Kell
Veteran
- Location
- High Wycombe/London
Here you go.
In this case you probably have overtighend them before. Tightening your nuts up does not sound like a desirable idea to me anyway.It only has the 15mm. But it’s too short to be of any use on the trails if you’ve tightened your nuts up.
I'd say it is a rescue kit. I've one toolkit but a flock of Bromptons, so I usually put it onto the daily driver to avoid stranding somewhere w/o tools. If I go touring I usually take a manually selected set of tools with me.Others say “The Brompton Toolkit fits inside your frame and includes all the tools you need for basic repairs and maintenance of your Brompton bike.”
Which I’d say is a bit of an overclaim
Oops.
I misremembered. It only has the 15mm. But it’s too short to be of any use on the trails if you’ve tightened your nuts up. I carry a separate, longer 15mm.
I think last time I looked at it, it was the 10mm I wanted for the brakes.
By the look of it, some sites say it’s just for punctures.
Others say “The Brompton Toolkit fits inside your frame and includes all the tools you need for basic repairs and maintenance of your Brompton bike.”
Which I’d say is a bit of an overclaim. And at £65, it’s a bit punchy for a puncture repair kit.
All in all, I’d say I’m failing to see the value in it.
I think maybe you need glasses Kell! As well that the 15mm ratchet, its got an 8mm spanner & a 10mm spanner both in the tyre levers (plus a spoke key).
Also, if you do your wheel nuts up with the 15mm ratchet, you will then be able to undo them with the same.... You can easily meet the wheel nut torque requirement with the ratchet, tiny as it is...
@ukoldschool I have been having a play with the tyre levers, I don’t thin there’s a spoke key on the lever. Am I missing something?
I think maybe you need glasses Kell! As well that the 15mm ratchet, its got an 8mm spanner & a 10mm spanner both in the tyre levers (plus a spoke key).
Also, if you do your wheel nuts up with the 15mm ratchet, you will then be able to undo them with the same.... You can easily meet the wheel nut torque requirement with the ratchet, tiny as it is...
many things live deep within my frame, I once found a packet of fruit pastles I had forgotten about.