Customer Reviews:
 It has it all! January 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This neat little tool has just about everything you could need to make on the fly repairs. Topeak thought of everything. Form the chain breaker all the way to having the proper size alen key to tighten each side of the tool itself. I would definitely recommend this one to anyone who is going any distance and is not worried about a little extra weight.
 Almost the Ultimate Road/Trail Tool January 2, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just received the Topeak Alien II 26 Function Bicycle Tool and am very impressed with it. Well made tool, nearly everything you need to do emergency repairs and some shop repairs too, in a compact package. It has tools for both road and mountain bikes. For those who might think the bottle opener is superfluous, the flat-blade screw driver and chain pin tool are integrated into it. That tool is similar to those on Swiss Army knives that integrate a flat-blade screwdriver with the bottle opener.
Having said that, I will offer the following cons regarding this tool. It's a bit heavy, but that's expected in a tool this well made and complete. As I only own a road bike without disk brakes, the T-25 Torx tool is not of use to me, but might help out a friend I ride with. I find that unless you align them carefully, the two halves of the tool might only be half-attached to each other upon reassembly. Lastly, I wish they had included the seat post mount with the tool, as opposed to needing to buy it separately.
I would definitely recommend this tool to off-road riders and those road riders that don't mind a few extra ounces to have a very complete tool.
Swiss Army Knife of Bike Tools December 30, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't say that I've used all of the tools, but it's got almost everything you would need and it built very well.
Nice Tool, Packed with Features December 25, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a nice tool, packed with features. I was impressed withe the overall quality and fit and finish. The engineering is unique and they shove a lot of tools into a small form factor.
I have one main complaint - they include a nice carrying case with a clever attachment on the back - but they don't include a bracket for it. The bracket would allow you to attach it to the frame and/or seatpost. While that may not be for everyone, it seemed like a small corner to cut which was annoying to me at least. If they had included a bracket I would give it 5 stars.
Nice tool set include chain pin tool and spoke adjusting wrench December 4, 2007
28 out of 31 found this review helpful
It is a nice tool set, include all the allen wrenches you needed to adjust bike handle, brake and brake handle, speed rover, seat position.
It also include the chain tool for remove a section of the chain. In addition, it has two size spoke wrench for ajusting the wheel.
When you ride your bicycle, your tires may rub against the brakes. This is easy to fix wheel problem - spokes need adjusting. What you need to do is wheel truing.
Place bicycle upside down. Spin the wheel while holding a pice of chalk close enough to the wheel. After spun around a few times, stop the wheel and take a look those chalk marks. Do this process on the other side of the wheel. Tighten the spokes on the other side of the chalk mark and loosen the spoken facing the chalk mark. Adjust each spoke one turn.
Wipe out that chalk mark. Once all the chalk marks are gone, you can spin the wheels and using chalk to find the next spot to tighten and loose the spoke. At the end, you have a perfect round wheels :-)
The included spoke wrench has two sizes. It works fine for all our bikes.
I used this tool assembled a complete tandom bike in two hours. The tool felt little loose at the end of the assembly. But nothing really worn out.
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