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Inner tube

Tyre levers, small of cut of tyre - incase of gash in tyre can be used to patch. Emergency £10 note (coffee, cake or beer)

Enjoy that ride, I always check the wind direction on a long ride and plan route accordingly.

water, tool(s) and maybe lights

Money
Multi tool
Puncture repair kit inc tyre levers
Phone
Quick links

Cheers chaps. I'll double up on tubes, have the lights on the bike ready.

Spare links may be an oversight but the chain has had minimal use and is in good nick.

Looking forward to it, weather looks agreeable which is a bonus

Wet wipes
+1 for chain links
Sunglasses

Ziploc back for phone. Maybe ear warmers and chapstick if it's going to be cold / windy

Eat within the first hour. Drink three bottles minimum. Check your chain, tyres and spoke tension before the ride.

1 tube
puncture repair patches
tyre levers
multitool
phone, bank card, cash and ID in a zip lock bag
emergency energy gel
and most importantly, jam butties
sometimes on longer rides I will also carry a couple of slices of malt loaf.

20 miles more and you got a century! Go to it.... Have a good ride!

Check the forecast, if no rains due, binned the waterproof.

1 tube
Self adhesive patches
Couple of hex keys
1 lever
Mini pump
Phone
Tenner
Tissues
Drinks bottle
Couple of emergency gels
I also have a tiny bottle of lube if it's wet cos chain noise bother me, other wise good legs and knowledge of the route is about it. Have a good un.

Cash and card
Phone
2 bottles
Bananna
Couple of bars
Tube tool and pump

If it's UK it's hard to get too far from a cafe

2 tubes.
Pump.
Tyre levers.
Multi tool.
Spare chain link.
Mobile phone.
Money.
Food & water (1 bottle up to 50 miles)

I carry:

1 tyre lever
1 micro pump (I can pump up to 100psi with it)
10 mini patches and glue and a bit of rough emery cloth, 2 tyre patches.
IPhone
£52 in 2 £20's and 2 £5'ers, 2 £1 coins (for the jet wash on the way home)
Clif Bar
2 Gels
1 1.5ltr bottle with a light mix of energy solution
House key
Shades (clear lenses this time of year)
Garmin

This does me for 100k routes on the roadie, I don't vary much throughout the seasons. I have this sorted down to a small and effective manageable pack which fits in my jersey pockets.

I add to that a Lezene multi tool if I'm on the CX'er.

If I get cold or hungry (unusual) I head for a cafe or small shop, if I run out of water (occasionally I do) I head for a shop or a church yard and seek out the tap.

Remote rides or 100k point to point roadie rides and I'll take the multi tool too, debit card and another £50.

Bikebuoy,you take £52!!you either like expensive cafes or you are stopping to buy the spare inner tubes you didn't take.where does your 1.5l bottle go?

Tube
Pump/CO2
Tyre lever
Multitool
Glueless patches
Inhaler
Case with phone, train pass, money and cash card
Tiny folded up gillet
Banana and/or energy gel
2 bottles on the bike, I would look to refill at halfway.

One thing not mentioned but very handy is a pair of disposable nitrile gloves, weigh nowt, takes no space and great if you have to fix a puncture. On the road bike I have pump on frame and a tiny lezyne seatpack with : tube, levers, tool, chainlink, patches, gloves. I take 2 bottles and pop some food and a gilet in pockets, with phone and cash/card

In addition to the above, a cleaned out toothpaste tube makes a great tyre boot

I learned a long time ago that £52 in cash is just about enough money to get a cab to the nearest town/train station and either get a train or a cab/private hire car home..

It's a short story where I learned that lesson.. I bought a De Rosa Avant back in 03' brand new, rode out on it up to Farnborough the day after buying it where the rear chain stay promptly broke in half. I was stuck 50 odd miles from home, £10 in cash and had to walk into Farnborough (2.5miles) to try and catch a train or sort out a cab. Very luckily I stumbled upon a private hire cab and asked if he would take me home to Warsash, pleaded poverty and £10 I had, he very kindly and sympathetically agreed and drove me home with the bike in the boot of his cab. Cost me £50.... The bike was a pile of shite and I'll never buy another De Rosa again.

See, £50 !! The £2 I use to jet wash the bike after a ride.

My 1.5ltr bottle fits in my cage, most of the time I'll make do with a 1ltr, but if the rides over 70k the slightly bigger one comes out. I know nearly every church/village in Hampshire so the 1ltr is more than adiquate.

