Accessories - Tools

Wolf Tooth updates the 8-Bit system to add a utility blade, chain breaker, and tire plugs while keeping everything ergonomic to use.

Editor's picks that we reach for every time and wouldn't hesitate to replace.

You don't need to butter up your mechanic, but if you wanted to show your appreciation for someone that went that extra mile, here are a few ideas.

Two very handy tools that will save you time and a solid pump with an easy to read and accurate gauge...

It's a head-to-head lube-off between the Sedulous Drew-Bob and Squidulous Toucan methods of chain lubrication. And you're invited...

Tools from Crankbrothers and Leatherman, bibs for women, pads from Raceface, and a handlebar from OneUp...

Ponderings on the pound of seldom-used stuff I swap back and forth between bikes.

None of the upgrades I'm suggesting here are cheap but they are key to your shredder's best mountain bike experience.

Uncle Dave Takes on four bike-specific tool kits from the German maker of quality tools...

OneUp's new EDC is the easiest to install, most complete, best sealed, in-the-steerer-tube tool system on the market, and it's available in eight colours.

A digital floor pump, a tubeless air canister, a multi-tool, and a ratcheting wrench set walk into a bar...

This is an easy job if you have any skills with wood and you are an adept scavenger...

2020 wasn't a great year to be a human, but if you were a mountain biking human (and you weren't under lockdown) it was vastly better...

The OneUp EDC Lite tool brings almost all the functions of the original to an easy to install configuration

The new 8-Bit Pack Pliers are a premium trailside, and home shop, multi-tool combining the best feature of their EnCase tool and Pack Pliers.

OneUp's follow-up to the original EDC tool, the EDC Lite is simple, affordable, easy to install, and swappable between bikes.

Nostalgia, an Avid two-Torx key, and a Blackburn Switch multi-tool assembled here into a trailside toolbox for the modern bicycle. Inspired by the retro Cool Tool.

Geeking out over tire pressures while trying to get in the saddle sooner...

The JoeBlow Max has served well for more than a decade but the third cousin wants his chance to play…

The BITS multi-tool system is Bontrager's steerer-tube storage solution that will help the pack-free rider handle most trailside adjustments & repairs.

No vaporware here - just currently existing or easy DIY collaborations that could improve your on-trail experience with wrenching, pedaling, and ergonomics.

The Wolf Tooth EnCase tool system is a nicely made tool system that has led to my first pack free rides in years...

Spring and summer riding means we can get away with lighter packs - here's Roggey's loadout for rides of two hours or less.

The aluminum spinners will be a highlight for anyone who has ever installed 6-bolt rotors without a power driver...