I was paying $1200 a year for business liability insurance for my mobile bicycle service shop. Then, I called BiBerk (Berkshire Hathaway), and got the same coverage for a quarter of the price. Highly recommend them.

I started my bicycle service shop six years ago (Centralia Cycle Works) working mobile from my step van. I liked the VeloFix idea, but didn’t have a quarter million dollars lying around for their franchise, so I did it myself. I moved to New York last summer, and I’m running my new shop, North Country Cycle Works, from a proper building. My shop doesn’t need the van any more! Look for either of my shops on Google and you’ll see the van. Yes, it’s for sale, and I’ll take any reasonable offer. My contact email is on either one of those websites, if you are interested. Danielle is right on the ball with her advice on this subject.

You mentioned that if a customer had an older drivetrain that they could buy the appropriate shifter/rear derailleur from Cues, but wouldn't they also need a Cues cassette? It seems that the spacing would be different than the older groups. It seems to me that folks who are serious riders, ought to simply buy a couple groups of whatever they are currently running. Thanks for the info!

Very useful and informative video. You kept it concise and well presented with the demonstrations and criteria scoreboard.

Good video. Subscribed!

Great job. Thanks.

Can you please, please, make a video like this for more parts of the bike? I just discovered your channel and I love how you explain things!

I had no clue, loved the tip on the dot as a JIS screw identifier. I would bring my bike to you to have work done after watching this video.

Thanks, I'll stay with my friction shifters.

really appreciate the review on this Bike Lift love the real world weight work out (Gains)

I found Felco C7 for under £40 delivered. I was looking to buy some and then remembered I already have the Park Tool cutter in my bike tools.

Great tips. Thank you. :-)

Best spoke wrench video I have found on KZfaq. Great work, thank you.

I don't understand why I just discover your channel just right now. I love bikes, I love tools, I love to learn and understand. Your channel is amazing. It's fun, clear, interesting (would even say fascinating). if only all teachers in the world had these qualities... The dark side of that is now I am aware that there's not only Park Tool, Enduro Bearing, Abbey, Wheel Manufacturing... so many great tools waaaaaay too expensive for my garage. But I want them all, they are too beautiful and well made... Do I need two kidneys 🤔

Super clear and interesting ! Thank you !

Great video. :) My thinking out loud: Fact 1: No shop in my city has a torque wrench as far as I know (except one, where I gave them that as a gift for opening - LOL). Fact 2: I've worked for decades without a torque wrench. And still I would not recommend working without one, especially on modern light stuff (not to mention carbon) - and definitely not as a pro mechanic (liability risks in case of any problems). Relja

Most do the same thing as long as u get a good tight fit on nipple

Love your level of detail and subscribed. I love the overview, I spent like 2 hours trying to compare spoke wrenches with image alone and people liking the only tool they own. I am very poor, so I cant afford buy tons of wrenches. I building wheel at home, I work part time as bike mechanic at the city keeping bicycles alive so they transport around. We have the park tools one at work with wheel stand. It is better then all size fit round chrome circle one. I was mostly look at spokey design.

