Handy bits of Kit - what's yours ?

[BSRU]

When using my main commuter I carry two used but still ok tyres, just in case.

 

[Globalti]

What exactly can you repair on the road with zip ties? I'm struggling to think of anything.

 

[Kies]

a fully charged phone - speed dial to the Mrs (come get me honey)

 

[dan_bo]

Phone and credit card.

 

[potsy]

What exactly can you repair on the road with zip ties? I'm struggling to think of anything.

Mudguards?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

What exactly can you repair on the road with zip ties? I'm struggling to think of anything.

pretty much anything you can imagine if you have some handy wood you can strap to the side...
for us it was my light fitting (and more than once with a different bike & different light).

currently my most useful item is my multitool because I keep finding nuts that have worked themselves loose again.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

£50 note under the insole of my cycling shoe
-or-
cooltool

Can never decide which has the more utility.

 

[MossCommuter]

Mudguards?

Most commonly; mudguards.

Occasionally light fittings.

Once, tied the ends of a broken spoke to remaining spokes to allow the wheel to turn without snagging the frame.

 

[Arsen Gere]

A bit of kit - sort of - I keep in the garage is an old cable tie that I cut off.

I use a match to set fire to the end and apply the melted plastic to the ends of cables to stop them fraying. You can also apply the same stuff to mudguard rod ends and anything you want weather protected or smoothed over.

 

[HLaB]

What bits of handy kit do you like ?

I like my Topeak Hexus II multi tool with tyre levers and chaintool built in; the tyre levers finally met their match though with the stock tyres on the Viking (but so did others levers), I like it so much I went out and bought another one.
I like a quick link too, so small there's no capacity problem and its there for an emergency.
I also like my Cateye EL410 and quite often carry it as it outputs a decent level of light and is pretty compact to carry and the built in bracket meens less to lose

 

[fossyant]

Didn't add the two quicklinks (1 x 8 speed, 1 x 9 speed) Crank Bros multi-tool (very good), couple of cable ties, bit of card (emergency tyre boot).

 

[beanzontoast]

Strips of cloth cut from old teatowels for getting into the nooks and crannies when cleaning the bike.

One of the best tools I own is an oily rag kept in an airtight jar.

 

[yello]

Tyre levers. If I'm having to stop for a mechanical then it'll probably be those I need. And, in a similar vein, the spanner and allen key for the chain tugs on my fixed.

For non-mechanical stops, I'd say loo paper. French public loos rarely seem to have any!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

non mechanical stops +1 on loo paper (finally stopped knicking it after 1 year off tour!) or a pot of superglue (anyone who has brought up children should understand that one!)

 

[User482]

Hip flask.