Lone Rides in remote areas what extra spares do you carry?

[ColinJ]

I dont know if it was just around us here , but today it rained for about half an hour then has been glorious all day.
Sat in all day awaiting the biblical rain storms that never came.

Blimey - we have had exactly the weather as forecast here - torrential downpours one after another, with drizzly grey spells (and the odd moment of brightness) in between and I'm sure that it was all heading for where I rode yesterday!

(For those of you who won't know - DD is only about 7.5 miles/12 km SSW of here, as the carrier pigeon flies.)

 

[Pat "5mph"]

wow you lot must be weighed down !! i have puncture repair kit multi tool and a smile

No pump or tyre levers?

 

[s7ephanie]

No pump or tyre levers?

thats what the 'smile is for' LOL

 

[ufkacbln]

An emergency pie.

Then there is the major problem at the end of the ride...

The pie will not last until the next ride

What on earth does one do with it?

 

[vernon]

 

[bigmig]

mobile phone, and pray the missus is not drunk so she can drive to get me

 

[slowmotion]

An emergency pie.

Once the filling has been eaten, that could be a perfectly servicable bivvy bag.

 

[Banjo]

I wouldn't feel safe sleeping in that. Vernon might accidently eat you during the night.

 

[MikeG]

I travel regularly in Africa. On most of my trips I bump into cyclists who are riding from London to Cape Town, or the other way around, and most of them carry no more than is being suggested here other than some spare spokes and lube. If you knew the state of the roads in Africa, you'd think they were nuts, but by the time I get to see these guys down in Zambia, Botswana or Namibia, they have already done three quarters of the length of Africa (plus all of Europe), and have chucked away everything useless they were carrying just as ballast. So, take @marcusjb 's advice, take stuff to deal with things coming loose, punctures and broken chains only..........and just relax!

 

[Pikey]

Just the usual puncture kit and tools etc... If not going too remote.

Although if I'm going somewhere deserted, remoter parts of Scotland or off road on dartmoor for example, I just carry a basic doss kit, emergency bivvy bag, fire lighting gear, knife, first aid kit etc...

Prob gonna carry a VHF 2 way radio next time I go off the beaten track in Scotland as mobile phone signal seems to stop at hadrians wall.

 

[vorsprung]

I just did an amazon "listmania" of essential tools and spares for rides in the UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Top-10-bike.../R2625T07PW2O13/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full

To save you looking at the list the items are

Topeak Hexus II Bike Multitool
Wippermann Connex Connector Chain Links, 10 Speed
Mini Long Nose Plier
Insulation Tape PVC Electrical 19mm x 20m Black x 1
Cable Ties 2.5 x 100mm
Flat-Blade Small-Screw Screwdriver
Inner Road or Mountain Bike Gear Cable
Latex Gloves

I'd add to that a tyre boot. These are better home made from an old bit of tyre