So, as a maintenance QC Inspector for a U.S. Major Airline of 24 yrs, one of our jobs in QC is to re-calibrate and certify all of the Torque Wrenches issued to the mechanics, for work on our Aircraft, by our Tool room. Proper Torquing IS a big deal, is Required to be done In Accordance With the manufacturer's specs and is Required to be witnessed by a QC Inspector, for a specified group of maintenance items called out by the FAA. All U.S. Carriers use this same list of Required Inspection Items (the RII list). This is a good subject to know a bit about, especially when working on such specialized hardware and equipment as Bicycle's have become. That said, some items are too delicate to put a Torque Wrench to, as damage will occur. You did well here in explaining & warning of the problems & issues caused by Over-Torquing & Under-Torquing as well as the mechanics behind how Torque Wrenches work, BUT, you never explained what Torquing a screw actually does. Torquing a screw essentially has the same effect as adding a Locking Washer under the head of the screw, or adding Loctite to the screw threads with metal-on-metal screws. Torquing a screw actually Stretches the screw within a fixed thread pitch which causes physical binding between the screw & the base metal threads or nut. This serves to lock the screw in place. Torquing screws is simply a method of binding screws to their threaded base metal or nut. That said, there is a narrow limit to stretching a screw before it reaches its "elastic limit". Often the base material is too soft or not strong enough to allow a screw to stretch (be torqued). Just something to be aware of, more Torque isn't better. Torquing a hardened steel screw into soft aluminum, plastic or some composite material will usually damage the threads of the base material. Only Torque what is called for, meaning you're dependent on your calibrated elbow for the softer materials. For what it's worth, Beam type Torque Wrenches are almost Always the most accurate, because of their simplicity. That's followed by "click" types which are easily damaged if used to loosen stuck or over-torqued screws. Torque Wrenches should never be used as a substitute for a Ratchet Wrench or simple wrench, that's what usually causes the calibration to change. Since Torque requirements for bicycles tend to be on the "low" side, you're far better off w/ a "fine" ratchet on your Click type Torque Wrench vs a coarse rachet. Usually the cheaper Click type torque Wrenches will be a fairly coarse type ratchet, so look for that. The finer the Ratchet on a Click type, the easier to work in a tight spot. The "slip" type of Torque Wrenches are the least accurate, so get a good name brand if you can, it'll be the most accurate. In the aviation world, it's sometimes required to measure the "running Torque" of a bolt or screw, iow, the amount of resistance or friction on the bolt shank before it's begun to tighten. You add the running torque to the specified finish Torque setting for an accurate actual Torque. So, if a screw or bolt has a lot of resistance while rotating before it's reached its tightening phase, it's possible to under-torque that screw if you go the min Torque setting.

Love the channel and all the great bike shop business content! Unfortunately, you absolutely can over-torque bolts with those slip-type torque wrenches. When they click, they apply an instantaneous force similar to how the hammer of an impact wrench works. Clicking it once is a non-issue, but continuing to click them will over-torque a bolt really fast.

I currently have two of their tools: Their impactless BB puller (perfect for Shimano's PressFit BBs) and disc truing tool (basically a lighter Park Tool DT-2) I have no idea if I'll ever buy their chain breaker since I already have one from Topeak. Not only can theirs peen Campagnolo chain pins, unlike almost all chain breakers in the market, the handle doubles as a 1/4-inch hex drive tool bit handle. This is basically more than one tool in one product!

Good wrenchs. 3 in 1

Degrees Grease then fill with sunoil for aircons more maintance but more fun down hill

I'm too chicken to trust myself that the click type would be calibrated correctly when I go to use it, so I bought both of the Park Tool beam type. Pretty foolproof, even for this fool.

Love the channel :). The TorqKey (brand name can be seen on the shaft) preset torque wrenches like the Giant you showed and variations of it like Ritchey, Prestacycle, Trek, Sram, etc. are clic type wich you can overtorque :(. The Bike Sauce chanel as a nice vid about it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLSkiseSnLjZYn0.htmlPrestacyclePrestacycle

Simply excellent!

This one is a keeper! Best top level overview of common fasteners and proper torque tools ever and I am going to refer a lot of people to it. This was also the best woken and visual explanation of each of the most common tools a bike mechanic will encounter. Your discussion on proper storage of each type was essential and something very rarely addressed. A good follow on would be to cover electronic strain gauge based torque sensors and their benefits, but that is a bit OCD for bike wrenching. A deeper dive into the topic of how it is the “load path” and initial installation conditions that determine the optimum torque, not solely the bolt. It is the stress distribution of the load path that torque is being used as a proxy. This proxy assumes that all elements in the load path meet their relevant material specifications, correct initial conditions the proxy was based on, and that tool and technique are valid. Miss one of these (and maybe some I overlooked) and the connection is no longer fit for purpose.

I enjoy the info. But hate your movie skits. !

Wera does have click type torque wrenches that you cannot overtighten; safe-torque they call them.

