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http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=88
I have the TW2 (beam wrench style with gauge), although i got a good discount on it (was £35 at Ribble) it felt like a bit of an extravagance at the time. but i have found that i do now use it regularly and feel assured that nothing is too loose or too tight, which is nice, if you tend to worry about that sort of thing (although i never did until i got the wrench).
Think my other favourite 'extravagance' tool is a park tools shop tyre tool (TL-10), similar to that Crank brothers one someone posted here, but fits onto the axle. Bought out of sheer frustration when trying to fit some new tyres which were impossible with my feeble thumbs and was getting repeated pinch flats from the levers when tried using them. Love it now (but not really portable so can't rely on it for doing tyres on the go).