😀

Don't UK taxis take a card these days?

Not back in 03 they didn't 😕

But it's like a superstition or something... 😕

Bank card
Phone
A Victoria sponge cake
Fork.

Only difference for me on a long ride to a normal road ride is I take money and another bottle, always love the first mile or two as you head out on an epic ride getting used to the extra weight!

Oh I'd plan the place where your aiming to top up your supplies to ensure you use all your current supplies up to make sure you actually stop rather than well I could go on to the next place then bong halfway there and suffer etc.

On a side note if this is your first long road ride, I'd suggest a can of coke about 20% from home will perk you right up I find droning away on the road on your own although satisfying does kinda cause you to go into an odd place in your head a can of coke kicks you back to normal... you'll see what I mean. (although might just be me).

Have fun!

Stuff above ^^^ (not tbe cake though).
Rather than any spare chain links I just take a spare chain out.

Lezyne sv5 minitool
1 tyre lever
Park patches
Tubes x 2
mini pump
phone
card
food/drink to suit conditions/ride usually a bottle or two and a few cereal bars & the lucky gel

xc-steve you take a bong with you on long rides?

Topeak mini ratchet set
Lezyne mini pump
Tube
Topeak emergency box
Quick link
Pair or later gloves
Credit card
About £40 in paper money
A few energy gels
One 750 ml bottle of water
iPhone in a Topeak waterproof case
Door key with emergency pod containing £20

All of this goes into my tiny saddle bag and my jersey pocket.

Latex gloves are a worthwhile addition for any dirty repairs or emergency rainproof layer for your warm gloves.

Just going to say I've started carrying Latex gloves.

I'd still take either a good windproof top or some kind of extra Pertex even if not waterproof top, for when it's a bit chill or you're on a long downhill.

And lights, even if emergency pocket ones - for dawn / dusk gloom or if it turns grey.
Definitely lights actually.

Light sabre. Red.

Foil blanket, costs £2.99, weighs nowt, and if you have an off or a major mechanical it'll stave off the worst of the cold as long as your insulated/dry underneeth.

Eat within the first hour.

Does anyone else find they have a slump in energy levels really early if they do this? I find it much better to not eat untill about 30 miles in then a handfull of something every 20 min.

Drink three bottles minimum

In summer, in December that'd have me pissing like a racehorse. I usualy find 1 plus a cafe stop sometime after halfway for a pot of tea and if I'm running out of fluids asking the top top it up.

Small saddlebag containing:
1 x spare inner tube
1 puncture repair kit
1 CO2 cylinder and valve
2 x tyre levers
1 x multi-tool

Pump is on frame (attaches under bottle cage)
2 x water bottles (summer only, just one in winter)

In pockets:
Gilet, usually wear in winter
Waterproof, in winter this is usually in the second water bottle
Waterproof pouch with debit card, cash and mobile phone
A gel or two for emergency

Water bottle gets refilled at cafe stop.

Mini pump
tube
self adhesive patches
tyre levers
multi tool (with chain tool)
jacket/arm warmers
Cash
Phone
gels & bars.

All fits in my jersey pockets as I can't stand saddle bags.

Pump
Puncture kit
Multitool
Phone
Debit card and/or a tenner
Peanut butter sarnies
Water
Arm warmers (OH's over-knee socks)
Buff
Clear shades

No-one mentioned gear hanger? Wouldn't leave the home without one personally... weigh nothing, easy to swap. And the most likely ride-stopping thing to break.

No-one mentioned gear hanger?

Thanks to everyone for the advice and tips, didn't see the headwind one until I got back and it was bloody windy at times 🙂

Anyway, completed my first real long ride (in my eyes anyway) and it was superb, absolutely excellent way to spend the day and I look forward to more.

Enjoyed the smaller lanes that go round one side of Carsington water in particular.

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Excellent, that part of Derbyshire is a beautiful place indeed.

What did you take in the end?

Quite minimal in honesty

2 tubes
750ml water
levers
pump
small waterproof
2 cable ties
small electrical tape
4 ceral bars
1 gel (didn't use)
£5
Debit card

Yep lovely riding on the many small lanes, also enjoyed the part from Repton and on through the grounds of Calke Abbey and Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.