And today we're gonna torque about.... On a serious note I got my torque wrenches hanging right next to my hex and torx tools right behind my bike stand. There's no point for me NOT to use it. However, I did make an exception recently when I was going to remove tokens from my Fox fork and nobody in my country had a 32mm chamferless 3/8" socket which is why I opted for a 32mm chamferless 1/2" instead and just use a normal ratchet wrench for dismount and mounting. Some workshops told me they never used a torque wrench for it, so I thought to myself that it's probably fine. Just snug it up and no heavy force, and if there's no airleak then it should be golden.

That was very informative, thank you. I want PT-ATD now :)

I appreciate the brief history lesson about bolt types and how they came to be, but you somehow failed to mention the also common hex head.

I so enjoy your wonderful videos. It's amazing that you have the ability to take the boring subject of torque and make it interesting and informative. BTW, I have a few acquaintances who volunteer at the Sacramento Bike Kitchen. Is there a backstory on how you came upon Bike Kitchen t-shirt?

I always learn from this channel, thanks!

I am so impressed with this interview! Do I get credit for loaning you the micrometer for show and tell? 😂

Loved the explanation of how each wrench type works inside.

Fixed torque keys are my favorite. I use my 5nm, and 6nm torque keys constantly building bikes, and doing service. I use my Park click type wrenches for higher torque values.

Excellent !

Loved the history lesson, did not know about the robertson in the model T getting a jump start. Phillips(not jis) is designed to strip the head before breaking the bolt or parent material.

Great tutorial and overview. You reminded me of something that I've long wondered, which is why click torque wrenches specify storage at the minimum setting, not zero. My guess is that dialing it to zero could leave space between the parts, allowing corrosion to form more easily than if they were actually in contact. Do you, or any viewers here, know if that's it?

Thanks for the video. I doubt you can patent cable pull ratios. Given that, I'm surprised that someone like Microshift doesn't produce a line of shifters that are easily cable pull and speed adjustable by a mechanic or a reasonably competent end user. I know you can do this somewhat easily with SRAM brifters. I'd love to see Shimano get screwed like this as I can't conceive of a good engineering reason to change the cable pull ratios.

You should consider doing a video on the best tools for bleeding. Quite a few different kits out there now, Shimano, Park tool, Jagwire, ezMTB and more. Best would be to compare different parts, e.g. maybe Shimano bleed cups are the best, but Park Tool has the best syringes etc. Somebody really serious would mix and match parts from different kits, choosing the best parts from each.

Thanks D. Having alot of trouble finding the rite/good spoke wrench that will stop me from continually rounding off my spokes!

Am working on a Kawasaki motorcycle road tool kit...And...THANK YOU...!!!

Your video is on their product page for the Tutto II. Very cool, well deserved and gets a Rick Flair Woooooo! I'm trying to decide on which of the Apprentice, Shop or Pro model to get but they all seem to have the same replacement parts, but Apprentice and Shop can't peen.

Phillips drive is garbage. Typical American crony capitalism forcing junk on people and stalling technological progress for a century because some drunk rich guys made a deal over a poker game or some nonsense and here we are.

I have been running my mobile Ebike repair business out of a 2005 for ranger for 10 years in Tampa bay Florida

Good video series. I wouldn't count QBP out just based on their "stated" requirements. I contacted them, told them what I bought (Ford Transit Connect) and that due to where I lived I wouldn't be able to wrap it, magnets only. They were fantastic to deal with and I've had an account with them for more than 5 months now. I was also able to do the same with JBI. I am so happy to have these guys on board and it's allowed my business to grow from day 1. Moral of the story is...find a way! Thanks for the videos

This is really an amazing review. It had all the important points I had questions about (even how the crimpers crimp whaaatt!!?) In my opinion there's no better one out here on KZfaq... Thank you very much! I've got smaller hands so will buy the icetoolz, look like some nice cutters :-)

Great video, but why didn't you use it to cut housing and show how hard it was and what the cuts/ crush looks like. I watched the whole video and then realized you didn't cut housing😢 just cable. Now I'm going to try and find a video like this where they cut housing😭