Comments on: Pedros Trixie Fixed Gear Multi-Tool http://urbanvelo.org/pedros-trixie-fixed-gear-multitool/ Bicycles in the urban environment. A magazine about urban cycling. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: beth http://urbanvelo.org/pedros-trixie-fixed-gear-multitool/comment-page-1/#comment-8845 beth Sat, 16 May 2009 05:24:31 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=7973#comment-8845 I think for 30 bucks retail this tool could've been a lot better -- perhaps make the whole tool an inch longer overall for a little more leverage on the cog and lockring -- and make more of the bits on it more truly useful. This tool could've been so much more than it actually is. I'll skip it. I think for 30 bucks retail this tool could’ve been a lot better — perhaps make the whole tool an inch longer overall for a little more leverage on the cog and lockring — and make more of the bits on it more truly useful. This tool could’ve been so much more than it actually is. I’ll skip it.

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://urbanvelo.org/pedros-trixie-fixed-gear-multitool/comment-page-1/#comment-7845 Ghost Rider Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:43:47 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=7973#comment-7845 The 10mm slot cut into the body of the Trixie works well at adjusting nutted chaintugs -- just like the Makino Pro Super Tool, but at a fraction of the price! Otherwise the tool is pretty damn ok, too. I'd like to see a few extra mm of length in the allen key for extra wrench-to-frame clearance, but that's my only gripe so far. The 10mm slot cut into the body of the Trixie works well at adjusting nutted chaintugs — just like the Makino Pro Super Tool, but at a fraction of the price! Otherwise the tool is pretty damn ok, too. I’d like to see a few extra mm of length in the allen key for extra wrench-to-frame clearance, but that’s my only gripe so far.

]]> By: Lee http://urbanvelo.org/pedros-trixie-fixed-gear-multitool/comment-page-1/#comment-7830 Lee Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:14:14 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=7973#comment-7830 Bah! My bike has 8mm and 6mm allen bolts on it! And what if I need to tighten my spokes/true my wheel?! Multi-tool my ass - this isn't even a semi-tool!!!!!1 Bah! My bike has 8mm and 6mm allen bolts on it! And what if I need to tighten my spokes/true my wheel?! Multi-tool my ass – this isn’t even a semi-tool!!!!!1

]]> By: blair http://urbanvelo.org/pedros-trixie-fixed-gear-multitool/comment-page-1/#comment-7827 blair Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:33:43 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=7973#comment-7827 i just got one of these last week and played with it a while to feel out it's ups and downs. the lockring hook is solid -- i removed one cog, installed another, and then went back to the original (again, just to test out the hook). plenty of torque and plenty of hook. this and a minute of rotafixing is all you'd need for long-distance fixed touring cog switches. i've used the 15mm end twice now, once to just test it, and again when i skidded through a tire and blew out a few days later. it's solid and has plenty of torque. i agree that the 15mm end could be more useful open (and in fact, it would only take a person about 20 minutes with a cutting blade to make it so), but i did find another benefit of it being closed -- you can slip it over the end of park's cpw-7 crank puller ... http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=26&item=CWP-7 ... and you've got all the torque you need to pull your cranks, should the need arise. i don't mind the 8, 9, and 10 wrenches cause one of my bikes is an old schwinn conversion and has 10mm bolts all over the front brake -- mounting bolt, brake pad bolts, cable cinch bolt. overall, this tool's just as at home in the shop as in your bag, in my opinion. nice one, pedro. i just got one of these last week and played with it a while to feel out it’s ups and downs.

the lockring hook is solid — i removed one cog, installed another, and then went back to the original (again, just to test out the hook). plenty of torque and plenty of hook. this and a minute of rotafixing is all you’d need for long-distance fixed touring cog switches.

i’ve used the 15mm end twice now, once to just test it, and again when i skidded through a tire and blew out a few days later. it’s solid and has plenty of torque.

i agree that the 15mm end could be more useful open (and in fact, it would only take a person about 20 minutes with a cutting blade to make it so), but i did find another benefit of it being closed — you can slip it over the end of park’s cpw-7 crank puller … http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=26&item=CWP-7 … and you’ve got all the torque you need to pull your cranks, should the need arise.

i don’t mind the 8, 9, and 10 wrenches cause one of my bikes is an old schwinn conversion and has 10mm bolts all over the front brake — mounting bolt, brake pad bolts, cable cinch bolt.

overall, this tool’s just as at home in the shop as in your bag, in my opinion. nice one, pedro.

]]> By: jamesmallon http://urbanvelo.org/pedros-trixie-fixed-gear-multitool/comment-page-1/#comment-7822 jamesmallon Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:43:10 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=7973#comment-7822 A cool looking tool, which I might have bought if I had not already made do with a cheaper pedal/headset wrench: http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp;jsessionid=TcgMJpGhr6mBk2PJfn1rChLvHvxdSL1TblcMKlvh874T51THYQZ2!1091423774!1239286810910?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302693989&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442619535 I found out that cone wrenches are too flimsy! The headset wrench works well for cheap, and I have not switched my cogs... ever, so do not yet miss the lockring hook. A cool looking tool, which I might have bought if I had not already made do with a cheaper pedal/headset wrench: http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp;jsessionid=TcgMJpGhr6mBk2PJfn1rChLvHvxdSL1TblcMKlvh874T51THYQZ2!1091423774!1239286810910?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302693989&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442619535

I found out that cone wrenches are too flimsy! The headset wrench works well for cheap, and I have not switched my cogs… ever, so do not yet miss the lockring hook.

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