- It's no secret that on GCN Tech
we have our tools in the workshop provided to us
via our friends at Park Tool
and today we're going to unbox some brand new tools
we're going to have a good old nosey at them,
I'm going to get these grubby little hands on them
and then you could be in with the chance of winning them too
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Let's go on.
(upbeat music)
Firstly then, what do we have?
We've got the EK-3 Professional Travel and Event Kit.
That's right, this is a tool case
it's not a briefcase that an investment banker in the '80s
would have gone to work with
and neither is it something that Cliff Richard
would have taken on his summer holiday.
Let's have a look inside then.
(angelic singing) Whoa!
Oh my word!
We need a closer look inside.
(logo whooshing)
Let's look then at the actual tool case itself.
We got a really strong almost indestructible,
I'm not going to put it to the test,
case here with some aluminum edges around it too.
(lock clicks) It is lockable,
I've left it unlocked though
but if you've got colleagues like mine
who have a tendency to take your tools
it's worth keeping it locked.
Let's look though inside
and we've got hinged lid,
so it's going to stay open
and we've got masses and masses of storage inside,
all these little elasticated sections here
so you can line up the tools as you wish.
Mechanics tend to be quite OCD
when it comes to these things,
and everybody has a different arrangement
but here we've got the storage on the front
but then if we open it
we've got even more on the back side
and then here we've even got a little pouch too
so if you've taken any very small spare parts with you
you can put them inside of there
and they're not going to get lost.
We've even got a little removable one too,
this is like a tool board if you like
not what people have on their wall at home
but on the rear got some aluminum hooks
which can easily hook over the edge
of the actual tool case itself
or even over the edge of a table or something perhaps
so you get even more variety of your tools to be laid out
when you're working.
Then inside of the bottom of the tool case here
we've got some aluminum dividers
so you can lay out any spare parts again or extra tools.
But while a toolbox like this is all well and good
but we need something to go inside of it, don't we?
Now we're not just going to look at an empty box, are we?
Instead, we're going to fill it up with 56 items
how cool is that?
So first up we've got some traditional style spanners
and I'm not going to run through every single item
otherwise we would be here for quite a long time
'cause I'm quite a quite a connoisseur,
I guess you could call it when it comes to tools.
So we've got some traditional style spanners here,
closed at one end and then open at the other
and again you could just pop that away
in the elasticated section
and then line them up to your heart's content.
Moving on then on to some of the specialist bits of kit.
And first up I'm going to go for the
Adjustable Torque Driver here.
So, as you can see ergonomics really does play a part
with this tool.
So if you're working on a bike just once in a while
or maybe all day, everyday
you want to make sure that your hands aren't getting tired
and they're able to do the job effectively.
So by holding it like this means you can just work like so
rather than maybe trying to strain your arm or your wrist
or anything like that.
Now it's adjustable like I have already mentioned
and that adjustment comes in the form of the amount
of newton-meters that it can be set to
and it runs in between four and six
and just so by simply turning this knurled end knob
you can adjust it by half a newton-meter per timer
it just clicks into place
and you can easily see there
the actual level it is set on.
Nice and simple to remove the bits
then if you're ever searching around
for the bit of a screwdriver
or anything like that in your home
you could well know how long it can take to try and find it
but the good thing is
they're simply stored in the end of the handle,
I like that.
Hopefully I can win.
Another tool which is going to come in with this prize bundle
is this, it's a Y-shaped Allen key if you likes.
We've got a four, five and a six millimeter Allen keys
on each of the protruding ends.
This is probably one of the most heavily used items
in bike shops for so many years
the reason being you can do something
and when you come on to the next bolt or head
that needs adjusting and it has a different size
you don't have to reach for another Allen key
and when time is the essence,
it really does speed things up
and again it's just working this economic style grip.
If you're more used to something traditional like
a normal Allen key or hex wrench
then yeah we've got these two,
one and a half millimeters
all the way up to 10 millimeters.
So if you some hard to reach or difficult to get to place
you can easily get it at an angle
and just release that fastener.
On the road side of cycling,
I've got to say we were actually quite slow
to adopt to Torx head fasteners.
They are different from an Allen key
as you can see here from their profile
and we've got a set of eight here in sizes
from T9 all the way up to T40
because they are becoming increasingly popular
with road bikes.
They are inside of a green housing
as opposed to the well, parts all blue
the reason being, this identifies them easily and quickly
when you're in a bit of a rush inside of a workshop,
a really specialist bit of kit
and you don't want to lose them that's for sure.
In among all these souls,
I really don't know where to go
because I'm pretty obsessed when it comes to them,
I'm going to pick out this one though.
BBT-9 Bottom Bracket Tool.
