Posted on February 2, 2022 by Cory Benson

Tool & accessory maker Ryder Innovation has three new low-cost gadgets to start out 2022, keeping your bike and bike rides running smoothly. Most-compact of the new bunch is the Groove Tool, a bit-based multi-t00l to fit in tight spots. Then, the highly adaptable Kinetic Cage to carry more tools & spares beneath your water bottle. Plus, a new XL version of their Luberetta for perfect chain lubrication every time.

The new Ryder Groove Tool is super simple, but effective. A 25mm diameter nesting nylon housing secures 5 double-ended nickel-plated hardened steel bits inside, held in place with small magnets behind an O-ring seal to keep moisture out.

The housing itself features two hardened steel inserts, one at each end and 90° opposed to each other. So, you can insert a bit longways and use it like a long screwdriver. Or stick a bit into the side of the head and use the length of the housing for leverage on a tight, hard-to-reach bolt.

The $20 Groove Tool includes 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5 & 6mm hexes, T10 & T25 torxes, and flat & Phillips screwdrivers. The 125mm long tool (when closed) weighs a claimed 80g. It seems to me that’s about the same diameter as a 16g CO2 cartridge, suggesting you may be able to mount it into Ryder’s Slyder storage system?

At first, Ryder’s subtly right entry-specific Kinetic Cage is an injection-molded nylon water bottle cage that offers much more than normal positioning adjustment. Thanks to long slots in its body, Ryder says you can mount it up to 6cm higher or 4cm lower than a standard bottle cage.

Then the large bracket at the base of your bottle AND the mount extending along your frame both offer slots to attach the included velcro strap to attach a spare tube or anything else you can bundle up low in your frame. Then, grooves on either side let you clip on two included Slyder sleeves to carry a spare CO2 and a SlugPlug to patch a tubeless flat.

And the whole Kinetic Cage setup only costs $12 (SlugPlug & CO2 not included).

We’ve already covered the “no mess, no waste” Luberetta chain lube-r last fall.

Pairing a tiny 15ml bottle of Ryder yellow wax lube with the finned silicone applicator for just $6, you get efficient application of lube onto your chain without making a big greasy mess, and without wasting expensive lube when you overdo it.

But now a bigger Luberetta XL version is available too. It gets a larger 125ml bottle of the same yellow wax lube, with an offset neck so it’s still easy to get into the tight space under your chainstay and up to your chainring. No word yet on how much the XL bottle will cost.

All of the new Ryder tools & accessories are made entirely in South Africa. They are available from today through Ryder’s international distributor network, and likely will show up directly in their Amazon listings soon, as well.

Cory Benson is the EU Tech Editor of Bikerumor.com.

Cory has been writing about mountain bikes, enduro, cyclocross, all-road, gravel bikes & bikepacking on and off for over 25 years, since before several of these even had names in our industry.

Prior to that (and at times, concurrently), Cory worked as an Architect specializing in environmental sustainability, a IBD bike shop designer & consultant, an independent product designer, a bike shop mechanic, and a mountain biking instructor.

Based in the Czech Republic for over 15 years, Cory spends much of his time traveling around Europe, riding bikes, and meeting directly with many of cycling’s key European product developers, industry experts & tastemakers for an in-depth review of what’s new, and what’s coming next. A technical off-road rider at heart since the 1990s, Cory’s cycling has evolved to cover everything from the wide range of riding aero road bikes on dirt roads to thrashing enduro bikes in the European bikeparks & trail centers, with plenty of XC, CX & gravel in between.

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