Tools, Lubes

These steel core tire levers are beefy and sturdy, yet lightweight. They nest together to fit neatly inside a saddle bag. The wide bodies fit nicely in your hand, the length and shape provide great leverage, and the wide tip efficiently unseats stubborn or tight-fitting tire beads. The steel cores make these levers bombproof. Each lever has a hook that attaches to a wheel spoke, and a flat blade that you can use to open disc brake pistons. The plastic coating is easy on wheel rims. These are strong, quality levers that get the job done, yet weigh only slightly more than smaller, cheaper plastic levers. Whether you use these in your home workshop or carry them on the road (or both), they get the job done quickly and effectively. Solid performance at a very reasonable price.

I�ve now bought 3 of these for all the bikes�. The CO2 inflator is worth the price of admission alone, and not having to carry a bulkier, poorer performing, more expensive inflator is just awesome. It�s not the lightest, but considering that you�d likely be carrying a more minimal multi tool and inflator, it�s a wash unless you don�t need a chain tool, spoke wrench or rotor truing tool, which may be surplus for most days and unnecessary, until they aren�t. The quick link magnet is also just a brilliant addition that goes unnoticed until you need it.

After reading ZFC data on low wear on drive train components with Silca wax and watching Silca Velo videos, made the switch to hot wax on MTB, gravel and 4 road bikes. Best results in my 50 years of riding. Used Squirt last 6 years which was improvement over Progold. Lots of mud on MTB here, wash with Silca cleaner, 5ml in bucket and scrub the bike, dry the chain with microfiber. After 5 winter rides have had no sqeaks, or rust, and added some of the SSSCL to the chain. Had tried using it on road bike chain and it seemed to run off, so added two M6 nuts and shook for 20-30 seconds, then warmed bottle in a cup of hot water; it went on the freshly dried MTB chain very well using the backpedal and drip onto chain on largest cog method. No need to drip on each link... Has dried well and filled in the gaps and super smooth running. This stuff is great.

This cleaner effectively removed grit and road grime without the toxic chemical smells you find with so many other products. I don't clean my bike as often as I should but when I used this product I had a very clean bike without a lot of brushing and scrubbing. Good stuff.