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Posted : 01/04/2015 9:17 am
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four.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:18 am
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I'm reliably informed I'm just a tool


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:19 am
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14! I must get out more
Although to be fair, of the three track pumps I have, only one actually works properly, the others are 'spares' in the shed, just in case....
And the derailleur gauge I made myself


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:21 am
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Nine.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:23 am
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15
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12.5 ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:26 am
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12. I'd assumed I'd be pretty low, but their description is fairly accurate.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:27 am
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Oh dear. 14.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:31 am
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ton - 4? You sure you were honest :O)

I'd have you down for nearer the top end being a spanner monkey.

(trying to make myself feel better)


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:32 am
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13... my other nickname of torxwench seems appropriate! Girl mechanics for the win!!


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:32 am
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13...just safe..


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:35 am
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ton - 4? You sure you were honest :O)

yep 4.

2 track pumps
2 sets allens
headsets press is homemade threaded bar thing
fit starnuts with a hammer and bolt
got some shimano bb tool thing which takes cassettes off too.

that is all.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:36 am
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a strong 14..........possibly 16


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:37 am
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Sorry, I think I confused you with PeterPoddy who went down the spannering route. I'll crawl back under my coffee cup and wake up a bit more :O)


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:38 am
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Posted : 01/04/2015 9:40 am
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14. Ooh shiny things.


 
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11
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Posted : 01/04/2015 9:42 am
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9 - surprisingly low, but then again a lot of my tools are bodged or bought when they're cheap, I did somehow own 6 bottom bracket tools though (but sold a few of the redundant ones)


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:42 am
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1 - and that was just for having taken the test.

edit: I suppose technically I own two track pumps but since I've not seen one for three years I'm chalking it up to losses.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:45 am
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9.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:51 am
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Ow my god I need help I pulled an 18 and close too a 19 if I had read it I its entirety. In my defence I do have a bike shop and a fabrication shop.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 9:52 am
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Hmmm...I appear to of scored a full house....:/

But then I do have lots of toys in the workshop, work full time as a car/van/lorry mechanic, have always tinkered, and manufacture some bike bits.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:04 am
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oh bum - 17 ๐Ÿ˜ณ

(would have been 18 but I'm still reading that hex wrench article)


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:08 am
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9...quite disappointed actually, thought i'd get higher


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:09 am
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I thought I was a tool nerd but only scored 10, so I've ordered a set of German tools in matching colours, planning a holiday around Eurobike and dropping by the bike mechanics workshop to see what they use on the way home.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:12 am
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another 17

not sure that's a good thing


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:30 am
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10ish, probably about right.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:36 am
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16. Frankly disappointed it's not higher. Tool nerd and proud.

I really must buy some decent screwdrivers. Any recommendations?


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:45 am
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19. But I did use to be a professional mechanic and have a thing about buying proper tools. I also have several toolboxes, not just home and race :$


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:46 am
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14 and ive sold my headset press too.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:53 am
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11 (should be 12 but as one of the guys down the LBS borrows stuff of me I have never bothered checking out the kit they have).


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:54 am
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14. What a saddo.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:55 am
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A genuine 2.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:57 am
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20


 
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13, and proud of it


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 10:58 am
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15 and slightly disappointed.

I have a set of bearing setting tools like these:

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A set of bearing pullers that go small enough for bikes but large enough for truck wheel bearings!

Three shock pumps within reach of out stretched arms in the shed. One in the roller tool box, one on the tool board, and one in the small "take along to riding" tool box for car park fettling. Same with hex keys, although I have different types for different jobs. Two track pumps, one set up for Presta, one for Schrader, and a compressor.

I'm a tool whore.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 11:08 am
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18 here...


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 11:11 am
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18...... but I used to be a bike mechanic.


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 11:15 am
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I teach bike mechanics so I didn't bother counting, just know that I like my bike tools, although I don't' care if they match as long as they do the job. All matching tools are for the wannabe tooleys.


 
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Posted : 01/04/2015 11:19 am
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I ran out of fingers to count on ๐Ÿ˜ณ


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 11:21 am
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12.

That Garage Journal website they've linked to has got some pretty nice stuff on there as well ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 01/04/2015 11:30 am
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A weak, and rather disappointing, 14. Off to read that Hex wrench article and Garage Journal thing.


 
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