List of Bicycle Tools

The best general tool that every bicycle owner has to have is bicycle pump and a set of double-ended cone wrenches for working with brackets sized 13-16mm. However, for more in-depth repair and creation of custom bicycles many additional tools are needed. Here they are separated in several distinct categories.

Brake tools

Cable tensioning tool - Needed for stretching spokes.
Brake clamps – For placing brakes in specific position.
Disk straightening tool
Cable and housing cutters

Hub, wheel and tire tools

Cone wrenches – Needed for dismantling, modifying or adjusting hub bearings.
Dishing gauge- For measuring dish of a wheel.
Spoke wrenches – For tensioning wheel spokes.
Tensiometer – For measuring tension of wheel spokes.
Tire bead jack
Tire levers – For removing tires form the rim, they are made either from metal or plastic.
Wheel truing stand

Headset tools

Headset is a part of a bike that houses entire rotating interface between bicycle fork and head tube of the bicycle frame. Repairing this part of a bike requires special set of tools that can gain access to complicated set of components that consists from several sets of ball bearings and their casings.
Crown race cutting tool
Crown race puller or remover
Head tube facing and reaming tool
Headset bearing cup press
Headset wrenches are oversized
Hex keys

Star-nut setter

Drivetrain and bottom bracket tools

Bottom bracket taps and facing tools
Bracket wrenches
Chain splitter
Chain whip
Crank extractor
Derailleur alignment gauge
Freewheel removers
Lock-ring remover
Pedal wrench
Pin spanner