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Manufacturer of bicycle tools and repair equipment for professional and home mechanics since 1963. Customer service inquiries: http://parktool.com/contact
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Behold, a beautiful example of the first repair stand model we ever made. If you have one of these, a reminder that you can still get replacement parts:

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Calvin-mania is a worldwide phenomenon. If you missed him at the iceBike show in the UK this week, you can see him and the whole Park Tool road crew at the Sea Otter Classic in April!

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

New repair help video out today: learn how to route and install your cable-actuated dropper post! We'll walk through the literal ins and outs of internal and external cable routing:

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

If you're in the US, you have a little under a day and a half to check out our TikTok account. At some point, we set up Calvin on his phone and have not really checked in. It looks like he's posted a fair amount!

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

Professional mechanics: happy PRS-33.2 Annual Maintenance Day! If there’s a PRS-33.2 or PRS-33 in your shop, January is a good time to take 30 minutes and walk through our yearly maintenance procedures, ensuring your stand is in tip-top shape during busier times.

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Our Christmas gift to you: the fourth annual Park Tool Yule Log. Over the course of 52 minutes, Calvin and Truman prep a @surlybikes.bsky.social Midnight Special frame while the digital fire crackles and pops — the perfect background for your holiday gatherings!

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Your official ONE WEEK(ish) notice to submit your applications for our 2025 Community Tool Grant. We are giving away over $16,000 in tools and equipment to community organizations, but you can't be considered if you don't apply! Winners will be announced in late January. More info at the link below!

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

As promised: we are officially accepting applications for the 2025 Community Tool Grant! Complete information, including criteria, grant contents, and a link to the application form, can be found here:

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: Introducing the JH-4 — a purpose-built holder and organizer for our hydraulic brake bleed kits! Mounts to any flat surface and features purpose-designed holders for our fittings, hoses, syringes, and other accessories, plus a separate drip tray. Available now:

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Our personal pick for most underrated tool is the WH-1, but if you need to cut pizza, you could do a lot worse than the PZT-2! There's probably one on the "gifts for cyclists" shelf of your local bike shop right now.

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

As promised: we are officially accepting applications for the 2025 Community Tool Grant! Complete information, including criteria, grant contents, and a link to the application form, can be found here:

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

During this busy holiday shopping season, we hope you'll #shoplocal for your bicycle-related needs! Park Tool was founded in 1963 in the back of Hazel Park Cycle Center in East St. Paul, MN, and we've always tried to do our best to support the local bike shop.

submitted 93 days ago • 3 comments

New repair help video out today: how to remove stuck seat posts! Watch in amazement as we deploy every tool in our arsenal — pipe wrenches, heat guns, vinegar, feats of strength, and much much more — all in an effort to save a few bike frames. Will we be successful? Only one way to find out!

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments

Here's a Bluesky exclusive heads-up: We'll be opening applications for the 10th(!) annual Park Tool Community Tool Grant next week. If that sounds interesting to you, you can learn more, and read about past recipients, on our website: www.parktool.com/en-us/form/c...

submitted 102 days ago • 3 comments

We've always been open to new platforms and ways of engaging mechanics and riders to help them fix their bikes. See this #throwbackthursday example for proof: the Park Tool website way back in 2000, touting the bona fides of our education director Calvin Jones.

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

Seems like there are a healthy amount of people here from the cycling advocacy and pro cycling world — what about #bikeindustry folks? Any mechanics, shops, etc.? And surely there are other brands that have made the jump to Bluesky? 😅

submitted 110 days ago • 11 comments

Bicycle tools

submitted 383 days ago • 3 comments