Home Kit

A first home bike shop accumulates two ways. Buy individual tools as each repair surfaces a missing wrench, and a year later the bench is a drawer of tools that do not match each other. Or buy the kit that covers the work a careful home mechanic actually does, in one purchase, and the kit pays back the first weekend it stays on the bench instead of one tool at a time across the season.

The Home Kit is the second path. 20 tools in a compact case the size of a small toolbox, sized for a garage shelf or a vehicle stash for trailhead fixes.

What the kit covers

The kit picks tools sized to the work a home mechanic does most weekends:

• Drivetrain: Pro Chain Tool 1647/2ABI, Chain Wear Indicator 1644/4, Master Link Pliers 1720/2DP, Cassette Lockring Tool 1670.5/4, Multispeed Chain Whip 1660/2DP, Chainring Nut Wrench 1668/2.
• Brakes: 2-in-1 Disc Brake Tool 1757/2DP for piston spread and rotor truing.
• Hex and Torx: 9-piece Long Ball End Hex Wrench Set 220/3SLPH and a five-Torx set covering T10 through T30.
• Bottom bracket and crank: Shimano Hollowtech II Crank Bolt Tool 1609.1, Open 16-Notch External BB Wrench 1609/2HOBBY-US.
• Wheel and hub: Round Spoke Wrench 1631/2, two 4-way Cone Wrenches 1612/2.
• Pedals and tires: Crowfoot Pedal Wrench 1613/2CF, Set of 2 Tire Levers 1657RED.
• Cable and housing: Housing Cutters 584/4BI.
• General: Pro Socket Handle 190.8/2BI, Flat and Phillips screwdrivers, measuring tape.

The selection covers full chain replacement, cassette swap, brake-pad swap, bottom-bracket service on Shimano Hollowtech II, basic wheel truing, headset adjustment, and the small-fastener spread a modern bike runs on.

Case dimensions

16.25" wide, 13.5" deep, 5.25" tall closed. Laser-cut foam trays, no different from the trays in a professional shop bench. The case includes a blank piece of foam ready for customization if you add a tool later. Sized to leave on a garage shelf, slip behind a car seat, or stash in a truck for emergency trailhead adjustments.

All 20 tools, the laser-cut foam trays, and the blank customization foam are itemized in the In the box list below.

Built in Zreče, Slovenia

Unior has been forging hand tools in Zreče, Slovenia, since 1919, and is the official technical partner of multiple World Tour and downhill teams. The Home Kit is the Pro Kit selection scaled to a 20-tool footprint; the same forged-and-machined construction process that produces team-bench tools produces the tools that ship in this case.

Pro tip from our mechanics

A Home Kit tends to outgrow its owner in one direction: a wheel build, a fork service, or a press-fit BB job that needs tools the kit does not include. Adding a specialized set alongside the Home Kit covers more workshop ground than upgrading to a Pro Kit; the work a Home Kit owner does most weekends rarely changes.

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