Big fan of the Blackburn Big Switch tool, although it doesn't have the T-15. Good leverage, excellent form factor. It's my wallet on ride days too, which makes it all the more convenient. Drivers license, credit card, and if I'm riding lifts, lift pass all go in the pouch. This year I've realized a spare key to my vehicle even fits in nicely behind the large base tool. Even better. Because I go about my life with my wallet in one of my front pockets, it feels natural up there even when riding. Oh, and it's padded enough to not dig in to my flesh when I crash. Bonus!
On the insert note, I'm not loving them right now. I ruined an alloy rim in a race weekend with cushcore and 28PSI out back, and carbon rims and inserts seem to last less than a day at the bike park. Most recently, I did my annual Whistler trip and it got cut short by exploding my carbon rim on my very first lap (In Deep). Two weeks before that a carbon rim + insert exploded on Sweet One at Sun Peaks. I might just have to go back to no insert, high PSI life on both alloy and carbon. I've gone through 5 rims in the past year running inserts and 27-30 PSI, and 1 in the past many years running no insert and 33-35 PSI out back.
Oct. 3, 2022, 8:11 a.m. - Lu Kz
Big fan of the Blackburn Big Switch tool, although it doesn't have the T-15. Good leverage, excellent form factor. It's my wallet on ride days too, which makes it all the more convenient. Drivers license, credit card, and if I'm riding lifts, lift pass all go in the pouch. This year I've realized a spare key to my vehicle even fits in nicely behind the large base tool. Even better. Because I go about my life with my wallet in one of my front pockets, it feels natural up there even when riding. Oh, and it's padded enough to not dig in to my flesh when I crash. Bonus! On the insert note, I'm not loving them right now. I ruined an alloy rim in a race weekend with cushcore and 28PSI out back, and carbon rims and inserts seem to last less than a day at the bike park. Most recently, I did my annual Whistler trip and it got cut short by exploding my carbon rim on my very first lap (In Deep). Two weeks before that a carbon rim + insert exploded on Sweet One at Sun Peaks. I might just have to go back to no insert, high PSI life on both alloy and carbon. I've gone through 5 rims in the past year running inserts and 27-30 PSI, and 1 in the past many years running no insert and 33-35 PSI out back.