Things you've forgotten to take on a ride

[Dogtrousers]

Yesterday I didn't take any sun block. They call me Mr Lobsterlegs.

 

[John the Monkey]

Nothing, ever: I carry the kitchen sink, spares too

I've seen that done, literally, on the bike path just outside Brugge/Bruges.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I use a 750ml water bottle in my seat tube bottle cage with pump, inner, levers, latex gloves; with spare space for eg spare rear light (and a couple of jelly babies (bagged) to keep my blood sugar up as I replace a punctured tube).

My 500ml tool bottle contains:
Multi tool with chain tool, tyre levers, spare link, a patches kit, cable ties, strips of inner tube, a small roll of electrical tape, latex gloves.
There's still a bit of space left for some baby wipes

 

[Ajax Bay]

My 500ml tool bottle contains:
. . . strips of inner tube, . . .

Don't you find a whole inner tube more use, Pat? Or is your philosophy 'patch by the roadside'?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Don't you find a whole inner tube more use, Pat? Or is your philosophy 'patch by the roadside'?

Inner tubes, 2 of them, sometimes 3 but not the same size live in panniers.
Did I not say I carry the kitchen sink?
All this is for others, just in case, on a Belles ride.
Myself, on the commute, I carry nothing, as I'm well Marathoned and don't get punctures, ever.
Longer distance I will carry the sink again, still don't get punctures

 

[Pale Rider]

Myself, on the commute, I carry nothing, as I'm well Marathoned and don't get punctures, ever.
Longer distance I will carry the sink again, still don't get punctures

I'm starting to think this way.

The Marathons on my bike don't puncture, so why carry spare tube, pump, Park patches, ring spanner to remove the hub rear wheel, tyre levers, etc?

I think it's conditioned behaviour, any sensible cyclist carries puncture repair stuff, so I must.

 

[coffeejo]

I'm starting to think this way.

The Marathons on my bike don't puncture, so why carry spare tube, pump, Park patches, ring spanner to remove the hub rear wheel, tyre levers, etc?

I think it's conditioned behaviour, any sensible cyclist carries puncture repair stuff, so I must.

Because you're facing a long walk home if you do puncture, and all for the sake of a few bits and bobs?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@Pale Rider my day to day riding is in a 5 mile radius, there are bike shops within a couple of miles from any direction, plus I've got the necessary at work in my locker.
Longer distances, of course, I will take the spare tube and the tools.
When I had a bike similar to yours (single speed dutchie with hub brakes) I would carry nothing, as I didn't know how to take the back wheel off.
Again, that bike did not go far.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I'm starting to think this way.

The Marathons on my bike don't puncture, so why carry spare tube, pump, Park patches, ring spanner to remove the hub rear wheel, tyre levers, etc?

I think it's conditioned behaviour, any sensible cyclist carries puncture repair stuff, so I must.

I use marathon plus and wouldn't dream of riding without tubes etc. They may be bloody good puncture protection but they ain't puncture proof

 

[John the Monkey]

The Marathons on my bike don't puncture, so why carry spare tube, pump, Park patches, ring spanner to remove the hub rear wheel, tyre levers, etc?

I think it's conditioned behaviour, any sensible cyclist carries puncture repair stuff, so I must.

In the first week of riding Continental's Touring Plus (similar level of protection to the M+) I got a 4 inch phillips head screw through my front tyre and into the tube (a combination of untidy shop fitters and busses forcing me into their debris field). Depends where you're riding, I guess, but Manchester is pretty unpredictable, so I always carry a kit, tube & pump.

 

[Ajax Bay]

I got a 4 inch phillips head screw through my front tyre

I reckon you'd know pretty quickly if you'd picked up a 4 inch screw, maybe even before the psssssh!

 

[John the Monkey]

I reckon you'd know pretty quickly if you'd picked up a 4 inch screw, maybe even before the psssssh!

42c tyre, but it didn't stay up long, admittedly.

 

[Dogtrousers]

In the first week of riding Continental's Touring Plus (similar level of protection to the M+) I got a 4 inch phillips head screw through my front tyre and into the tube (a combination of untidy shop fitters and busses forcing me into their debris field). Depends where you're riding, I guess, but Manchester is pretty unpredictable, so I always carry a kit, tube & pump.

You sure it wasn't a Pozidrive head screw? They're subtly different, so I'm told.

 

[hatler]

A friend was due at mine at 5am for a train to Winchester to have a crack at the South Downs Way. We were catching a train at Wimbledon (about 10 minutes away) at 05.40. He arrived at 5.30. The reason ? He'd left home in Berkhamstead in good time with everything he needed in the car, but the bike. He'd gone about ten miles before he realised.

 

[hopless500]

Corkscrew,

You've just reminded me that my emergency bottle opener/corkscrew is no longer in my bag. Must remedy that;