Wow, you guys carry a LOT of tools with you!! Not saying it's a bad thing or anything, just surprised!
I have a Tracko/Yanco ramblin roll, which is a little roll-up pouch about the size of an apple. Inside I have a Crank Bros cycling multitool, a patch kit, two tire levers, spare master link and a few links of extra chain, a White Industries crank lockring tool (Started carrying it after a friend's came loose far away from civilization) and a Phil Wood BB tool. Those last two tools I actually only carry on longer rides or tours, and have never once needed. Sometimes I'll bring a tube as well, which I throw in my bag. Nothing else needed. Over the last decade of riding, the only tools I've ever needed are an allen key for loose rack/stem bolts, master link when I snapped a chain, and a patch kit. On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 7:16:39 AM UTC-5, Skenry wrote: > > I'm liking this thread. > > Off the top of my head I can't really tell you what I carry, but I know > its not much. At least a knife and a cellphone. Sealant in the tires > or tubes will cause you to become reckless in your ER kits. > > Thinking of Tim's post though, maybe cyclists should start carrying > challenge coins of our own. Tweak the rules a bit, maybe challenge for a > beer or a coffee. That might be more popular in this group. I have a > small collection in my carry rotation, I could see a couple custom > Rivendell / cycling coins, sorta like flat headbadges.... > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Tim Gavin <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Flat repair: Sometimes I swap in the spare tube and move on, and >> sometimes I patch the original. >> However, by the time I pump up the flat tube to diagnose the flat, it >> seems easiest just to patch the hole(s) I find right then and there. >> So, my flat fix procedure is: >> 1) remove tube and pump up to find leak >> 2) scour area around hole with sandpaper, apply glue >> 3) sweep the tire looking for the cause of the puncture, remove it >> 4) apply patch now that glue is tacky >> 5) press patch firmly and count to 30 >> 6) pump up tube to double-check for other holes >> 7) re-insert tube, remount tire >> >> However, if I have other riders waiting on me, I'll ask one of them to >> put a new tube in the tire and start pumping while I patch the flat tube >> for re-use later. This takes less time on a group ride. >> >> Last week, I had my two punctures: >> A) on my Riv Road 650b, where a small thorn punctured the tread. Easily >> removed and patched. First flat in ~1700 miles on Pari-Motos! >> B) on my plastic Foundry Auger, where a metal staple punctured the >> tread. Easily removed and patched, Bontrager CX0 tires. >> >> >> On each bike, I carry: >> >> Pump (2 pumps get swapped around between my five bikes: a Zefal HPX #4, >> for the 2 Rivs with pump pegs, and a Lezyne Micro Floor Drive >> <http://www.lezyne.com/product-hpumps-hp-microflrhp.php#.VzJEPvkrJpg> >> for the others) >> Spare tube >> Patch kit (I love the Rema Tip-Top 20 >> <http://www.rematiptop.com/part.php?pid=53&cid=5&sid=4>, which includes >> tire levers) >> Tire levers (see above) >> Multi-tool (my faves are the Crank Brothers M10 >> <https://www.crankbrothers.com/tools_M10> or M17 >> <https://www.crankbrothers.com/tools_M17>) >> Saddle cover >> Short bungee or two (for parking brake, or for lashing on a jacket) >> Lock (usually a light cable or chain; I don't lock my bikes in high-theft >> areas) >> >> If the bike has battery lights (2 of 5 bikes), I pack spare batteries. >> >> My fat bike has an appetite for chains, so I carry at least one Connex >> link and usually a spare chain, and the fattie gets the M17 which includes >> a chain tool. >> >> >> On tour, I add: >> Leatherman Wave pliers/multi-tool >> Brake cable >> Shift Cable >> Chain >> FiberFix emergency spoke replacement >> Silver shifter replacement disks >> If I'm riding a 650b bike, I'll add a spare tire. >> >> >> I actually used the Leatherman on last year's RAGBRAI. I stopped for a >> group that were all staring at one guy trying to remove his rear wheel to >> change a flat. Turns out, he borrowed a bike that had security axles, and >> he either didn't have the key or didn't know where to look for it. The >> axle end was easily removed with my Leatherman pliers (not that secure). >> The group turned out to be the US Air Force cycling team, and they gave me >> a cool commemorative coin (aka Round Metallic Object, RMO >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin>) for my trouble. >> >> They said they were relieved to see me pull over, since I would obviously >> have tools in my big panniers (correct assumption). They were all on road >> bikes with minimal bags. But, in their defense, they were supported by >> RAGBRAI crew plus their own support team. I just got there a lot sooner. >> Fellow airmen to the rescue! (FYI, I flew B-1 bombers for 8 years) >> >> They also appreciated my frame pump, which was easier work than the tiny >> pump they were going to use. >> >> Cheers, >> Tim >> >> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Jim Bronson <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Yeah what Steve said. Although, I do have some admiration for people >>> who do patch tubes successfully. I've never been able to get the technique >>> down quite right. >>> >>> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 05/10/2016 09:25 AM, Ginz wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'd eliminate one of the tubes. A single tube with patches should be >>>>> sufficient. >>>>> >>>> >>>> "Should." I guess you've never had a bad day. Or failed to find a >>>> nearly invisible wire or itsy bitsy tiny glass shard. I have. And even >>>> on >>>> a group ride, with all but two of my bikes nobody in the group but me is >>>> going to have tubes that will fit. So I carry 3 tubes, and let them weigh >>>> what they weigh. 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