Closing out the yr, Slovenian toolmaker debuts just a few extra properly thought-out hand instruments that will simply make your winter bike service work a bit simpler. All made completely in Europe and bought at affordable costs, Unior Bike Instruments continues to ship high quality options designed to make workshop life simpler. Choose from pedals, a Unior Nipple Shuffler for simpler wheel builds, ebike service, an replace to the stalwart master-link pliers, and even bearing overhauls of their newest updates for the house or professional mechanic alike…
There’s a handy new 3-in-1 Pedal Wrench that can spin each completely different sort of pedal shortly on & off your bike with out serious about how they’re connected. One other new size-specific set of Pace Pedal Wrenches that can make life simpler and extra ergonomic for one pedal commonplace at a time. There’s a Spoke Nipple Shuffler than will pace up customized wheel builds. An replace to Grasp Hyperlink Pliers as a result of even chains proceed to evolve. Plus, a few ebike-specific lockring instruments for mechanics that want top-quality instruments to service premium ebikes.
Oh, and an replace for servicing bearings… and that bottle opener if you happen to don’t wish to simply crack a brew open with the sting of actually any of those different instruments.
3-in-1 Pedal Wrench suits all pedals
This new heat-treated 3-in-1 Pedal Wrench is a basic do-it-all dwelling store multi-tool. On one finish you get a basic open-end 15mm pedal wrench for working with commonplace wrench flats on pedals with no hex gap on their axle spindles. On the opposite finish you get a 8mm hex in a single course, 6mm hex within the different.
I’m fairly positive that can take each pedal off each bike in my household’s stocked bike storage. No on the lookout for one in every of three separate instruments. Or complicated the 8mm of a crankbrothers pedal for the 6mm of a Shimano pedal. Compact, easy, and it prices simply $20 / 22€. Excellent for the house workshop or touring toolkit.
Pace Pedal Wrenches are nicely, sooner
Do you solely have one sort of pedals, have additional room in your toolbox, or simply work in a motorcycle store and need one thing a bit extra professional and single use? Then, possibly Unior’s newest completely hardened and tempered Pace Pedal Wrench is for you. It’s bought an enormous ergonomic plastic & rubber deal with, a 180° pivoting head, and is available in both 6mm or 8mm hexes.
Rotate the pinnacle 90° to interrupt cussed pedals free. Flip it 180° to maintain loosening sticky threads. Then rotate again to 0° to shortly spin the pedal off. A spring loaded ball detent holds it in every place to maintain it from flopping round.
Every drop-forged pedal instrument sells for $40 /45€, with premium flex chrome vanadium metal hex bits in both 6mm or 8mm.
Unior Spoke Nipple Shuffler strains up all nipples for faster wheel lacing
Now right here’s the massive title that drew us all in. The all-new adjustable Unior Spoke Nipple Shuffler. It is a decidedly area of interest instrument for wheel builders,
If you pour a bunch of spoke nipples in and shake, it aligns all of the nipples in a single course so it’s simpler to select them out. No extra fumbling in a pile of nipples.
Now, this isn’t the primary time we’ve ever seen a nipple sorting instrument, though most have been customized made. However Unior’s laser-cut folded metal Spoke Nipple Shuffler is creatively easy in how it may be adjusted. Slide the slots aside and tighten in place for widths from 3.8-5.5mm to suit virtually all nipples. And it’s also one of the vital inexpensive I’ve seen, at simply $25 / 25€.
Do you want one? Not except you construct plenty of wheels. But when so, it’ll prevent time fumbling, and ease a unusually irritating a part of lacing wheels.
Bosch Gen 2 & Fazua Trip 60 Lockring Instruments service ebikes
These are much more specialised. However for $27 / 30€ metal Bosch Gen 2 or $53 / ~50€ for the machined aluminum Fazua Trip 60 lockring instruments, these will make like simpler for mechanics servicing ebikes. Delivering a exact match and 1/2″ drive, these will make fast work of eradicating outdated & putting in new chainrings on the newest proprietary ebikes.
Grasp Hyperlink Pliers up to date
What’s new within the land of chain-opening instruments? Properly first, these are actually designed to each open and shut grasp hyperlinks. Plus, SRAM Flattop reshaped the rollers inside their newest T-Sort chains, so your outdated pliers may not match their new 12-speed street or MTB transmissions. Most probably you possibly can get away with some inventive submitting if you have already got a favourite set of chain pliers.
However if you’re available in the market for a brand new set, Unior’s up to date black Grasp Hyperlink Pliers 1720/4DP will solely set you again $16 / 22€ they usually’ll open fast hyperlinks on just about any chain from 6-13-speeds.
Common Bearing Press package bought up to date alongside the road
And as a small operating addition… I’m not completely positive when this replace occurred. However I’ve been not too long ago performing some low season upkeep with the newest version of Unior’s Common Bearing Press package. And it’s been up to date since we first caught up with it again in 2014. The package now contains the entire newest widespread sizes, particularly up to date backside bracket requirements like DUB. It’s a workshop-level piece of drugs with the $279 / 308€ pricetag to match.
Nevertheless it’ll press in just about any dimension bearing you’ll discover on a motorcycle nowadays, in need of headset cups. And, if you happen to solely want the BB presses, there’s a separate cheaper package for that now since final spring, too.
A few of these new instruments may simply make an ideal stocking stuffer in your dwelling mechanic.
Do not forget that winter is the proper time to present you uncared for bike the a lot wanted upkeep love that it deserves. Joyful bike, blissful life.
