The Bottom Line
If you plan on doing a lot of serious repairs, upgrades, and maintenance, this tool kit may be for you. It has everything you need to replace forks, headsets, bottom brackets, and much more.
The quality of these tools is unquestionable, but the average home mechanic may find that there are a few of the tools that they will never need to use. At $925.00 US This is a serious investment.
- Very comprehensive tool kit.
- High quality tools.
- Good sized tool box with room for plenty of extras.
- A few extra tools that most will never use.
- At an MSRP of $925.00 US, it's big investment.
Description
- The PK-57 is a 60+ Item tool kit.
- Headset and bottom bracket bearing cup press.
- Crown race setting tool.
- Universal headset cup remover.
- Chain cleaning tool.
- Derailleur Alignment gauge.
- Huge tool box included.
- Nice hex wrenches.
- Too much more to list.
- MSRP $925.00 US
Guide Review - Park Tools PK-57 Professional Tool Kit
We do a lot of bike building and switching around of parts and components. Having the right tools is not only the best way get the job done quickly, but it is also the best way to make sure your parts last through it all.
We have used the Park Tools PK-57 Tool Kit for just about every mechanic job since we got it. No tool has failed to function flawlessly.
Park tols has long been known as a high end bike tool company. They make tools for just about everything on a bike from Hex keys and patch kits, to headset cup presses. Their tools are built to last in a seroius bike shop environment and the PK-57 Professional Tool Kit is no exception to the rule. These are the same tools you will see your local mechanic using in their own shop.
In general, we really liked this tool kit. With an MSRP of around $925.00 US, it isn't cheap and wont be for everyone, but for the serious home mechanic, it really makes for an ultimate tool kit.
There are more tools included in the Park Tools PK-57 Professional Tool Kit than most people will ever use, myself included. It is a very comprehensive tool kit. For those of you on a limited budget who know exactly what bike and parts you will be working on, you may do better buying just the tools you need, as you need them, but if you can afford one of these PK-57 Tool Kits, you get a lot of extras.
We have seen the Park Tools PK-57 Professional Tool Kit on the web at lower prices. The included tools have changed over the years, so take a look around before you buy.
