PRESS RELEASE: OneUp ComponentsEDC LITE ($40 USD, €40, £35, $53 CAD)
A stripped back version of the full EDC tool, containing a 9-function multi-tool conveniently stored in your steerer tube. Don't get stuck without a tool on your ride ever again.
Includes:
⬢ 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8mm
⁕ T25 Torx
▬ Flat Head ScrewdriverEDC Lite is easy to install in less than 5 minutes, without removing your star nut or threading your steerer tube. Your headset is still preloaded using your star nut in the traditional way.
EDC Lite adds just 75g to your bike weight and is perfect for carrying a tool on almost any bike with a star nut. See
compatibility page for full details.
Available in 7 colours (Black, Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Turq)
Perfectly colour matched to OneUp Handlebar decals and Composite Pedals.
Extra carriers are available for $15 so you can run a single multi-tool on all your bikes.
The EDC Lite Kit includes the multi-tool and everything you need for installation in your steerer tube.
INSTALLTo install EDC Lite, simply set your star nut 75mm deeper into your steerer tube using the supplied setter bolt. Then replace your top cap with the EDC Lite Carrier, which is essentially a deep dished top cap with room for a tool. Full install instructions are
here.
If you need more tools and inflation, check out the OneUp EDC Pump with storage for the full 20-Function EDC Tool & Tubeless plug kit.
OneUp Components, Squamish, BC.
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All it needs is a chainbreaker tool! I snap chains occasionally, and being stuck without a chain is almost as bad as an unfixable flat.
Perfect xmas gift idea.
www.oneupcomponents.com/products/edc-v2-tool
Either way, I think this is a good alternative for more than a few people.
Bontrager Steerer Tool - $90 (does not require threading) - has chain break.
OneUp EDC V2 - Chain tools and lots of options for various setups, $60 - requires threading.
OneUp EDC Lite - No chain tool, $40, no threading required.
Giant Clutch Crank - $85, chain break, no 8mm hex.
Granite Design Bar End Chain Break - $25
Granite Design Steerer Tool - $54 - No 8mm. No chain break. No threading required.
All In Multitool (Crank Based) $85 (I think) no 8mm, but easy to add, chain break.
Wolftooth EnCase Hex Driver (probably the most elegant solution with biggest assortment) is $50, but handlebar storage tubes are $35, so combining it with the Granite Design Bar End Chain break isn't any cheaper than just buying Wolftooth's complete EnCase system for $120. If Wolftooth included a crank tube holder for the Hex Driver at $50 it'd be a real winner.
I carry a tube and pump so inflator, plugs and spike aren't necessary for me. Chain break, quicklink pliers, and levers are.
@OneUpComponents the best feature of this is the installation that requires essentially no modifications. The v2 needs modifications.
@PHeller I've started riding with just some bacon and no tube, which I realize is a gamble. I also installed the new tubless Tannus at the same time, so I haven't had any tire issues whatsoever. I still anticipate breaking chains tho.
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I wonder how hard it would be to adapt for a steerer tube....
I managed to size a chain using the old tool when I was on the road, but it was an ugly affair involving vice grips and a 6" wrench. Those plates in the chain are too long for the tool & pins to line up properly.
Someone nicked my v1 tool the other day, necessitating that I pick up one of the newer versions. I'll report back with further findings. Science!
Also, anyone have a modern chain ever twist a link? That used to happen to some 8 and 9 speed chains when we rode like lunatics on old rattle can bikes. Haven't seen it on 9 speed or greater
- allen keys
- T25 tool (unless you run centerlock)
- flat blade or phillips tool (unless your rear mech doesn't need those)
- chain repair tools (and spares)
- tube or tubeless repair
- something to inflate the tire/tube
And now it comes, and I never realized this would be a big one but apparently it is:
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Just because someone carries a tool that doesn't have all functions mentioned above included, doesn't have to imply that person doesn't carry those tools separately.
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Let that sink in for a second or two. Print it out, hang it above your bed and lie awake for a couple of nights. Someone could actually carry this one in the fork steerer for quick adjustments and have the other tools/spares mentioned in a pack, bolted to the frame or in a saddle bag. If you don't believe me, read my comment again. And again. Eventually you will see this as the ultimate truth. Then you'll thank me. Indeed, you will thank me. See? Ultimate truth.
