I dont understand some cyclist

[mickle]

I not only cycle but being in the snow belt, I sit inside and watch a lot of cycling videos in the winter. I see so many rider on long rides that seem to have nothing in the way of tools or tire repair kits. What happens if they have a flat. I myself have a trunk pack on the back of my trike with tools parts patch kits and tubes. I hate the idea of walking home.

What 'parts' do you carry?

 

[Fastpedaller]

A while ago I realised that I need 2 multitools

becuase some moron designer put things on the bike where you need 2 different allen keys

Ok they are of different sizes - but in a tool kits that means 2 multitools!!

but people not carrying a puncture kit and pump is just crazy to my mind

A few years ago I got to the end of a 2 mile roughish track and realised i'd lost my pump (a small one, clipped into placeon the bracket next to the water bottle). A brief moment of horror...... do i go back to see if I can find it and risk getting a puncture looking for 'a needle in a haystack'?
I decided to carry on (I was 30 miles from home without any bike shops on the journey) - I made it, with a sigh of relief.

 

[Fastpedaller]

I used to cycle with nowt but a door key on me at one time, I dunno how I got away with it. It makes me wonder if the more tools you carry, the more punctures you get. I stopped after I had a crank break, which wouldn't have been fixable at the roadside anyway.

I carried a door key in my back pocket- It was very painful when I slipped off on ice!
It's a well-known fact that if you carry all the tools you need, you either won't need them, or the one tool in the garage is the one you need

 

[ianrauk]

It doesn't look like I carry much but I actually have a bit. In the first instance I'm tubeless and carry a small tubeless repair kit but I also carry tyre levers, pump, spare tube, electric pump and co2 cannister and if the spare tube fails park patches. I keep on top of my mechanicals off the bike and only carry a multi tool, valve tool, 'missing link' and tiny pen knife there.

This for me too.
I do all days rides with what looks very little.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

I have seen some tool containers in water bottle format ie look like a water bottle and fit in a cage.

Struck me as a good idea as I never ever seem to drink when out for a ride (not even cycling in warmer climates with full camping gear). I appreciate I should but never get round so ysing the cage for tools seemed a great idea. And that might make others think

... that seem to have nothing in the way of tools or tire repair kits.

 

[Oldhippy]

Camping trips I take two tubes and a toolkit. Long day trips toolkit and one tube. Hub dynamo lights. My bike is looked after however so is unlikely to just break randomly and I have Marathon plusses and only had one puncture in a decade on all surfaces and use my bike as transport as well. In fifty plus years I've never 'dressed' for cycling though.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I personally don't feel I should be expected to do anything more than comply with the law in order to be safe on the roads, which it sounds like they were doing.

I doubt you have thought this through.

 

[winjim]

I doubt you have thought this through.

I have, but I've also thought about the overall context of the thread.

The correct response to the statement "I don't understand..." is "Have you tried?"

The point I was responding to was "I don't understand why cyclists would ride without lights despite it being broad daylight and there being no legal requirement for them to do so"

Have you tried? What conclusions did you reach? Because I understand why that statement was made and I don't like the conclusions.

 

[ianrauk]

I have seen some tool containers in water bottle format ie look like a water bottle and fit in a cage.

As in my picture above your post

 

[Milzy]

I not only cycle but being in the snow belt, I sit inside and watch a lot of cycling videos in the winter. I see so many rider on long rides that seem to have nothing in the way of tools or tire repair kits. What happens if they have a flat. I myself have a trunk pack on the back of my trike with tools parts patch kits and tubes. I hate the idea of walking home.

Call the wife out to collect you. They will hate it but you should be allowed one rescue per year. You might only make the call once every few years.

 

[Drago]

What 'parts' do you carry?

Body parts. Never know when ill need a quick kidney swap!

 

[tyred]

You need sandwiches, bottle of beer, slice of cake.

Don't forget the bottle opener!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Problem with that attitude is that it assumes that no-one else on the road makes a mistake

or drives like a moron

I prefer to brake when I should not need to
than spend a few weeks in a hospital and have to walk with a stick afterwards

In other words - I like to watch other road users and try to predict where a problem might arise and make sure I am not part of it

it does mean that some journeys take a bit longer
but I am happy with that if we are safer

I do like you.
Though, I believe @winjim's attitude is the right one.
I would like to ride like @winjim (if he does what he says lol) but I'm a natural risk avoider in most things of life, cycling is one of them.

 

[winjim]

I do like you.
Though, I believe @winjim's attitude is the right one.
I would like to ride like @winjim (if he does what he says lol) but I'm a natural risk avoider in most things of life, cycling is one of them.

I said that I don't think I should be expected to behave in a certain way, and I'm not going to criticise cyclists for not behaving that way on a cycling forum. That doesn't mean that society hasn't bullied me into certain behaviours that I wish it hadn't.

I don't put my lights on in the daytime though.

 

[Drago]

Where does one draw the line when expecting a potential victim to be pro-active in mitigating the effects of the behaviour of others? Send the womenfolk out in chastity belts of an evening? Stop wearing nice watches in public? Send teenage boys out in stab resistant vests?