{"id":380,"date":"2011-12-07T02:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T02:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/07\/review-pockettoolx-mako-bike-tool\/"},"modified":"2011-12-07T02:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T02:29:00","slug":"review-pockettoolx-mako-bike-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/07\/review-pockettoolx-mako-bike-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: PocketToolX MAKO Bike Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-sFCe_ETp-TY\/Tt7G-XQLehI\/AAAAAAAAEc4\/dW33kL8Qh48\/s1600\/IMG_3473.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-sFCe_ETp-TY\/Tt7G-XQLehI\/AAAAAAAAEc4\/dW33kL8Qh48\/s400\/IMG_3473.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>For the impatient: The PocketToolX MAKO is awesome, buy one.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yAzrCq1Nl6E\/Tt7LVnLfUCI\/AAAAAAAAEeA\/6axcGwFOMqI\/s1600\/IMG_3506.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yAzrCq1Nl6E\/Tt7LVnLfUCI\/AAAAAAAAEeA\/6axcGwFOMqI\/s400\/IMG_3506.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>Oh some of you would likesome more info?&nbsp; The MAKO is a lightweight &amp; compact minimalist bike tool that packs a ton of functionality in. <\/p>\n<p>The MAKO features :<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>8\/9\/10mm wrenches<\/li>\n<li>15\/16mm wrenches<\/li>\n<li>5\/6mm Allens<\/li>\n<li>Phillips<\/li>\n<li>T25 Torx<\/li>\n<li>14\/15g spoke wrenches<\/li>\n<li>Made out of Ti in the US<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The allen bits attach to neoprene holders in the middle of the MAKO. You can swap out the bits to ones needed on your ride.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ct6pNps3ezw\/Tt7JZBLe8ZI\/AAAAAAAAEdM\/CWeMN0ooQtY\/s1600\/IMG_3526.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ct6pNps3ezw\/Tt7JZBLe8ZI\/AAAAAAAAEdM\/CWeMN0ooQtY\/s400\/IMG_3526.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zq7gDMAUQdM\/Tt7Ja2JptbI\/AAAAAAAAEdU\/OfWBprH6gec\/s1600\/IMG_3547.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zq7gDMAUQdM\/Tt7Ja2JptbI\/AAAAAAAAEdU\/OfWBprH6gec\/s400\/IMG_3547.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The T25 torx fits in to adjust the pads on Avid&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/robonza.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/review-avid-bb7-mechanical-disc-brakes.html\">BB7<\/a>s nicely.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xiD6sPBFaaQ\/Tt7JrvS-ErI\/AAAAAAAAEdc\/kPwBJhDr3kY\/s1600\/IMG_3497.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xiD6sPBFaaQ\/Tt7JrvS-ErI\/AAAAAAAAEdc\/kPwBJhDr3kY\/s400\/IMG_3497.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The spoke wrenches are a life saver when you knock your wheel out of true way out on the trail.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yBFQmeDjvPg\/Tt7KeetOzII\/AAAAAAAAEdk\/9rB5XXgFBBc\/s1600\/IMG_3499.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yBFQmeDjvPg\/Tt7KeetOzII\/AAAAAAAAEdk\/9rB5XXgFBBc\/s400\/IMG_3499.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The 8\/9\/10\/15\/16mm box wrenches are really handy and missing from most of today&#8217;s mini tools. <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-iLR1-wd0GCI\/Tt7KxUnM5JI\/AAAAAAAAEds\/0ake0-dLX-g\/s1600\/IMG_3540.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-iLR1-wd0GCI\/Tt7KxUnM5JI\/AAAAAAAAEds\/0ake0-dLX-g\/s400\/IMG_3540.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-PrjAY0yeUiM\/Tt7K3-XK3RI\/AAAAAAAAEd0\/yLwup3Hoios\/s1600\/IMG_3531.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-PrjAY0yeUiM\/Tt7K3-XK3RI\/AAAAAAAAEd0\/yLwup3Hoios\/s400\/IMG_3531.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The MAKO also features a bottle opener.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LOXOQjHXNc0\/Tt7LhujjeCI\/AAAAAAAAEeI\/JKr_-pETbik\/s1600\/IMG_3518.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LOXOQjHXNc0\/Tt7LhujjeCI\/AAAAAAAAEeI\/JKr_-pETbik\/s400\/IMG_3518.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It is small at 3.5&#8243; x 1.2&#8243; and only 45 grams, see the pic below for scale next to a tire lever.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-4NQY24zA-84\/Tt7L5pocFpI\/AAAAAAAAEeQ\/hksaXJ_Jy_E\/s1600\/IMG_3502.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-4NQY24zA-84\/Tt7L5pocFpI\/AAAAAAAAEeQ\/hksaXJ_Jy_E\/s400\/IMG_3502.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Mako makes too much sense to not carry with you, either in your pocket or in your tool kit. And for a made in the USA Titanium tool it is a bargain.&nbsp; I liked it so much I bought their other pocket tool; the PIRANHA.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Unj9dVkkpwA\/Tt7NQ0bAxuI\/AAAAAAAAEeg\/Y5S4554vX4A\/s1600\/IMG_3483.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Unj9dVkkpwA\/Tt7NQ0bAxuI\/AAAAAAAAEeg\/Y5S4554vX4A\/s400\/IMG_3483.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">MAKO returning to its native habitat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>You can buy it from Amazon or <a href=\"http:\/\/pockettoolx.com\/collections\/frontpage\/products\/mako\">directly from PocketToolX. PocketToolX Says<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LafsE9CNNBA\/Tt7M4XPB4pI\/AAAAAAAAEeY\/3uDa1cMDkDY\/s1600\/mako-features.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"303\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LafsE9CNNBA\/Tt7M4XPB4pI\/AAAAAAAAEeY\/3uDa1cMDkDY\/s400\/mako-features.png\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Made of Aerospace Titanium, the MAKO Bike Tool, named after one of  the fastest shark species, will be the best bicycle tool that you have  ever owned. Not only is it extremely light weight and compact but can be  fully customized by you to best suit your bike.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-w-Q7yneBenM\/Tt7ILgneeAI\/AAAAAAAAEdA\/dPLQpI1DCAY\/s1600\/IMG_3514.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><br \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The MAKO titanium frame weighs only 19 grams and with the neoprene  inserts holds four 1\/4&#8243; driver bits of your choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;Why lug a bike tool  around that is weighted with tools and functions that don\u2019t even fit  your bike? Boasting a bottle opener for the occasional \u201croad soda,\u201d 5  metric box wrench sizes, and 2 spoke wrench sizes, this is the first  bike tool that you wont even notice in your pocket!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-w-Q7yneBenM\/Tt7ILgneeAI\/AAAAAAAAEdA\/dPLQpI1DCAY\/s1600\/IMG_3514.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-w-Q7yneBenM\/Tt7ILgneeAI\/AAAAAAAAEdA\/dPLQpI1DCAY\/s400\/IMG_3514.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the impatient: The PocketToolX MAKO is awesome, buy one. Oh some of you would likesome more info?&nbsp; The MAKO is a lightweight &amp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,54,50,48,53,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike","category-mako","category-pocket-tool","category-pocketoolx","category-pockettoolx-mako","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}