topic started by: in4 on January 22, 2014, 07:27:09 PM

Title: Halford's wallet spanner for £1
Post by: in4 on January 22, 2014, 07:27:09 PM

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_991761_langId_-1_categoryId_242558#tab3?_$ja=kw:skimlinks_phg%7Ctsid:40392&cm_mmc=Affiliates-_-PerformanceHorizon-_-skimlinks_phg-_-TopLink

No idea if its any good but its only £1.00!

Title: Re: Halford's wallet spanner for £1
Post by: Danneaux on January 22, 2014, 08:05:02 PM

Ian,

I have something very similar I got off of eBay. It has never come into use, but like the one you highlighted, it looked so nifty I couldn't resist...and it was almost exactly the same price!

Gotta be useful someday!

Moreso if I actually put it in my wallet instead of the dresser drawer!  :D

Best,

Dan.

Title: Re: Halford's wallet spanner for £1
Post by: Andre Jute on January 24, 2014, 10:36:38 PM

It's a gimmick, just about worthless on a modern bike; you're unlikely to get it in anywhere that you want to use it. Instead, if you can't source the Draper bicycle-specific 8x10mm spanner,  buy a small brake spanner at a motor factor, getting the one with 10mm one side, 8mm the other side, and grind it flat to save weight. That lets you tighten up the only two nut sizes that should be on a modern bike (at the fork and on the rear triangle for fixing mudguards and lamps, and on the Rohloff for emergency gear changes).