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Bought a road bike yesterday to try to keep some fitness up during the winter months. I won't be taking the Camelbak on any rides so, where do I stash my spares? Jersey pockets or storage on the bike? What's the "normal" kit roadies carry anyway?
I just take a gel and water.
£5 note and a card
Don't see the need for anything else
I like those Zefal tool bottles - pretty light but hold quite a lot..
What are yo hoping to carry?
A pipe and some cherry wood tobacco.
Bottle with drink of choice. Tube, tiny pump and multi-tool in middle pocket. Phone, money/card and keys in right pocket, food (if a long ride) in left pocket. Done
on the frame
bottle
pump
(2*red 1*white LED get you home type lights)
in the saddle pack:
tube
patches
glue
levers
multitool
spare chain link
first aid kit - alcohol wipes, 2* gauzeless dressing, tape
couple of quid
have used it all at some point
Tube, patches, CO2, levers, multitool, split link in saddle pack [i](haters gon' hate...)[/i]; mini pump in back left pocket; phone, card and fiver in Aloksak in back middle pocket; gel and bar in back right pocket; water in bottle on bike.
Jersey pockets or storage on the bike
yes, either of those, depending on your preference and amount of stuff you intend to take for the trip. I tend to put 'static' things like tools and tubes that I'll only use when stopped on the bike, and have 'dynamic' things like food and spare layers in jersey pockets for easy access while moving.
What's the "normal" kit roadies carry anyway?
'normal' varies massively between people and can be ride dependant. Normal for a 50k blast =/= normal for a 200k day out.
min:
- some water
max:
- 2 full 750ml bottles
- rain jacket
- windproof
- arm/leg warmers
- multi-tool + chain tool
- 2-3 tubes
- patch kit
- tyre levers
- pump/CO2
- keys + phone + money
- plasters + wipes
- food
Good quality jersesys are cut so that a little weight in the pockets doesn't cause them to sag.
Summer bike:
One spare inner tube, sucked flat and rolled tightly with two tyre levers taped to it.
One gas dispenser with a cartridge in upside-down.
£2.99 phone from Carphone Warehouse in a small plastic bag with a £20 note.
Sometimes an OS map.
Winter bike:
The inner tube, a multi tool and a second gas cylinder in a small Scott saddlebag, making room in the jersey pocket for a windcheater or waterproof.
Deeply uncool as I understand these things go.....but I use a saddle bag for a tube, some levers, patches & a multi-tool.
Pump goes in the mount on the downtube bottle mounts; also scorned at by people who care about these things, I think....
My saddle bag broke a while back (user error) and I stashed everything in my jersey pockets. It was awful - dragging my jersey down, digging in & jiggling around over our lumpy roads. Sod that, I'll take a bit of 'uncool' for extra comfort.
Got a mate who uses one of those tool bottles & while I think it looks neat; he moans about not having enough water on longer rides what with effectively losing a bottle cage.
Food .... lots of food.
Because if/when you bonk you'll be a long way from home or will not be able to find a village store open
I'm guessing Ro5ey's saddle bag is as big as mine then. Sarnies, fruit, nuts, etc. The odd pork pie.
One of those dinky little saddle packs is ideal for a tube and a few bits and bobs if not taking the kitchen sink.
A (very) small saddle bag has:
> inner tube
> CO2 cylinder and valve
> Tyre levers
> multi-tool
> patch kit
> Some small change
On the bike is a pump attached to the bottle cage bosses. The bike has two bottle cages, one will always be water but depending on weather/temps the other is either water or has a waterproof top stuffed in to it.
In pockets will be a dry bag with phone, cash and debit card. Again depending on time of year the other pockets might have arm-warmers, a bit of food, gilet. Tend to leave one pocket empty so there's room for stuffing sunglasses in there or taking on board more food along the way.
Meant to add that if you do buy a zefal, buy the Large as it can convert into the medium sized version if you don't need that much space..
Tiny (0.2l) saddle bag holds 2x tubes, patch kit and multitool.
Mini-pump clips to the bottle cage.
Water as required, but not usually more than 2x 500ml, if it's a really long ride then half the fun is planning a cafe stop and I'm rarely refused a fill up.
Cash, phone, key in a jersey pocket.
Leaves 2x pockets free for other things like gillet, arm warmers and the like.
Cheers guys. Under saddle bag seems the way forward with some bits in a jersey. Ta. 😀
Soooo,what saddle bag 🙂
For winter I really like the topeak dry bag models, not quite as small but they do keep things dry.
Still wrap your tools in a bit of oily cotton rag to stop it rusting though.
WHICHEVER ... saddle bag you choose.
Zip tie it to your saddle rails.
You don't want to stop to mend a puncher to find the saddle bag has rattled off and is no where to be seen 😯
[i]multi-tool in middle pocket[/i]
Perfect for chipping the vertibrae when the inevitable car->bike interface occurs.
Saddle bag on the road for me!
Jersey pockets. Done.
