Bike tools used for other purposes

[KneesUp]

I've just fixed the leaky waste pump on our dishwasher, having realised that the issue was not a faulty seal, but rather that there was a blockage in the pipe. This was swiftly cured by attaching my floor pump to one end - in fact it resolved it so quickly that I got a face-full of dishwasher-waste splashback, and have no idea what the actual blockage was. All I know is that I don't have to wash up any more.

What else can I use my bike tools for?

 

[MontyVeda]

My front light makes a handy torch in the event of a power failure... does that count?

 

[lazybloke]

My dishwasher's been leaking for 9 days. Where do I put the chain whip?

 

[KneesUp]

My dishwasher's been leaking for 9 days. Where do I put the chain whip?

A leak I could have lived with, but it kept triggering the anti-flood switch and turning itself of so I had to wash up by hand. The hardship was killing me!

 

[slowmotion]

I use my track pump to pressurise copper pipework and check it for leaks before filling the pipes with water.

 

[User33236]

I've just fixed the leaky waste pump on our dishwasher, having realised that the issue was not a faulty seal, but rather that there was a blockage in the pipe. This was swiftly cured by attaching my floor pump to one end - in fact it resolved it so quickly that I got a face-full of dishwasher-waste splashback, and have no idea what the actual blockage was. All I know is that I don't have to wash up any more.

What else can I use my bike tools for?

Stick yourself in quarantine for the next two weeks

 

[MarkF]

I'd love to know............................had a load of little jobs to do, got 2 folders, my tourer and hybrid out. Looked in tool box, no bike multi-tool, went to kitchen where there is always one in a drawer, no bike multi-tool. Hmmm, went to my (MrsF bought Xmas present) proper do bike tool kit case and the friggin multi-tool is not in it. Had to go to Home Bargains and buy a 15 in 1 tool for £1.79 Both sons are out but one (or both) of them are in trouble later.

 

[Drago]

Olde fashioned frame mounted pumps are ideal for whacking attacking dogs across the nose. The rare aluminium pumps make an especially nice thwack.

 

[NorthernDave]

A presta valve cover is ideal for adding dimples to a golf ball.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

A multi-tool is handy for tightening and adjusting bits on an electric wheelchair.
Tyre levers are good for opening paint tins and smoothing silicon sealant around baths.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I would imagine bike workstands would be excellent at holding cats while you wash them

 

[Tim Hall]

I stir my cup of tea with a tyre lever.

 

[Bollo]

I stir my cup of tea with a tyre lever.

And I’ve removed a tyre with a teaspoon. The universe is in balance.

 

[TheDoctor]

I've used a multi tool for tightening Ikea furniture, doing a quick adjustment on a wheelchair and opening beer bottles.
And last summer I used it to rejoin a chain on the Brompton, after it split on me out Maidstone way.
A decent multitool, a Swiss army knife, gaffer tape and WD40 ought to solve pretty much any imaginable problem!

 

[Salad Dodger]

I have a couple of these clips, which I use to attach torches to our bikes in lieu of a front light. Not that we ride after dark very often....

https://goo.gl/images/Cd1Sv6

Yesterday, we were performing with our ukulele band at a local RNLI fundraiser. The clip was a really handy way of tethering a microphone boom to my music stand, so the mic wasn't waving around in the breeze.....