Wolf Tooth EnCase | Carry Your Tools In Your Handlebars

If hip packs and enduro straps aren’t minimalist enough for you, then there’s a new opportunity to relieve your pockets of stuff and stash it on your bike: the EnCase system from Wolf Tooth. This sleeve allows you to carry a multitool, tubeless tyre plug set and chain breaker in your handlebars.

Bar tricks.

Fitting both road and mountain bike bars, the EnCase sleeve uses a rubber flap which you cut to match your bars. You’ll need to use grips which have a removable bar end, as the sleeve includes its own bar end. The whole system is available as the ‘Encase System Bar Kit’ for £127 from UK distributor Saddleback. This includes two sleeves, and both tools.

Storage Sleeves

Sleeves are cut to fit.

Bonus storage space—fits a presta-to-schrader adapter and valve core or a master link (both sold separately)
Vibration-damping material and snug fit prevents rattling
Durable precision-machined aluminum end caps
Custom fit rubber flap can be trimmed to fit in smaller diameter bars
Included Drop Bar Fit Kit to customize fit for larger-diameter road handlebars

Hex Bit Wrench Multi Tool

14 functions (spoke wrench; valve core wrench; flat head #3.5; Phillips #2; 2mm, 2.5mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, and 6mm Allen key; and T10, T25, and T30 Torx)
Magnets & O-rings keep all parts in place
Ball detent swivel head helps access hard-to-reach places
Handle doubles as breaker bar when ball detent swivel head is bent for extra torque
Store in handlebar with a Wolf Tooth EnCase Storage Sleeve
Magnet on bottom end of tool allows for storage on steel bike stands

Chain And Tyre Plug Multi Tool

Noodle bar?

Compatible with all bicycle chains including 12-speed
Inserter tool and bacon strips plug holes in tubeless tyres
Five strips included; refills available
Hardened steel pin for lifetime durability
Requires 4mm Allen key for chain tool driver

If you don’t want all that, or perhaps you want a set of sleeves for a couple of bikes, each part is available separately:

Encase Handlebar Sleeves with Barend Plugs: £38
Encase 14 Function Multitool: £53
Encase Chainbreak and Tyre Plug Tool: £53

If you’re the kind of person who forgets to take their tools with them, perhaps this is a winning solution? Or maybe you really really hate wearing a bag? Or perhaps you just appreciate neat little gadgets and widgets that fit together just so. The Wolf Tooth EnCase system is available now from Saddleback.

Hannah Dobson

Managing Editor

I came to Singletrack having decided there must be more to life than meetings. I like all bikes, but especially unusual ones. More than bikes, I like what bikes do. I think that they link people and places; that cycling creates a connection between us and our environment; bikes create communities; deliver freedom; bring joy; and improve fitness. They're environmentally friendly and create friendly environments. I try to write about all these things in the hope that others might discover the joy of bikes too.

Comments (4)

kiwijohnkiwijohn November 20, 2019 at 10:55 am

I’ve still got a Cool Tool that goes in the bar. Was a lot cheaper than this set up.

jugheaddavejugheaddave November 20, 2019 at 12:04 pm

nice idea, but the price is a bit steep..

martinkielymartinkiely November 20, 2019 at 4:16 pm

What next? Fill your frame with water to save carrying a Camelback?
Great idea, but you’d have to really hate carrying stuff – and if you’ve got multiple bikes?

RicBRicB November 20, 2019 at 8:46 pm

Barintool is a cheaper option but no chain splitter