Tool recommendation?

[Catrin]

Always know how to use that chain breaker and acutally carry it...speaking from experience..

Will remember. I am going to have a SRAM chain if that makes a difference - I sort of understand about the power link, but really won't until I see it demonstrated.

DH has a Crank Brothers one that I think has 16 tools. I also carry a quick link (in case a chain snaps), several CO2, a tube, a pretty decent pump, tire levers and a small first aid kit. I am tubeless but I still have a tube because you can flat on tubeless.

Thanks for this - I AM getting a good pump with a gauge that will fit in my Camelbak so I can have it with me regardless of the bike I am riding. Certainly a first-aid kit is a must-have - especially as a beginner. My LBS is filled with avid mountain bikers, so will ask them their suggestion for a multi-tool for the mountain bike, but it is good to have an idea of the appropriate size. I think I've noticed the Crank Brothers before.

They are recommending I get shin guards since I am starting out on BMX pedals, and my pedals have something like 15 pins. Considering the number of scars from my other pedals last year that only had 6 pins, this might not be a bad idea. Has anyone here done this?