Peaty's Bicycle Brush Set vs Pedro's Pro Brush Kit

Peaty's designed each of its four brushes around a specific annoyance and published the reasoning, on beech handles and in plastic-free packaging. Pedro's matches it on drivetrain thinking, adds a cone brush and a proper degreaser brush, and costs less.

Peaty's Bicycle Brush Set

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Four brushes on sealed beech, each designed around a specific problem and explained in detail.

• The Drivetrain Brush has an angled head that moves your hand away from a spinning cassette, a lower centre of stiffer bristles that forms a channel for the chain, softer longer outer bristles for the chain's sides, and a chisel-cut handle end for clearing jockey wheels.
• All four handles are sealed beech wood rather than plastic, and the packaging is 100 percent recycled cardboard with natural jute string.
• Each brush is specified: the Bog Brush has 360 degree flagged-end bristles, the Detail Brush uses crimped medium-density bristles made from post-consumer recycled material, the Tyre Brush has stepped-height stiff bristles running at 90 degrees to the handle.

• Four brushes rather than five, with no cone or bottle brush for reaching inside tight recesses.
• Wooden handles need drying and care, which Peaty's says outright, where plastic does not.
• No storage bag or roll is included.

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Pedro's Pro Brush Kit

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Four brushes with the bristles chosen per job, including the degreaser brush most sets leave out.

• The Toothbrush has two working ends: tapering bristles for chains, chainrings and cassette faces, and longer, stiffer, larger-diameter bristles at the other end to reach between cassette cogs.
• The Parts Cleaning Brush works like a paint brush, with long dense bristles that hold degreaser so you can paint it onto drivetrain parts instead of spraying it everywhere.
• Pedro's states that bristle diameter, length and density vary deliberately by brush, and publishes what each one is for, down to which of its cleaners each pairs with.

• All-plastic handles, with no material named.
• No dimensions, bristle materials or stiffness figures are published.
• No storage bag, and a cone brush and a toothbrush are awkward things to keep together.

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The bottom line

Our overall pick is the Peaty's Bicycle Brush Set - Four brushes on sealed beech, each designed around a specific problem and explained in detail. Choose the Pedro's Pro Brush Kit instead if drivetrain cleaning on a budget, especially if you use pour-on degreaser rather than a spray.

Want the full picture, including the other options we compared and the popular one we'd skip? Read the complete The Best Bike Cleaning Brushes: 4 Compared (and One to Skip).