Budget or Bougie?: Wolf Tooth Master Link Pliers vs Granite Talon Tyre Levers
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
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This is a perfect series for me. I'm always in the market for good value bike tools and you're comparing the type of items that I would actually consider rather than just showing the $1 version vs the $400 version. I'm excited to see more of this in the future!
Awesome! I was in the same boat. Most of the videos would show super pricey items and very low budget items. Something in the middle is what I was always after.
I own the Wolf Tooth and I absolutely love them. Wolf Tooth builds great quality products.
Your video concept is a fantastic idea. I love the "cheap vs. expensive" dichotomy. Keep up the great work - you are making awesome content!
Thank you so much, I was sure going into this I would like the WT the most. As their products are so so so awesome. I went back and forth in my head with how much I loved the Granite product for my needs. But in the end either product are super nice. And that is what I want to go with. Comparing not the cheapest of all products to the most expensive products. But somewhere in the middle for both budget and expensive.
To peak super chain tool fits well in budget series of essentials and plus you get 4 & 5mm Allen keys with it. A 1/4 bit screwdriver can also be secured in end of tube to add an extra tool 👍
I agree with your assessment. Although I just have the Blackburn Walmart tire tools. And no chain tool...yet! Basically riding on prayers when I do ride. Haha!
Use a 75mm long piece of road inner tube to make a super band, valve key you get a free one with Stans and most sealants that you need to keep with with sealant on ride. Talon can be also be used to grip Valve nut if you remove/modify the plastic hook that allows hooking to spoke when used as a tyre lever and not essential 👍
I have a Wolftooth link pliers (in red), but like yourself I was a bit concerned about having to use it as a tire lever. I carry two Park Tool tire levers because of this reason, they're light and pretty stout for prying off tubeless tires. I do love the features of the Wolftooth version because of the details and the magnetic spare link carrier
It is a very nice tool. I love my park tool tire levers also
I've carried the granite tire/master link tool for a couple years now, they are great! The only downside is the little rubber band keeping the two halves together, it goes missing once in a while. I still have never lost my master link, even when they pop apart.
Oh that is a good idea
I'd pick the Granite. Especially considering I bought them twice. One to keep in the shop and one to go in my carry pack.
Great series idea. I hate spending Park Tool prices but I have concerns about the off brand options. I’m probably about 50/50 with Park Tool verses off brand tools in my inventory right now.
That is how my tool inventory is too. I have had good luck with budget tools but I do love Park Tool.
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You should try the topeak Power Lever X master link pliers Well worth the money
i like the Wolf tooth design as it does more then just a tire lever/chain link tool. for the Granite, I rather just carry the Pedro's tire lever
In a way you are comparing apples and oranges. One is a plier first and foremost with the tire lever being secondary, and the other is a set of tire levers with chain-link capabilities. They have similarities, but are designed to meet different needs.
I prefer Woolf Tooth (or Lezyne) products almost every time. Why? because they are engineered to be very efficient. The less tools one has to pack on the trail the better. Trail tools are designed to get you home, not to be a shop tool equivalent. My rebuttal question would be, if you go with the budget tool what other tools would you have to purchase / carry to gain the same functionality? What is your plan to remove a valve or stem nut? Sacrificing one lever for this added functionality if worth it to me.
I've rarely ever needed two levers to remove a tire, especially a MTB tire. But if so, you don't need a second lever. A fix-it-stick, or other tool, can easily be placed under the bead to hold the tire off the rim, which allows you to use the lever to "unzip" the bead. Again, this is an emergency to get you home, not shop work.
I understand where you are coming from on this. I feel wolf tooth made a nice tool but failed to make it fully functional. The master link pliers are great, tire lever not so much, metal on metal is not such a good idea imo. It also doesn’t work well with removing or tightening the nut. They need to add something to grip the nut in the mouth the pliers and that would fix that issue. The valve core remover worked but was tricking to use. The master links moved around when opening and closing pliers. They made a pretty product but it seems like that is really it. I expected more out of a $33 tool. But these are of course my opinions.
As for removing valve cores out on the trail I would just put a valve cap on my valve that has that option. They are cheap and do the job very well adding very little weight to the bike.
I hope it didn’t come across as I was going to use them in the shop. I thought I had said several times “when out on the trail”. But maybe that didn’t come across that way.
I called the Granite “budget” only based on the price but after seeing the quality of the product they are not what I would call a normal “budget” product.
I get your loyalty to products and respect it. I am looking at it from my trail experience and the cost to usefulness. The wolf tooth just didn’t have the extra advantages it needed to justify the hight price in my mind. But that doesn’t mean it is a bad tool just not the one I selected as my favorite out of the two.
Beware Granite won’t work with 12s shimano quick links