Lezyne SV10 multi-tool £26.99

Lezyne multi-tools are unlike any other we’ve ever come across before. Smoothly machined and smartly engineered not only to appear more aesthetically pleasing but also to perform better than the rivals, Lezyne’s products are a breath of fresh air.

The newly released SV10, as its name implies, offers 10 tools inside its CNC-machined 7075 aluminium side plates, and its flat and low size weighs a scant 101g. Lezyne’s forged and CNC-cut stainless steel bits use a centre pivot which ensures the sides of the tool are incredibly smooth with no excess material.

There’s a useful array of tools. A chain breaker is engraved with the company logo and a timed thread ensures it always rests in the correct position following use. There’s 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and even an 8mm Allen key, which will get you sorted on any modern bicycle, plus a Philips-head screwdriver and T25 and T30 Torx bits.

The SV10 might cost a little more than other similar tools, but we’re willing to bet none offer quite the same attention to design – attention that results in an especially compact, slim, refined and lightweight design that wouldn’t look out of place if left lying around on a coffee table in some contemporary building out of Grand Designs.

But let’s not forget we’re talking about a multi-tool here, not a design object, and that it should be measured on its performance in those instances when you’re far from home and only a multi-tool can save you. We’ve been carrying the SV10 with us for a couple of months now just dying for a mechanical [You complain about them all the time – ed.] to force us to have to slip the tool out of its logo-ed Leatherette case [Don’t you mean ‘pouch’? – ed.]. And when that moment happened, we were certainly glad to have such a high quality tool at the ready. The tools are all of a high quality and there’s enough leverage available for most roadside repairs to be rapidly dealt with.