Find a mini-multitool with a chain breaker on it. At least you can get home with a snapped chain or mashed mech then. Mine is tiny, but at least it's there.
Jersey pockets.
Middle pocket gets one of [url= http://www.beerbabe.co.uk/ourshop/prod_3767615-Joey-Pocket-Pouch.html ]these pocket pouches[/url] in with a CO2, multitool, some patches, tyre boot, and chainlink in it.
Side pocket gets one of [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/continental-tube-bag-with-tube-and-tyre-levers/rp-prod39760 ]these[/url] with a tube and levers in it. If I really need to carry more stuff (which I hardly ever do) then I have the option of strapping it to the saddle rails. If it's a properly long ride I might want to take another tube and some food.
Other side pocket get a phone in a zip lock bag with enough room left for a little food or gilet/warmers (though if I go out wearing them I'll hardly ever take them off.)
Soooo,what saddle bag
😡
In a trailer.
All in jersey pockets.
Middle pocket with zip - phone and keys
left pocket - very small bag with tube, tyre lever and CO2
right pocket - water bottle (ride track bike and never ride more than 2 hours!)
In the team car or one of your domestiques..
Water as required, but not usually more than 2x 500ml
Nice to finally see someone adhering to the rules!
Perfect for chipping the vertibrae when the inevitable car->bike interface occurs.
Meh, the tube will probably cushion it and the compression injuries will take my mind off it anyway
You only need two things really. A copy of 'Cyclists Pocket Guide to Antagonizing Drivers' and a helmet camera to capture reactions for social media.
Saddle pack (tiny one) just fits a tube, tyre levers & co2 cartridge plus inflators along with a small multitool & emergency tenner. Food/clothing if needed goes in jersey along with phone (in a Lifeproof case). Keys in key safe so don't need to take them. Really don't like lots of stuff in jersey pockets, have hurt myself crashing with a mini pimp in there, some bad bruising in the kidney region.
Jacket, phone, keys, money, food go in jersey pockets.
Pump, 2 tubes, tool go in saddle bag or in a spare bottle on short rides where I don't need much fluid.
Smallest saddle bag you can get away with. Normally dictated by your pump if you put one in there. Mine is an unbranded one. Topeak have been good for me in the past.
Really don't like lots of stuff in jersey pockets, have hurt myself crashing with a mini pimp in there
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Lezyne Road Caddy is one of the neatest seatpacks I reckon :
[url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lezyne-road-caddy/ ]these ones[/url]
I get a tube, levers, multitool, nitrile gloves, some patches and glue in mine.
Small pump on the bottle cage, 1 or 2 bottles in the cages. Phone and food/clothes in back pockets
Scott make some nifty little saddle bags, just right for a spare tube and a multi tool. They hang on a W clip under the rails and have a velcro strap for round the seat post though they sometimes need a bight stitching in as they are too long for the velcro to meet up.
Small saddle bag, yes I know it's against the rules but frankly, I don't care. I have 1 on each bike to save me swapping them around.
In it there is:
Spare mech hanger
1 tube
1 tyre lever
1 multi tool
1 CO2 cartridge
1 inhaler
What's in my pockets varies on the length of the ride but normally:
1 mini-pump (but only if the ride is over 3 hours)
1 gel (more for a longer ride but I almost always have 1 even though I rarely use it.
Phone, credit card £10 note, train pass.
Clothing as needed, arm warmers, gillet, etc.
I have one of those little caddy things in a bottle cage with a couple of tubes. CO2 canisters and a multitool in a jersey pocket. Quick link on my key ring.
Job done.
If you've got a Fizik saddle, look at their clip-on saddle bags.. I've had one for the last 4 or 5 years and it's been great. Wasn't that confident when I got it but it's never missed a beat.
Small and clips onto the saddle. Not fallen off yet.
I use a saddle bag for a multi tool, tyre levers, patches and a tube. Pump goes on the frame, it's a Road Morph so that I can actually pump my tyre back up after a flat in less than an hour, with a gauge (CO2 would be fine if you're pretty sure you won't have multiple punctures/carry a couple of bottles).
A lightweight waterproof and perhaps some legwarmers can go in jersey pockets, along with credit card, £10 note, phone and keys. If you need more spare clothes than this, you're wearing the wrong clothes when you set off. Gels or cake/flapjack can also go in your pockets or you can tape gels to the top tube.
I use the Lezyne "loaded" caddy bag, has separate compartments for and comes with multitool/chainbreaker, puncture repair kit and levers. Then there is a money stash and enough space left over for 2 tubes.
[url= http://www.wiggle.com/lezyne-loaded-caddy-saddle-bag-with-tools-medium/ ]Lezyne loaded caddy medium[/url]
Pump with the 2 water bottles (for a long spin), then on the jersey it's phone on the left, gilet in the middle and any grub on the right as I'm right handed.
Don't forget to work on your grimace for when friendly forum mtbers wave at you.
