New tool round-up - Interbike 2013

Home storage solutions, sporks and more: Park Tool, Feedback Sports and Lezyne

A 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex tool should be in every home mechanic's toolbox. Park Tool has a new version of its popular 3-way hex tool with a two-piece forged aluminum body and replaceable steel hex keys. The AWS-15 retails for US$32.95

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Josh Patterson

Published: September 30, 2013 at 6:49 pm

It should come as no surprise that as frame and components change, so too must the tools we use to work on them.

Park Tool, Feedback Sports and Lezyne had many new tools and accessories on display at Interbike to help professional and home mechanics keep the latest bikes in working order — everything from fat bike-compatible truing stands and storage solutions, to shop-quality sporks. That's right, sporks.

Click through the gallery at right for more details.

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Josh Patterson is a BikeRadar contributor and former technical editor. He has spent most of his career working in the cycling industry as an athlete, mechanic and journalist. He holds a master's degree in journalism and has more than 20 years of experience as a cyclist and 12 years of experience riding and writing for BikeRadar, Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Dirt Rag, RoadBikeReview and Outside Magazine. A native of the Flint Hills of Kansas, Josh was a pioneer in the gravel cycling movement, having raced the first Unbound 200 and many other gravel events around the globe. He considers himself a cycling generalist and enjoys road, gravel and mountain biking in equal measure. When not traveling for work, he can be found exploring the singletrack and lonely gravel roads that surround his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to his love of cycling, Josh is an enthusiastic supporter of brunch, voting rights and the right to repair movement.