TL;DR: There is no shortcut to profound wisdom.
Maybe an engineer can explain the different effects both techniques have on the steerer?
This is why I would like an engineering perspective. Why would it void warranty in comparison to a star nut? EDC is arguably safer, neater, and more precise. I’ve seen star nuts go in crooked, never seen an EDC installed incorrectly.
Only my view...
Also, it sounds like zero cases of warranty denial due to threading have ever occurred. Hell, the Fox EWS athletes basically all run it.
I am trying to see why a thread voids a warranty and a scraping force does not.
Think I've got an idea for kickstarter
Right now I have two bikes I can ride anytime and have full tools and the ability to fix anything without picking up or remembering a single item. It adds up over time and I love it.
You do you! There isn't a right way, just your way.
Surely you could cover that stuff almost with a pack? Carry 12 and 11 quick links, leave your spoke wrench in the pack, buy one multi tool that has those sizes? What size are the crank bolts? 8mm? 10mm? The only duplicate is the tube. My wheels are all the same size fortunately.
And as I said, 90% of the time none of these tools are used to fix my own bike. Rather everyone elses! I will admit that more than a few times I've ridden with others who take nothing and I'm tempted to let them walk. But that's another discussion.
You're right though about always using my tools to help others. I swear I carry so much just to help people I find on the trail. Somehow I think people who prepare like us also have bikes that break down a lot less. Go figure.
I've seen a few broken cranks, and once bent some raceface cranks so they wobbled on the spindle, but it's been many years since I've seen any just come loose on the trail - the last time I remember was in the early 2000s with ISIS spline cranks.
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If it doesn't interfere, I'm in for one.
Damnit.. Was already in the checkout-process of ordering this when I wanted to double check If it'd fit.
They should be in stock in 10 days.
My pump into here? @OneUpComponents:
If you ever have any more questions, hit us up at info@oneupcomponents.com and we'll continue to assist.
Cheers!
The EDC Lite can be used more widely (DH bike, Commuter, Pub Bike etc).
but the biggest barrier is needing to use their stem or threading your steerer tube. This tool doesn't require any of that.
I'll be continuing to use the original version (which was just updated as well) because it offers more "stuff" (I have it setup with a jabber, extra bacon, quick links, quick-link tool, chain breaker and tire lever) which helps keep me totally pack-less... in addition to the pump on my water bottle cage and a tube + zip ties + co2 + inflator in a strap on my frame.
But this looks like a great option for those just looking for a place to stash a mini-tool in combo with other items strapped to their frames.
The warranty of the fork is not affected unless the failure is a direct result of the threading and have not seen a single case of a threaded steerer leading to damage. As such, we are also not aware of a single denied warranty claim for things like a creaky CSU.
I agree with him. I had it come loose on me several times (despite being setup as recommended), crashed a few times and had to loosen the setup to straighten my bars trailside and setup the preload trailside (which was a royal pain to do by yourself and it happened once during an enduro race which was a massive time waste).
Ended up selling it a couple months after purchase, waste of money. Just thread the steerer or use the EDC lite..
This tool screams road and gravel but lots of those bikes have carbon steerer tubes.
A good compression plug (Hope's, for example) is not "much heavier", and does not magically loosen (though it actually doesn't matter if it did because the star-nut or plug is only used to preload, it does not serve a structural purpose in the bike).
I would argue that star nuts are not simple. They need a special tool to be easily installed correctly, it takes a decent amount of force applied with a hammer to a brand new fork, and are not supposed to be reused if it ever needs to be reinstalled. A compression plug you slide in, tighten, and it's done; and it can be removed and re-used easily.
"Extra carriers are available for $15 so you can run a single multi-tool on all your bikes."
Odd choice.
Just need enough fork steerer to run 1 spacer above the stem.... at least that's what the pic looks like to me.
"If you need to tighten your headset when you are out riding, use the 4mm Hex on your EDC Tool. Tightening on trail will rotate the tool slot, as the plastic carrier will rotate with your EDC Tool...When you get home from a ride retighten with a long handled 4mm Hex so that you can correctly align the tool slot."
Basically, you use the longer tool to make things pretty again. No biggie.
When bsck home using a longer 4mm hex will not rotate the holder, thus keeping it in the original position you chose.