Spare tube (two if I'm on the CX bike), mini pump, phone and a fiver (phone and fiver in waterproof pouch), all in jersey pockets.
I only take a drink if the ride is going to be more than a couple of hours, and then I use a small 1 1/2 litre Camelback, don't know what its called.
Depends what sort of ride I'm on.
On the daily commuter, I have a spare tube, levers, and a multitool stashed in a small BBB storage bottle.
On my race bike, I have a Continental tube bag with tube, levers, and a mini multitool:
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I have the saddle bag on the race bike as I want 2 bottles. The bottle storage on the commuter as I use a large Ortlieb saddle bag to carry my clothes. I don't put the spares in my daily bag to avoid accidentally forgetting them.
Both bikes have a mini pump on the bottle bosses.
Anything else goes in pockets.
Nice to finally see someone adhering to the rules!
Better than that, only 1 bottle cage. The other goes in the jersey (if it's that hot then there's no need for layers).
Saddle bags and pumps aren't in the rules though. I just CBA searching for their contents every time I want to go out so they live on the bike.
[quote=matts ]On my race bike, I have a Continental tube bag
+1 - small enough not to upset the look too much, and you really don't need to carry more on a normal road ride.
Tube, levers, glueless patches, CO2, energy bar and/or gel for emergencies. Phone, card & money.
All in pockets.
Don't bother with a multi-tool, just stuff I need to sort punctures. Anything else is likely to be terminal...
Oh all right, I'll post it again...
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I now carry an Elite tool bottle that holds a minipump, two CO2, a multitool, two tubes and some patches.
On my race bike (as in when racing like yesterday), I carry an 80mm tube and a C02 in a back pocket with food. I make sure I can take the tyres off without levers before needing to try by the roadside!
I use a scicon elan 210. It's a saddle bag but I use the Velcro to hold the pump and put it in my left jersey pocket.
I have one of these set up for each of my bikes. Fifferent size tubes etc in each with two quick links of the correct size and puncture kits.
Middle picket I use a back bottle and right picket for a small glasses cloth and gels - depending on distance.
That's usually anything from local to 60 miles.
On the bar I have my phone and in the case lives £40.
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It-s a good job you put the Scicon Elan bag in your pocket - the strap is crap and caused me to lose the bag and contants. Now have a Lezyne road caddy which is ace.
Have gone from large bag > small bag > Jersey pockets > micro bag on the summer bike. Yes the aesthetic of the bike when leaned artfully against the wall was better sans bag but once I sat on it, especially with budging back pockets that paled in to insignificance.
Only once in 8 years have I needed to use an allen key and once a chain breaker so now only carry a really small [url= http://www.xcracer.com/shop/viewproduct.php?productid=269 ]Mt Zoom[/url] tool which saves loads of space.
Small bag on the winter bike as the I'd rather have extra spares to get me home when it's cold and wet
The straps fine if you use it correctly. I used one on an MTB for over 4 years without issue.
Depending how far your riding; less than 30 miles ...pump, tyre levers, tube, phone ... all in jersey pockets.
More than 30 miles ... as above, and another tube, multi-tool, money, food.
I also carry couple pieces of 2"x1" (from plastic milk carton) strips just in case I rip the tyre.
Use one of these [url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lezyne-micro-caddy-saddle-bag-small/ ]saddle packs [/url]with tube, patches, tyre levers, chain link and tool.
Also carry in back pockets pump, phone, money, rain jacket, another spare tube ( twice I have had two punctures at same time ) and some food depending on how far I am going.
I use the same bike for short evening rides to 200+km Audax so have a medium sized saddlebag with 2xtubes,tyre levers,chain tool,patches,inflator & 2 CO2 canisters.
Pump on the frame, Exposure flash/flare lights permanently attached & two bottle cages.
Wind/rain jacket or gilet (depending on weather forecast), food,wallet & phone in jersey pockets.
On a long ride (100 + miles) I'll use a top tube bag for extra food etc.
Soooo,what saddle bag
Ortleib classic saddle bag. Roll top design means its as big or small as you want it to be. It its smallest you can a shell and spare gubbins in there for better weather or expand it for more clothing options if you're out in more changeable weather. I find in winter its not what you need to take with you thats an issue as what you end up taking off mid ride. At its max I can jam a tool kit and jacket and a change of (size 13) shoes in there along with wallet and phone and a packet of haribo when I ride up to Glasgow to see my mum on a sunday. They're also very good at keeping road spray off your arse
Pump on bike, everything else in one of these in the jersey pocket.
http://www.gonebikingmad.co.uk/m20b0s505p552/MILES-WIDE-INDUSTRIES-Small-Sticky-Pod
Decathlon for a bag, as small as I can get away with, this one gets all I need in. I can also fit a light on to the back. Sorted.
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/500-bike-saddle-bag-black-04l-id_8354447.html
Cyckit semi rigid thing for me, clamshell design that bolts to saddle rails and is really compact & inobtrusive.
Not the cheapest mind you.