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Mountain Bike Reviews - Blackburn Design Mammoth Any Valve  2012
Blackburn Design Mammoth Any Valve

Weight: 162 Inflation time: 1.05 minutes on a 26 inch 2.3 tyre to 26 psi The smart thing about the Blackburn Mammoth Any Valve, is not the ease on which it can adapt to either a Presta or Schrader valve, but the shape of the ‘t-bar handle’. While a t-bar handle is in no way revolutionary, the handle of the...

Mountain Bike Reviews - Blackburn Design Toolmanator 2  2012
Blackburn Design Toolmanator 2

Weight: 110grams Features: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8mm hex keys, Torx T25 and T30, flat blade screwdriver, 10sp chain breaker and 14/15 gauge spoke tools. The little brother to the Toolmanator 3 we found this far more practical on the trails. Without the shock pump in the way it was easier to get purchase on tricky bolts and...

Mountain Bike Reviews - Blackburn Design Toolmanator 3  2012
Blackburn Design Toolmanator 3

Weight: 142grams Features: 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8mm hex keys, Torx T25 and T30, Schrader Valve Adjuster, flat blade screwdriver, Philips screwdriver, 10sp chain breaker, 14/15 gauge spoke tools and a mini shock pump. When you take a look at the Toolmantor 3 you instantly think that’s it, that’s the end of multitools as we know...