A basic fact of riding is that wheel spokes slowly become loose. They also tend to become loose unevenly so certain areas of the wheel become weaker than others. But, you can do a decent job of wheel maintenance, even without a truing stand. It's amazing how often we find floppy spokes in our wheels so it's always worth having a spoke wrench fairly close by.

This Premium Spoke Wrench will work on one nipple size. It is designed to engage with three sides of the spoke nipple, so will work well even for alloy spoke nipples. The handle is designed to make rotation easy. This tool is ideal if you are keen on truing or building your own wheels.

If you are looking for a spoke wrench to have in your pack, or glovebox, it may also be worth considering a smaller multi-sized tool. We sell tools like this . Whilst they only engage with two sides of the nipple, they are a little more convenient to transport around. It would still be worth having one of these if you are doing regular building or truing.