54 seconds to 1.03 in, then again at 4.35

It’s like an adjustable spanner but grips too, like grip pliers

Knipex plier wrench. Pretty handy, they are too.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/knipex-pliers-wrench-180mm/5965x

Knipex

huge link as shortening them doesn’t work.. https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/hand-tools/waterpump-and-slip-joint/wrench-chrome-plated-pliers-180mm/p/ZT1197911X?utm_campaign=pla-Hand+Tools+-+&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping-pla&utm_keyword=ZT1197911X&istCompanyId=6aa6787b-063e-4414-802d-129f235df603&istItemId=-xlialqrtpm&istBid=tztx&gclid=CjwKCAjwmJbeBRBCEiwAAY4VVVRi3OR-M8Jf9GiaQZE-qZpDZtDtxivJo3lQ-gOtDK7RcDyE3BC7aBoCHKgQAvD_BwE

Knipex?

Edit: Damn, too long faffing with the link edit!

I was just going to randomly guess it would be a Knipex plier wrench and it would seem I’d have been right.  That’s how good they are.

Are they £70 quid good though? I’d spend that on a decent tool, no problem but that’s Christmas present spending levels. I don’t think my missis would get very excited receiving a pair of those unless they were really brilliant.

Are they £70 quid good though

they were £40 on my link (not used the store, they were just first up in google shopping)

cheers. Could be a xmas pressie

[zoro are selling on ebay too, for £40]

no torque wrench!

What was that strange black thing they were stuffing into the tyre 6mins in???

Agree – there did seem to be remarkably little torque wrench action. I’d expect it on the pivots bolts if nothing else!

They’re engineers, calibrated fingers don’t you know?  That and Hope spec is FT for just about everything!

Not fussed about the bike but Jesus H Christ that workshop is the utter tits. Wowsers

Nice video that. Quite dreamy until the 6 minute point when he puts tubeless tape on the rim… then sticks a bloomin inner tube in it!

Anyway, ref the tool – Isn’t the reason Hope etc. pay out for “professional” type tools like Knipex because they have a “professional” workshop, where these tools get used every day?
Whereas we/you lot just have them in your toolbox and get them out once a month or less to do a bit of bike tweaking?
Does that really make it worth spending out on professional tools, when you can get a suitable tool that will do exactly the same job for you for about a tenner (see the Skrewfix page)?
Just wondering like.

I have the smallest set of those knipex pliers and they get used all the time for lots of small jobs and are part of my bike tool kit. Can do what an adjustable spanner and the pliers on my leatherman can do for a fraction of the space and weight.

Never seen anything comparable for a tenner.

Never seen anything comparable for a tenner.

Well, they’re listed under “waterpump pliers” https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/waterpump-pliers/cat9840005

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They are not alike.

Knipex Pliers Wrench are really handy, I have a few sets in different sizes.

However for the Hope BB tool I use 27, 25 and 19mm spanners or sockets as required.

Never seen anything comparable for a tenner.

Well, they’re listed under “waterpump pliers” <span class=”skimlinks-unlinked”>https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/waterpump-pliers/cat9840005</span&gt;

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Looks similar, but the Knipex jaws open and close parallel, traditional water pump pliers open and close in an arc, so the jaws are only parallel at one point in the arc. Huge clamping force available from the Knipex Pliers Wrench

People can’t admit that buying expensive tools for the sake of it just makes them all moist, can they? 😆

Or maybe some of us use them more than others therefore can tell the difference.

A bit like why go to a Leo Sayer concert when there is much better options out there.

Ooh, it’s exactly like that!

I’m a huge fan of the knipex stuff, started with the cobras that get a kicking, then the plier wrench. I’ve a few pairs, far better than a traditional adjustable as it doesn’t work loose and become baggy, because as you put pressure on the jaws close. So no usual adjustable rounding of heads.

And their cutters are the best I’ve ever used, keep an edge for a lifetime.