You probably already own this. That’s how useful it is. Also, spoiler alert, I’m just gonna say a bunch of positive things, because I love these wrenches unconditionally. We were made for each other.
It’s the Park Tool P-Handle Hex Wrench Set. That’s PH1.2 for those of you who speak Park Tool part numbers, which are as good as their product names in my opinion.
What you’ve got here is a wall-mounted hex wrench set with a 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10. It’s the ones you need basically. I have this set on the wall in my garage for all the little adjustments I make as I blunder through my bike riding life.
That it mounts to the wall, and I have placed it right next to the place I leave on every ride, is key to its ultimate usefulness. That the slots for each wrench are labelled helps me a lot. I’m not the most organized mechanic, so I appreciate tools that come with self-organizing holders.
The wrenches have ball-ends on one side, because so many of the hex bolts we need to work on are in tight spots. They’ve got big, comfortable handles. The short end is great for high-torque situations. They’re just the most perfect, handiest set of bike tools I own. I use them more than anything else in my tool collection. It’s almost like there is no collection without this set of wrenches.
I’d go so far to say, if you don’t have this, you need it, and there are very few bike things I think you actually need.
It’s $94.95 directly from Park.
Have it, Love it and wonder to myself why I did not buy it sooner.
They look nice and all that, but my Bondhus 20199 metrics with the ball end have worked great on cars, motorcycles, and bicycles. So far, I have never needed the Park ones for three times the price.
Aside from the this and that Park stuff in the rolling tool cabinet, the big ticket Park items I have (ok, in case Park Tools is one of your sponsors) are a really nice heavy duty PCS-1 work stand I bought in the mid-90’s and more recently, an INF-2 shop grade tire inflator head for my air compressor. I bought the inflator when I discovered the joys of seating the beads on tubeless tires, which on my first attempt, ended with a trip to a bike shop to have them do it.
Just found a Bike Radar discussion that says Bondhus makes a lot of Park Tools hex wrenches.
https://www.bikeradar.com/features/heres-why-you-shouldnt-buy-the-cheapest-tools