Checks kit list;

2 bottles (water only)
Pump - Under bottle cage
In saddle bag;
Tube
Park Patches
Topeak Hexus
Bar and/or gel

In pocket;
Phone, bank card and a tenner in a waterproof bag
Possibly another gel

no-one else takes condoms ?

you must be the people who never wave at other cyclists 🙄

Ipod loaded with good music and podcasts!

Couple of old toe straps are very useful if you have a very tight tyre/rim combination. If you get a puncture, use the toe straps to keep the tyre seated as you swear and fight getting the last bit of the bead over the rim, especially when it's wet and cold.

local ride? phone, tenner, cash card, bottles, gels depending on how long.where I'm going

none local, the above plus 1x tube, tyre lever, multitool

Rarely take a waterproof unless proper rain forecast. In winter I use a soft shell which is pretty water resistant. In summer I might take a water proof but prefer to use a Gabba short sleeve top - or even on cool days I'll have that with arm warmers. I live off cereal bars and gels which I carry, rarely buy food when out.

80+ miles solo in the summer =

Two bottles and pump on frame.
Two tubes in jersey.
Levers, patches and a bit of something to repair a ripped sidewall.
Money.
Phone.
Food.
House key.

80+ solo in the winter =

One bottle of fluid.
One bottle with tubes in.
Everything else in pockets.

Commute or group ride I carry a c02 kit.

Rarely take a waterproof unless proper rain forecast.

Same here. If its the summer and it'as warm and showers are forecast I don't even bother with one then.

Foil blankets and sandwiches seem a bit overkill for 100km!

For me, water and banana, spare tub, pump, placcy bag with 22 euro (2eur for jet wash as above) , card and a mobile inside. Rain jacket if forecast. Anything over 100 km I'll add a banana or bar per hour, can of sealant.

all this talk of jetwashes is making me curios, with the exception of shipping it to Oz I don't think I have ever washed my road bike 🙁

1 banana for 100k seems a bit minimal, I quaffed all 4 cereal bars yesterday and that was 130k and I could have ate more truth be told.

If it's UK it's hard to get too far from a cafe

Some parts of the UK maybe...

If it's UK it's hard to get too far from a cafe

Some parts of the UK maybe...

I wonder which road bike accesible spot is actually furthest from a shop/café in the UK?

..... I don't think I have ever washed my road bike

Wet winters usually mean a daily wash, even if just a splosh down round the brakes/wheels to remove the evil grey crud of doom 🙁

I carry a small first aid kid; 15x15cm and 7.5x7.5 cm adhesive dressings, some gloves and two wipes and duct tape, all wrapped up in cling film and in the tool bottle.

If I need two bottles, it goes in the tool pouch in the back pocket.

Also:
Two tubes
Two CO2 (innovations nano)
Small multitool
Chain link
Topeak instant patches
Pump
Wet wipe
Money
Phone

For food:
Two gels
Something savoury
Banana

And a windshell/raincoat small enough to fold into the back pocket. Absolute waterproofness is not required.

Again, all this will fit in tool pouch in rear pocket.

When I say "tool pouch", what I really mean is £1.99 clear pencil case from Rymans. The Lezyne equivalent fell apart.

A Victoria sponge cake

A whole Victoria sponge? 😕

well I cracked earlier this week and succumbed to my first ever cycling "vanity purchase" - a ride pouch from Waterfield Designs via 11 Vélo, should be here before Xmas 😀
http://www.sfbags.com/products/cycling-ride-pouch

Not overly convinced about a leather pouch, can get pretty sweaty back there. I've been using the Lezyne caddy sacks, they seem ok but one is starting to come apart now after a couple of years use. Pretty cheap to replace though.

Not overly convinced about a leather pouch, can get pretty sweaty back there....

Yes, it's possibly not the most well thought out of purchases but I run pretty cool and any sweat will just "age" the leather 😕

bikebouy - Member
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1 1.5ltr bottle with a light mix of energy solution
.....

HOW BIG!!!???

Biggest bike bottle I've ever seen is about 0.85 litres. I can't imagine riding with a bottle twice size of that in the frame..... especially if it fits into a standard bottle rack; it would be about 3 foot long!

3 or 4 tubes
tyre levers
pump
multitool
phone
wallet
glasses
waterproof
spare top
2 water bottles
leg warmers

Carried in a handlebar bag

Ha, it should have read a 1 ltr bottle, it's the biggest I have... I have fat fingers 😐

And Repton you say, I used to live in the High St 😀

Small world.

And..

Small bidons 😆

Sorry if everyone thinks I take a water bowser along, I don't.