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Avenir Cone Wrench Set
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- Carbon steel construction with reinforcing spine
- Comes in black
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Product Description:
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Avenir by Raleigh is the premier bicycle accessory line from legendary Raleigh Bicycles.
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Customers' Reviews:
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 Good value for the money, September 12, 2010
By Maryland Customer (Maryland, USA)
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First of all to be clear, this is a set of two IDENTICAL cone wrenches. As another reviewer pointed out, each wrench is gapped for 15/13 mm on one end, and 16/14 mm on the other end.
The advantage of this design is its flexibility: a 2-wrench set replaces 8 single-end wrenches or 4 double-end cone wrenches.
The disadvantage of this design, as discussed by another reviewer, is that only half of the wrench end makes contact with the cone, meaning the torque you can apply is limited. E.g., you have to be careful and pay attention to what you are doing rather than simply torque as hard as you can. But this is true of all multi-purpose tools: they rarely work as well as the individual tools, but they get the job done, take up a lot less space and (usually) save a significant amount of money (meaning initial investment) compared to buying individual tools.
So if you are just starting out in bike maintenance and do not want to spend a lot of money until you figure out whether you will actually commit the time to do your own bike maintenance, this is a good cheap way in. If do commit, you will likely eventually buy better single-end cone wrenches for an average of $10 each (e.g. Park or Pedro brand). But in the mean time, these will help you get some basic bike maintenance done for a very reasonable price.
And yes, you will need a 17/18mm cone wrench as well.
Last thing: these are CONE wrenches, not normal wrenches. E.g., they are very thin to get into narrow spaces, to apply limited amount of torque to a cone on a hub (hence the name). Most cone wrenches are NOT strong enough to apply heavy torque to something with a wide surface (e.g. a pedal, outer hub nut, etc). In those situations, use a "normal" wrench or socket wrench instead!
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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 Poor Design = Junk Wrenches, September 7, 2010
By P. Mizulski
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Junk. . . absolute junk! The 15mm portion of one of these wrenches was stripped out with barely any pressure in an attempt to remove my axle. The problem with these wrenches, evidenced by my experience, lies in their design. 14mm and 16mm are squeezed into one half of the wrench, while 13mm and 15mm are squeezed into the other side. With this design flaw, there does not exist sufficient surface area in the 15mm and 16mm mouths of the wrench, thus allowing for significant slippage under load. If I would have been made aware of the design of these wrenches, I wouldn't have made the purchase in the first place. However, I misunderstood the product description, and assumed that 13mm/14mm was one wrench while 15mm/16mm was another, as is typical of all other dual size wrenches. Avenir will be hearing from me.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
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 Too Loose to be Good, July 18, 2011
By Barry B
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These wrenches look to be very well made, but the 15 and 16 mm sizes are loose fitting on my metric bike. I measured them with a mm scale and they are actually 15.5 and 16.5 mm. The 13 and 14 mm sizes are accurate.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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 Two wrenches, 4 sizes on each. Sizes 13,14,15,16., June 9, 2010
By BigDog (New Lisbon, WI United States)
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Ignore the description about the Avenir Saddle. You will get two wrenches with 4 sizes on each. They seem to work fine. It would have been nice to have a 17 & 18 in this set too.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
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They work, March 11, 2009
By D. Nguyen
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They're basic cone wrenches. They work and are cheap. These and a double set of 17/18mm are perfect.
1 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Spend less get less., October 11, 2009
By Themis2012 (Syracuse, NY)
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These wrenches suck. They're useful for maybe two to three times then you have to replace your bolts because they tear right into things being so thin. I used them for biking mainly and they ruined my back and front nuts. I often had to use both of them at the same time to make it work right. Spend more on some quality tools and you'll spend less in the long run not having to buy replacement parts.
1 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Cheap disposable cone wrenches, April 9, 2011
By Have Raleigh, will travel (Chicago)
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You get what you pay for with these wrenches -but just barely.
