What tools do you carry?

[Sham69]

i have trained and taught my self effectively so that falling correctly is a reflex when i sense that i am falling i get into that position in less than probably half a minute

Do you live in a land of reduced gravity, Ed?

 

[young Ed]

Do you live in a land of reduced gravity, Ed?

no, i simply ride a 290er!
Cheers Ed

 

[John the Canuck]

.............On my helmet I have an emergency info sticker with my details incase I'm unconscious and paramedics give me something I'm allergic to!....................

great idea. I live alone - remote farm
bought a red ARMY medical dog tag from eBay.... they engraved 5 lines - all for £3 with chain

name
Social Insurance number - best ID ever
ASTHMA
brothers name
his mobile number

 

[Tim Hall]

great idea. I live alone - remote farm
bought a red ARMY medical dog tag from eBay.... they engraved 5 lines - all for £3 with chain

name
Social Insurance number - best ID ever
ASTHMA
brothers name
his mobile number

My Dad, who is on more prescription drugs than a fun Friday night, had the bright idea of putting his medical requirements into a pdf and wearing that on a USB stick round his neck. Except the hospital bods wouldn't plug it in to their computers. Seems they're worried about more than one kind of virus.

 

[John the Canuck]

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toilet paper..............................................

 

[berty bassett]

On my county lane rides where there are no buses, trains ect and no bike shops and no one at home I have to be self reliant so I carry this lot, it seams a lot but it all fits in a small waterproof bag and does not weigh much, any way I would sooner have the weigh than a long walk home, as they say so far so good.
1 P*ncture repair kit
1 Allan keys
1 set of tyre levers + 2 spare
3 inner tubes
Folding tyre
Tyre patches
1 small head torch in winter
marigold gloves
Small length of chain (3 inches)
1 small chain tool
Spare spokes
Kevlar spoke
hypercracker
Spare nuts, bolts, powerlinks
Wire cutters
Pliers
2 small screw drivers
Small sockets to fit screw driver handle
First aid kit with triangular bandage paracetamol, co-codamol, gaviscon tablets
Batteries for lights and computer
Small tyre pump (not mini)
1 Co2 pump
Zip ties
spare keys for house, bike locks
Phone
Pen and paper
10 sheets of kitchen roll
Very small bottle of hand cleaner
Insulation tape
£5 in small change
Small roll of gaffer tape
Brake and gear cables
Spare bite valve for camalbac
Small roll string
Spare gloves

and a partridge in a pear treeee

 

[young Ed]

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toilet paper..............................................

well, do you? i don't carry bog roll!
Cheers Ed

 

[Cyclopathic]

Either some of you guys ride with backpacks on or I need to invest in a bigger saddle bag!

I use a trailer actually.

 

[compo]

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toilet paper..............................................

Actually......
Not a toilet roll but a couple of yards of toilet tissue in a ziplock plastic bag.
You never know!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

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toilet paper..............................................

That's what the little bit of sandpaper in a puncture repair kit is for.

 

[Ootini]

When using CO2 cartridges, how do you avoid over inflation? The tyres on my bike are 700 x32c rated to 75psi. Looking at most of the CO2 cartridges on wiggle they inflate a standard tyre to 100psi, 25 over max for my tyres.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

That's what the little bit of sandpaper in a puncture repair kit is for.

... and after you've had some of the more epic cycling saddle-sores, your butt won't know the difference between that and normal toilet paper .

 

[John the Canuck]

When using CO2 cartridges, how do you avoid over inflation? The tyres on my bike are 700 x32c rated to 75psi. Looking at most of the CO2 cartridges on wiggle they inflate a standard tyre to 100psi, 25 over max for my tyres.

my 16gram caps take my Marathon+ 700x35 up to 75psi - perfect

you can buy 12gram THREADED caps if you hunt eBay
like......http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-12g-C...sure_Cycling_BikeLocks_SR&hash=item19e930a4a1

or you could buy an adapter with a ''controlled release'' lever

 

[lay]

2 tubes - used to be 1 but GCN presuaded me to take 2...
Multi tool
Tyre lever (bontrager, very good, very stiff, wide as well!)
Chain tool

Wallet (tho that tries not to get used lol)
Rain cape, punc repair kit with a few other things in it as its a oblong and have a few other bits in their.
Full size pump - easier to use !
Garmin - I do get lost at times lol - tho getting lost can be part of the thrill of it...
Oh and me

 

[young Ed]

When using CO2 cartridges, how do you avoid over inflation? The tyres on my bike are 700 x32c rated to 75psi. Looking at most of the CO2 cartridges on wiggle they inflate a standard tyre to 100psi, 25 over max for my tyres.

an inflator like this
http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1126103_-1_400167__400167
or this
http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1157618_-1_400167__400167
lets you control how much you put in
either that or get a mini pump? like the lezyne drive thingy
Cheers Ed