So, we've got the tool here
for a standard outboard bottom bracket
this one probably fits, I reckon like 15 different types
because they all tend to use that same pattern
or there's a couple of variations here and there
they're not that common.
Then on the other end we've got the crank installation tool.
So if you've got yourself a Shimano crank,
you've got that little plug
which goes inside the left hand crank,
you know that sometimes it can be a real pain
if you can't find the release or installation tool luckily,
it's fitted on here
so you're never going to misplace it again.
Why didn't no one ever think of that before?
I could go on and on and on
but something I'm really a big fan of
I've got to try and find it now
'cause I'm blinded by the bling are these Cassette Pliers.
So you can get a standard chain whip
which of course Park do offer
but these enable you to hold the cassette in place
with one hand when it comes to removing it
from the freehub body.
Of course, you're going to need a tool to release that too
and this, do you know, I've been wanting one of these
for so long because it's got the handle built into it.
So, you could well use a adjustable spanner say,
you could imagine this is a freewheel removal tool
or cassette removal tool
this is actually one for a bottom bracket
so we're covering more bases here
and yeah you have to just put it on there
and use the chain whips and do that
but with this it's just simple
you don't have to worry about that
you just grab it, do it, release it, go,
big fan of this one, really sturdy too.
We've also got headset spanners,
we've got cone spanners, you all know that
if you've got cone bearings on your wheel
to angular contacts
you can't fit a standard spanner in there
you do need something specialist like this
because they are so thin, wafer like.
We've got a pair of chain pliers here too
so if you've got a quick link on your chain,
really simple just to lock that up
and also release disc brakes
you're catered for rotor truing.
We've got so much here,
spoke keys, scissors, pliers, chain checkers,
you name it, it's there, tape measure,
we've even got a bottle opener
because if you're working on a bike sometimes
you get a little bit thirsty too.
This is all well and good having all of these tools but
if we're going to fix a bike
we need something to fix it on, don't we?
(upbeat electronic music)
It's not just the 56 tools on the table
and also the tool case that a lucky winner is going to win
there's also the PCS 9.2 highly portable work stand.
So you can work on your bike using it,
you could clean it,
you could even store your bike on it too.
It's nice and light in weight just 16 pounds
which is about seven kilos, just a touch over seven kilos.
What's at stake with the weight
it can support a bike of up to 80 pounds
which is 36 kilos thanks to the really sturdy design
of the base there
it creates like a triangle
which is very strong item indeed.
So when you've got the bike here in the stand
it's not going to topple over whatsoever.
Highly adjustable in that
it can go from 99 centimeters high up to 145
because I was fine
when I'm working on different components on the bike,
I want it raised at a different level,
when I want handlebar tape I want it right in front of me,
rear derailleur, I also want that right in front of me
so it means, not only can I raise it
I can always rotate it too.
So this really easy to use head here just rotates
and locks in place,
we've also got just as easy to use, the clamping mechanism
so it can go around your seat post frame tube
I would never recommend around a frame tube
but sometimes it's the only option,
particularly when you're building a bike up from scratch
but something you should just be aware of here too
is even if you've got a really small amount of seat post out
just check out the depth of the seat post clamp here
or the clamping head really, really small
so particularly good even if you've got a child's bike
as the model you're working on
it's going to fit in there.
So it's great to see that Park have developed the claws
if you like, of this stand throughout the years
to keep up with the developments
of different frame and seat post designs
and actually another feature of the rotating head clamp
is that you can even work with your bike
over a complete 360 degrees, particularly useful
if you've got troublesome internal cable routing
to try and pull out you just want to work
at eye level for instance.
Yeah, I'm liking this, liking this a lot.
I mentioned at the beginning
when I was talking about this work stand,
about the portability.
And while I'm going to give you a quick demonstration
about just how simple it is.
First up, just release this knob here at the top,
lock it back in place when you've dropped it down
and you repeat the process with the lower one
and it's just simply a case of doing like so.
This is really good
because it means if you're on the road
maybe you're on a road trip with your cycling pals
and you're the designated mechanic, if you like
you can easily put that away somewhere likewise at home too
because even if you're really short of space
you could even take out this head, nice and simple
and that could just be stored away somewhere else,
I love portable solutions like this.
Someone's going to win it as well.
(upbeat music)
Here we are at the complete package
of what one lucky winner is going to win
the EK-3 toolkit and tool box
and also the PCS-9.2 work stand.
I guess now I should tell you
how you could be in with a chance of winning it.
It's nice and simple,
follow the link in the description down below
and it'll take you to a competition page
where you can enter and I must just say right now
I'm going to be insanely jealous of whoever gets to win this.
Remember as well to like and share this with your friends,
share it with someone who loves doing bike mechanics
because this could well make their year for them.
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how about clicking just down here and just down here.
Is it all right if I enter?
No, all right good luck.