It is a neat concept to have a full double set of wrenches in two tools and might be an OK way to get your feet wet wrenching on bikes when it comes time to start working on bicycle hubs.
These two wrenches have all the sizes needed and you always need two cone wrenches when adjusting or dismantling/reassembling old-style loose ball cone/cup style bearings on bicycle wheels. Theoretically they should be all that is needed for the home mechanic.
Unfortunately the cheaper steel used in these wrenches are just not up to the task of surviving the stresses encountered when being used on the outer/larger sizes. The jaws flex too much and the wrench will strip and perhaps damage the wrench flats on the bearing cones in the process. The inner sizes on these wrenches work OK but the outer/larger sizes just do not work very well. If the cones are very tight or stuck with age they will never get the parts apart and will self-destruct trying. Bearing cones SHOULD NOT need to be so tight in theory but in practice many bicycles have these parts WAY too tight. These wrenches are just not up to repeated use even if they aren't too tight and will wear out very quickly.
I would advise against getting these wrenches and instead suggest spending the money on the Park DCW cone wrenches. You can get away with just 3 of them to cover wrenching on most bicycles. You should have the 13/14, the 14/15, and the 13/15 sizes to cover just about anything. These 3 wrenches will give you any combination needed except for the 16/17 sizes which are not as common. If you have all 4 you can take on any bicycle cone set as I have never encountered a wheel that had more than one 16mm or 17mm wrench at a time although I suppose it is possible they are pretty rare even having one of those sizes as it is.
Pros:
*Has every size cone wrench x 2 so you should theoretically be able to work on any wheel.
*VERY Low cost for what is essentially 8 different wrenches covering each of the 4 common cone sizes TWICE. If it weren't for the VERY low cost these would have gotten a 2 or even a 1 star as they kind of suck other than for an almost disposable usage cycle. This whole 2-wrench quad-sided set doesn't cost much more than ONE of the good double-sided cone wrenches by other manufactures. Avenir usually makes decent mid-ranged low-cost stuff. This is low cost but not quite mid-ranged in quality.
Cons:
*Marginal/poor metallurgy that isn't up to the job of the double-stacked wrench design. It's OK for the inner wrench but the metal is just too soft for the outer/larger sizes. One or two uses and this wrench is already getting worn out. Quite Disposable. The paper plate of the cone wrench world.
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Great for DIY maintenance, February 27, 2010
By fchogg (Cincinnati, OH United States)
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This is great for doing maintenance and repairs on your family's bicycles. Having four different sizes in one wrench is a great money saver. If you repair bikes for a living or in charge of doing maintenance on a large fleet of bikes you probably want to get something a little more heavy duty.
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Cheap Fake Tools, July 20, 2011
By Chacci (Charleston, sc)
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Thin and useless if you are removing tight pedals. So thin they cut into the bolts, so flimsy they bend on first use. Wonder why it's a set of two? You're going to need both to get through a single use - seriously, I put them both on the pedal at the same time and they still just collapsed. Spend the extra 10 bucks and get one good one.
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Gets the job done in a small package, April 24, 2012
By Sam Chou
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I was a bit wary in purchasing this wrench from reading all of the reviews saying it was flimsy - it was much thicker than I anticipated, and therefore quite strong. Not much torque is required on hub cones, and before I was using needlenose pliers to tighten mine, since it was all I had to work with. I can tell you now - the correct tool for the job is essential, and for the average joe, a cone wrench will be needed probably once or twice a year, so no need to waste money on a bulky set of bike-shop grade cone wrenches...plus, if one breaks, you have 2!
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 Fine for what it is, but know your tools, April 16, 2012
By Paul F McGuire (Durham, NC United States)
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I have a set of these branded by Performance Bike that I am 99% sure is the same tool. Yes, it is stamped metal and will flex under extensive force. But seriously, at this price point, did you expect much more? I bought it to service the hubs on the kids' bikes; problem solved. When it comes to tools, this is a Black & Decker, not a Milwaukee or a Bosch. If you need to do real work, buy a real tool, e.g. Park.
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