Basic tools for touring

[classic33]

Yes, and how can the surface thatˋs part of the handle develop "play"?

I give up. This is too much like drawing teeth.

Pliers are good for that.

Edited to highlight.

 

[12boy]

The heart wants what the heart wants.

 

[classic33]

The heart wants what the heart wants.

That's soft and squidgy though!

 

[Gravity Aided]

And people can say what they want, I don't mind carrying a couple of spanners. If I need to lose weight off the bicycle, I'll worry about losing some of that big weight on the saddle.

 

[12boy]

Here's my tool roll. Note the artisanly crafted nonGMO boxwood handle wrench held together with Vegan JB weld.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Very chic.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Are you planning on waxing the tool roll? Would be sign to others of proper curation of your bespoke nature regarding tools and cycling.

 

[12boy]

I spent $1.25 on the cloth and $6 on the fabric glue. Mostly glued, little stiching since I'm lazy. I was toying with waxing it but why? It really does work well, though. I can toe strap it to saddle rails if there's no bag handy. I am clumsy and drop little bolts, washers and nuts and they are hard to find in grass and weeds. Leaving the roll flat gives me a place to keep stuff when fixing a flat or whatever. Somehow I misplaced my Lezyne pump and bought another one, then found the first, so I had to make another tool roll. When I go out of town I also stick an innertube in there, but since I have bikes with 16, 20 26 and 700c wheels I only do it when I will be gone for a while. That blue thing is a bit of paper shop cloth, which is good for abdominal emergencies.

 

[Gravity Aided]

It's a pretty snazzy rig, no doubt. Well thought out.

 

[overmind]

I'm a great believer in Murphy's Law and plan accordingly

I rather subscribe to O'Toole's commentary on Murphy's Law. "Murphy was an optimist".

Edit: (from the link above)
MURPHY'S LAW OF MULTIPLES
If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way will promptly develop.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The heart wants what the heart wants.

Careful the heart may beat you up during exercise.