Handy bits of Kit - what's yours ?

[Pedrosanchezo]

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

You say that, but if you were in my neck of the woods you would see a few bears hopping about with their arms and legs cable tied together!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Latex gloves, great for keeping your hands clean when changing after a fart.

I apologise, but that's how I just read your post...

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

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!)

Baby wipes - multi-purpose

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Baby wipes - multi-purpose

nope, still don't get it - not for anything other than babies...

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Andrex 'On the Go' ... 'cos you never know!!

 

[HovR]

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

They worked great when my panniers decided to disintegrate and take the rack out with them. They managed to secure the loosened upper rack mount, and repair the large rips in my panniers.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

nope, still don't get it - not for anything other than babies...

I often refer to my bikes as baby.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

My collection of surgical gloves or my workstand

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I often refer to my bikes as baby.

ahh - my reference is http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/baby-wipes.123979/
still don't get it

 

[gaz]

I apologise, but that's how I just read your post...

Why you dirty little ........

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Why you dirty little ........

Cleaner than you evidently

 

[RedRider]

Bought a roll of tearable tape - sold as tailoring tape - for an emergency repair when the bracket for my front light broke one evening. Since then it's been used to patch a pannier, stop an annoying rattle from a brake lever, hinge a glasses case, seal the vents on some cycling footwear and reattach the sole of a bridesmaid's shoe. That last one cast me as hero for a day.

 

[zizou]

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

A snapped frame

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

ahh - my reference is http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/baby-wipes.123979/
still don't get it

I understand.

I am an avid user of baby wipes for cleaning my bike. £1 from Poundland (really??) and they last a long time. When cleaning sharper bits and the likes of the chain, the clever little things don't tear, break or disintegrate!! They are a cyclists holy grail.
It's science......

 

[totallyfixed]

My arm warmers and waterproof shoe covers.