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[Closed] Mtb baggy shorts, what do you stick in the pockets?

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I just feel i need to know this....

Car keys rattle about, Mobile phone clatters into your legs. So what are they for?


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:32 pm
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Have my phone in mine with no issues. Maybe you need to buy some better fitting shorts?

I wear DHB Dynos, which are slim fitting, as they don't make me look like I am my way to a Gnarcore Clown convention.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:36 pm
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Sweets.. 😀


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:37 pm
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I have baggy shorts without pockets.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:38 pm
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Nowt 😀


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:42 pm
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Ive got some massive altura baggies. Way baggier than they looked online.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:42 pm
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Beer/coffee tokens.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:42 pm
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Condoms - doesn't everyone?

Or: everything that 'matters'. Phone, car key, house key, a credit card and a tenner.

Not convenient as such, but if I ever use my bike, the odd dangle or rattle does not bother me.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:43 pm
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I dont usually need a credit card in the woods...


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:46 pm
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I know, it's daft innit?!

It just makes me feel extra-safe that should I need to book a hotel or hire a car, I'm ok 😀


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:49 pm
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I hate wearing a Camelbak (other annoying backpack hydration systems are available), so I have bottles in cages, and in my pockets go my phone, a spare tube and some money - my patch kit, tyre levers etc go in a saddle pack.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:50 pm
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Nothing, everything is on the bike, no ruck sack either


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 5:51 pm
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Baggies?
Naaaaaaaah.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 6:33 pm
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Couple of one skinners & a lighter in one and a lil pack of tissues in the other in case I need a poo or get sweaty.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 6:34 pm
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Phone, keys, inhaler.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 6:39 pm
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I stick foil wrapped single servings of Gnar in the left pocket and AWSUM in the right.
If there's a rear pocket I stick the essence of Enduro ™ in there.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 6:44 pm
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nothing while riding. Phone and/or car keys while sorting out pre and post ride.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 6:50 pm
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Just keys, did have my phone in there once, it's got a dent in the back now. Lucky it was an old spare Sony Ericsson and not a proper one


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 6:50 pm
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A banana, purely for aesthetic reasons.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 6:52 pm
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The big ones on the back of my humvees get used for wrappers and rubbish but otherwise they are empty.

I'd prefer shorts with less pockets as I don't use them, certainly don't need 5+


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 6:58 pm
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keys, money, sometimes a spare buff, sweets, the back pockets on enduras are perfect for an os map with the cover removed, my foxes have a dedicated pocket for a phone.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 6:58 pm
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When I'm riding then nothing, I learnt that falling off with things in your pockets hurts!


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 7:00 pm
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OS map one back pocket, guide book other. Usually a spare sweat/ headband and of course haribo.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 7:09 pm
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Section of map on waterproof paper, phone, hands (when not riding)


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 7:35 pm
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Mainly tissues which dissolve in the washing machine causing my wife to go mad when her flimsies get covered in shredded paper.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 7:37 pm
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Keys, phone, tissues. The latter stops the keys rattling. I actually use my gloves for wiping snot 😀


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 7:49 pm
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nothing. I wish they didn't have pockets.

I can't even play pocket billiards as I'm wearing lycra underneath 🙁


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 7:52 pm
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Can't believe how many take tissues. Can't you wait until the next pub?

I don't put anything in my pockets as I'd only land on it. And the zips have seized up anyway 🙄


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 7:55 pm
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Rowntree's Randoms and Frusli bars. And usually my (tough) camera which is going to one day literally end in tears.

Did once have a 50p shaped bruise for about three months so try not to put anything pointy in them!!


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 8:00 pm
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Nothing. Useful to keep bits in when you're doing trail side repair though.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 8:19 pm
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My railcard, tickets, bank card and notes


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 8:22 pm
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One front pocket houses my insulin pump, the other houses my blood test kit. The one rear houses a couple of energy gels and a pack of dextrose tablets and the other rear houses my wallet. Been like this for a long time and dont even notice they are there.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 8:28 pm
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I hav some enduras with too many pockets that never get used, apart from hands.
Best shorts for cycling don't have pockets. Science fact.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 8:29 pm
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In my Humvees I normally have my phone in front left pocket and Fruit Pastilles in the rear right pocket. I have had a compass in my rear left pocket using the clip, and sometimes a £10 note in the front right pocket.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 8:45 pm
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Hanky.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 9:06 pm
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Usually stuff I don't mind landing on or losing.....

so normally poo bags (for dogs - in public places with bins , not for hanging in trees)

i don't do barends either....a brake lever going Thru elbow sorta makes you think about fallin on stuff you have on you or the bike 🙂


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 9:15 pm
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a selection of keys, phone, food, cash/card, map, lift pass, multi tool and whatever else I'm using and don't want to put in the bag.


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 10:03 pm
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I ride an Orange 5 & therefore can not hear anything else. (apparently)


 
Posted : 12/10/2014 10:43 pm
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Can't be doing with pocketless shorts, confuses the hands when stationary.


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 5:39 am
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Small packet of tissues in left, single car key in right. Used tissues go in back pockets.


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 9:48 am
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Wrappers


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 9:49 am
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Drivers licence and contact details in case of death or injury


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 9:56 am
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Map. And sometimes keys.


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 9:59 am
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the back pockets on enduras are perfect for an os map with the cover removed

+1, it's irritatingly just abit too snug though, must be designed fo some other map.

Car key in the lower zipped pockets.

Nadda else, I find it either rattles or get's too tight while pedaling. Prefer to split it between jersey pockets and a saddlebag.


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 10:25 am
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depends where or what I'm riding.

phone and keys usually go in camelback (Nexus 5 would snap in half if I put it in baggies pocket).

Half a pack of pocket tissues go in pocket, and very occasionally an old ikea pencil if I feel the urge to log a geocache.

If on the road bike, the jersey and baggies 😈 pockets gt loaded (keys in whichever pocket has a clippy tether thingy).


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 10:46 am
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Nothing when riding. Keys, wallet, phone, inhaler when faffing, pre ride.


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 10:59 am
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On pootles, car keys, phone, money. On proper rides those get transferred to jersey pockets (yes I wear a lycra top with baggies) and I sometimes carry a map in short pockets.


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 11:02 am
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Phone, map, glasses case, food/choc bar, broken chain links, wrappers, keys, cash card, cash, CTC card.

Pick x amount from the above depending on what kind of ride I'm on


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 11:25 am
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A couple of energy gels and a packet of rennies. Everything else goes in the camelbak.


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 11:31 am
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Usually the last thing i've picked up after putting my bag on and getting ready to actually ride, and then realising i've not put whatever it is *in* my bag.

I'd like to ride without a bag, but I don't have space for a water bottle on my frame 🙁 So hydration pack it is, which means i obviously take too much stuff and overfill it every time!


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 11:44 am
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If it's a-
short ride: phone, keys, sweets (despite impaling myself several times with keys and sweets)
long ride: nothing- all goes in the bag


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 12:00 pm
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House key, tissue and pre glued patches if it's a shorter ride


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 4:25 pm
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Munchies, wrappers, train tickets, keys, stuff like that.


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 4:35 pm
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I put my gloves in the map pocket before I leave the house, just to make sure I have them at the other end!


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 4:44 pm
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a pack of chewing gum, everything else goes in the backpack


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 6:45 pm
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Nothing. All in Osprey pack.


 
Posted : 13/10/2014 6:56 pm

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