Bike Spanner: Need reco

[Karthick Gururaj]

Learnt my lesson after being stuck with a puncture in my office. Looking for a good spanner.

Criteria:

a. "Portable" - should fit in a BOTS saddle bag. Not weigh a ton.

b.  Should at least have 15mm size.

c. Rounded (Ring) spanner - not the open-ended type. The wheel nut slips when I tried with open-ended type (hope I haven't rounded the edges!)

d. Good leverage

Any recommendations? I see one on Amazon any feedback? https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07HQYD59P/ref=ox_sc_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2MVUUSPVQYQSE

- Karthick

[suman paul]

I use this. Palm size light weight, fits in every where. Available at Happyearth website. Check the size though that you are looking for. Otherwise buy from local hardware store but mostly they will be open ended. 

thank you & regards

suman

+ 91   9886300685

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[Karthick Gururaj]

Suman, thanks!

This looks perfect! But - just one concern due to its size. Can you really get leverage with this - how difficult is it to get the nut to unscrew? Especially for fixies with horizontal dropouts, where (as I understand) it is better to get the nut really tight to prevent the wheel from slipping forward/backward.

I guess it should be possible to unscrew (else you won't be carrying it around), but still asking :)

- Karthick

[suman paul]

Moderate leverage I would say. Does the job. 

You can try once, let me know. 

thank you & regards

suman

+ 91   9886300685

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[santosh kumar]

Karthick,

Is this to remove the wheel from the frame? If yes, any particular reason you haven't switched to quick release?

Regards

Santosh

[Karthick Gururaj]

Hi Suman,

Is this the tool: http://happyearth.in/store/tools/multi-tools/rescue-wrench.html ? Doesn't seem to have 15mm socket wrench. Saw an other one, http://happyearth.in/store/tools/multi-tools/single-speed-spanner.html that does. Looks good, a bit expensive :)

Am looking for cheaper alternative.

Thanks

Karthick

[Karthick Gururaj]

Santosh, it is for a fixie, which normally is not fitted with QR skewers. I don't know technical reason why, maybe QR doesn't tighten as well as bolted ones? Probably an important aspect for horizontal dropouts...

[Dennis Almeida]

Hi guys,
This might possibly be useful. Geared bikes or fixies with horizontal rear drop outs can use qr skewers providing they are the internal cam ones .... external cam qr skewers just can't produce the required force to keep such rear wheels in place. I found out the hard way by using an external cam qr skewers on a steel geared bike with horizontal dropouts, 100 m down the road the rear wheel slipped and the tyre produced instant braking by jamming against the chainstay. If using an internal cam qr skewer on a fixie it is also advisable to use a steel, rather than aluminium, acorn on the threaded end.
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[berkeleydb]

Yikes... just imagining the mishap is scary. Hope no injuries.

-{db}.

[Dennis Almeida]

Just some gravel rash. At the time, about 12 years ago, I was more worried about the damage to my newly built bike. But now I know a little more but probably not enough, so I try to read more about bicycle mechanics.