Where best to get Tools to maintain Bike

laurpat

Looking to get a set of tools for servicing and doing odd jobs on the bandit at home.

Any suggestions as to where is the best place to pick up a set of tools. They will never be under any huge strain so an “ok” set would do the trick.

jameshayes

best thing to do is grab one of the cheap sets in lidl or aldi, then as you go on, buy better quality ones to replace the cheap ones...

KamiKazi

Halfords own brand ain't bad

Sputnik

Yeah halfords professional range is actually good for the money. Lifetime guarantee to (just keep the receipts)

Masada

Lidl tools are pretty good quality, Halfords pro range is too and if you tell em you dont have your trade card with ya (and the chap isnt an 18 yo sap) then they sometimes give ya the discount anyway, which is something like a third off. ive bought loads of stuff in there and never remember my card.

Run_to_da_hills

For the amount of tools needed ie 10, 12, 13, 17 combinations, a few sockets, Philips, and a few Allen keys, it would be worth splashing out on something decent like Teng.

Nothing worse than skinning your knuckles on some cheap supermarket rubbish.

minister poxbottle

laurpat wrote: »

Looking to get a set of tools for servicing and doing odd jobs on the bandit at home.

Any suggestions as to where is the best place to pick up a set of tools. They will never be under any huge strain so an “ok” set would do the trick.

if yer in dublin mc quinnlans capel st .

Tigger

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

For the amount of tools needed ie 10, 12, 13, 17 combinations, a few sockets, Philips, and a few Allen keys, it would be worth splashing out on something decent like Teng.

Nothing worse than skinning your knuckles on some cheap supermarket rubbish.

teng are the nuts

i have 8 10 12 13 17 in 1/2 and 3/4 drive teng
and a set of halfords pro ratchet spanners
an electrict impact driver and a load of crap thsat isnt the afforementioned

Run_to_da_hills

Tigger wrote: »

teng are the nuts

i have 8 10 12 13 17 in 1/2 and 3/4 drive teng
and a set of halfords pro ratchet spanners
an electrict impact driver and a load of crap thsat isnt the afforementioned

My only prob with Teng is that they walk,

Last job I was on had to replace a few sockets. :mad:

yogidc26

I order this last night not bad for the price

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-Expert-18965-Metric-Vanadium/dp/B0001K9QDQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1276030764&sr=8-1

Run_to_da_hills

yogidc26 wrote: »

I order this last night not bad for the price

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-Expert-18965-Metric-Vanadium/dp/B0001K9QDQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1276030764&sr=8-1

1/4 drive is fine for small work, removing plastics, etc but you would be pushing it to swing out of anything bigger than a 13.

I have a Dargan (similar) 1/4 kit for the last 10 years and swear by it. Great for working on con / chain saws lawnmores etc.