What's in the bag?
- Thread starter Oldhippy
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All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
I've added a few cable ties to my minimum equipment list. I've never needed them but they seem like a good idea. I've also got rid of the small adjustable spanner that crept in while I wasn't looking.
I've swapped the home made bag out for a Carradice Low Saddle Longflap and I now usually leave the bar bag at home for day rides, using the extra capacity of the saddlebag for everything else unless I'm taking a camera and binoculars - they normally go into the bar bag for easy and quick access. The cable cutters have been reassigned to the toolbox. I used to keep my pump on the seat tube attached with a rubber block and velcro straps but it now lives in the saddlebag too, so with the quick release bracket to remove and fit the saddlebag, it's a lot quicker and easier to take everything with me when I make a cafe or pub stop.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
What is this please?
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Ah ha! Google is my friend. It's a head torch.
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Toolkit. This is a smallish but weirdly heavy nylon bag with a drawstring top and contains all kinds of stuff that I won't bother listing. And a lot of stuff that has made its own way into there without me actually knowing.
Two or three spare tubes.
Waterproof.
Food. (Plenty of)
Phone.
Charge bank and a couple of different cables.
Little retractable cafe lock thingy.
Spare batteries/lights (in winter)
Other crap that has managed to get in there and hidden in the corner.
Pump and other lock are mounted on the bike elsewhere.
Two or three spare tubes.
Waterproof.
Food. (Plenty of)
Phone.
Charge bank and a couple of different cables.
Little retractable cafe lock thingy.
Spare batteries/lights (in winter)
Other crap that has managed to get in there and hidden in the corner.
Pump and other lock are mounted on the bike elsewhere.
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I also carry a headtorch in the winter and at night-time - very handy for comfort breaks as well as the possibility of any mechanical, and can be useful on off-road stretches when you want to see where you're looking rather than where your front wheel is pointing. Mine usually slips into a pocket rather than in the bag - I would need it to find it otherwise.
DogmaStu
Senior Member
I carry as little as possible!
So generally, no bag at all. That goes for both road and MTB.
In my pockets:
mobile phone plus cards, cash etc in cycling wallet
energy gels
small pouch with spare tube (my bikes tyres are tubeless)
tyre levers
C02 thing plus cartridge
mini pump
multi-tool
However! On my gravel adventure bike it's a whole different story. I've recently received my custom colour Wizard Works bar bag and top tube bag. I have a set of all the above in the gravel bike already - the 'secret' down tube compartment behind the water bottle (Specialized Diverge).
So the bags are for extras. Still deciding what those 'extras' might be!
So generally, no bag at all. That goes for both road and MTB.
In my pockets:
mobile phone plus cards, cash etc in cycling wallet
energy gels
small pouch with spare tube (my bikes tyres are tubeless)
tyre levers
C02 thing plus cartridge
mini pump
multi-tool
However! On my gravel adventure bike it's a whole different story. I've recently received my custom colour Wizard Works bar bag and top tube bag. I have a set of all the above in the gravel bike already - the 'secret' down tube compartment behind the water bottle (Specialized Diverge).
So the bags are for extras. Still deciding what those 'extras' might be!
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Pork pies?So the bags are for extras. Still deciding what those 'extras' might be!
