Customer Reviews

Avenir Round Spoke Wrench

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The spoke wrench is very well made, strong and does it's job.

It's a high quality steel product with a relatively high price compared to its competitors, however with free shipping it is well worth it. I'm sure that unless you lose it, this is the only spoke wrench you will need for the rest of your life.

I think the description "Includes universal spoke wrench; chain tool; tire levers; glueless patch kit" was copy and pasted from somewhere else and needs to be updated. I was just expecting the spoke wrench, but it could mislead somebody else.

While individual spoke wrenches for each nipple size are usually the best, many times you'd just like a single, high-quality compact tool for occasional use, or to fit in your seat pack.
I've seen many el cheapo circular spoke tools, cheaply stamped or cast; this is NOT one of those! It's got a good solid feeling (the packaging says it's made of forged steel), precise labeling and (most importantly) precisely crafted channel openings for the spoke nipple. I bought two just so I'd always have one handy!

Round spoke wrenches are, imho, far superior to those included in mini-tools. This wrench has multiple sizes, presumably the most popular sizes. You quickly find the right size, quickly tighten (or loosen) your spoke(s), and give your wheel a spin to check your adjustment. Easy and fast vs. the mini-tool method: hard and slow. Spend a few dollars for a round wrench; you'll be happy you did.

My girlfriend has a pretty screwed up bike, so I took it upon myself to fix it up. Everything was going "well" till I got to the wheels.

Both the front and the back wheel were extreamly bent. I called around to bike shops to see how much it would cost for the bike to get the wheels fixed and it was, on average, $10 a wheel and it would take a day to fix. Well me being a cheep SOB decided I could do it myself for less on both accounts.

I did not know what spoke size wrench she needed nor did I want to buy something I could only use on one bike. So getting this wheel tuner seemed like the best option.

The cheepest I could find it on a reliable site was here on amazon. So I ordered it and it actually showed up three days ahead of schedule.

When I actually sat down to fix the wheels it went easier and quicker than I thought it would. It took me less than an hour to do both wheels. At first I had trouble figuring out how to hold the tuner but I eventually got that under control. Though I would suggest not having greesy hands before handling the tuner, it gets kind of hard to hold then. Obviously the wheels are not as true as they might be if I took them to a professional, but for the price it was a steal. My girlfriend's bike is still holding up well and there have been no issues to date.

has lots of sizes and was really cheap, but a word of warning dont adjust the spokes unless you really know how or you could easily make it worse

I am admittedly very inexperienced with bike maintenance, but wheel truing always sounded like some kind of dark magic that only trained professionals should do. Both my front and rear wheels were rubbing, and I was thinking of taking it in to a local bike shop when a friend of mine told me that such a thing as a "spoke wrench" existed, so after looking around at several "universal" ones I bought this one (my bike is a Raleigh, and I thought it might be smart to get the universal spoke wrench from the same manufacturer).

The feel of the wrench is wonderful. It's solid metal. It shines. It feels like you're holding an item of great power, which is fair, because you basically are. This thing is going to change my bicycling forever.

For the price you are paying and the different amount of sizes you get for you bike spokes. You cannot go wrong with this tool it a definite buy for any cyclist or toolbox

I like how I don't have to look for different spoke wrenches while working on different bikes. I've used it for different bikes with different sized spokes and I'm glad i had this or else I wouldn't have the right size for some of the bikes i fixed in my house. The bikes for kids and the bikes for adults had different spoke sizes. It is convenient to just grab for the same wrench each time. It works well and does what it is supposed to do. It seems solid and cheap price, saved money by not having to buy one for each size.

This seems like a high quality tool and comes with a very nice finish. As shown in the picture, it will fit several different spoke sizes (10 to 15E). A single sized spoke wrench might be more comfortable to use, but you would need to know exactly what size spoke nipples your wheels have. I didn't know what size nipples my wheels had so this spoke wrench solved the problem. I was able to use sizes 12, 14, and 15 to true the wheels on three different bikes! If you have multiple bikes, this is a one size fits all kind of tool. Even bikes with the same diameter wheel may have different sized spoke nipples. Thanks to this tool and an internet tutorial I was able to true my own wheels.

With this item I saved $35 each time I want the bike spokes tightened. It is handy for me - I now became a handyman.