Fix Mother Fu… I mean, Fix Manufacturing has made their Strap On Tool Holster now available on its own, so you can always take their compact, carry-it-everywhere Wheelie Wrench multi-tool with you on the go. Originally debuted inside a belt buckle when the company was Kickstarted into existence a couple of years ago, a collaboration between Enve & Mission Workshop earlier this summer gave us an early look at the more versatile Strap On carrier.
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Hey, bike industry bros, stop with the sex jokes. It’s hella off-putting, and not contributing to a healthy culture to grow the sport.
Amen to that. Cool idea and they have fun names like Board Sword (skateboard), Powder Pliers (snow board or ski), Wheelie Wrench (bicycles), and a Surf Keychain for the rest of their lineup. The concepts are neat and I really appreciate the small addition of labeled sizes on mini tools. The ‘Strap On’ seems really shortsighted in what appears to be a series of decent decisions and collaborations up to that point.
Agreed! It’s very tiresome explaining to customers that their folded fender options are Ass Savers or Mucky Nutz. Don’t get me started on chamois creams. Let’s throw in sex toy jokes and an obligatory bottle opener to cement the idea that we’re all adult children.
That being said this looks like a super cool product.
I never thought about fender naming. Yowzers.
At least the name Buttonhole isn’t sexist…cause I sure like it. “Friction Zone” by Brave Soldier might be the most appropriately named one out there! Also a fantastic option.
I think the name is great. Don’t cave in Fix!
OG cycling, especially mountain, used to be punk rock. Now we’re getting more vanilla riders, and while it’s good for buisness (industry guy here) it’s making the culture pretty boring. Same as trails, you have to go further and further to find good trail that’s left alone!
Who at this point really needs another built-in bottle opener?
Especially since they all pale in comparison to the best of all bottle openers, the 2015 Ford Fusion, door lock bolt thingy us legitimately better than any purpose built bottle opener ever.
Bottles in the bush is just dumb. Cans FTW.
Too many cut paws out on our rides.
+1 Cans as the way, and they must know it by now (unless they don’t drink), so its sad that companies still need to put bottle openers on products to be hip.
For all those times you take glass bottles out on rides!