Tool box, recommendations please...

[midliferider]

I am beginning to enjoy repairing my bikes. I would like to buy a tool box. I looked at few on the Internet but not clear what to buy.
Basic or beginner one does not seem to have cable pull and fourth hand. One I really need right now as I am struggling with fitting new calipers on a road bike.
Your recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Slioch]

I'm not sure if the perfect toolbox exists. I suspect most people's tool boxes evolve over a period of years. Suggest you start off with a decent online toolbox as a starting point (PlanetX do good enough toolboxes at a reasonable balance of quality vs price), and then add bits as and when necessary.

I must confess to never having owned a third hand or even a fourth hand tool tool for pulling cables, and have managed ok without

 

[Profpointy]

To be honest, I'd start with decent quality normal tools, eg a proper make set of allen keys (facom, bahco, eklind etc), some decent pliers & cutters, etc, and only buy the individual bike-specific tools you need as and when you need them. No point spending a grand or whatever on a comprehensive set of Park tools half of which cover stuff that your own bike doesn't have, and even less point buying a job lot of crap tools cheap.

My list would be - top quality allen keys (£20 for above makes, or a buttock clenching £70 for a nice set of T-bars from Facom - extravagant but still a nice buy), a chain tool - buy a good make, if you've not got a set of (car) spanners then maybe a good 6" Bacho adjustable (adjustables are OK for bike, although not up to car work). Pliers: maybe facom, bahco, gedore, CK as standard good makes. Cutters - same makes - need to be piano wire quality - these won't be cheap, and if cheap, probably not good.
After that, things like bottom bracket tools, headset tools, cassette tools are all specialist and need to be the exact thing for your bike so buy as needed.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I'm not sure if the perfect toolbox exists. I suspect most people's tool boxes evolve over a period of years. Suggest you start off with a decent online toolbox as a starting point (PlanetX do good enough toolboxes at a reasonable balance of quality vs price), and then add bits as and when necessary.

I must confess to never having owned a third hand or even a fourth hand tool tool for pulling cables, and have managed ok without

What he said. I started with a Park Tooks AK-37 tool box, which was a bit pricey, but contains some good quality tools. I then expanded it over time with tools such as the fourth-hand cable tool, rubber mallet, etc.

 

[midliferider]

Thanks everyone.
I take your advice, I will buy what I want as I go along.
Right now, I just want to get this brake fixed and adjust gears. So cable cutter, cable pull, fourth hand and good set of hexa keys.