who DOESN'T use a saddle bag on summer bike

[ajb]

Toepeak medium wedge, in it 2 tubes, levers, multi-tool, keys & £10.

In my pockets, pump, phone, food & fingerless gloves if it's early & cold.

Alan.

 

[Mayniac]

A small seatpack with innertube, puncture kit, multitool, surgical gloves and wetwipes.

That's just a bit too much information there.......

 

[tyred]

Depends on what I want/need to carry with me. Most of the time I just pop a punture repair kit and tyre levers into my pocket and I have a frame mounted pump on all my bikes. I realise my rides are nowhere near as long as some on here so I'm rarely too far from civilisation if anything were to go seriously wrong.

I do have a Carradice saddle bag I use if I want to take spare clothes or anything else with me but it's such a pain in the arse to fit/remove.

 

[TVC]

That's just a bit too much information there.......

Well you never know when you might get lucky

 

[HLaB]

HLab, do check on the Fizik one from time to time. I had one, and the bracket snapped (after 7 months or so of use).

I like the system, but I'm not too convinced by the durability of the parts.

Will do, cheers for the heads up.

 

[snapper_37]

I use a small backsack. Don't know why, but feel *lost* without one. Got a saddle bag also.

 

[fossyant]

I don't use one - vanity....

I do have a small saddle pack - just fit's in tubes, p-kit, multitool - I've only used it a few times on longer rides. Pump, waterproof, phone and tubes etc usually go in back pockets. Hate pumps fitted to the frame - ugly....

 

[John the Monkey]

Hate pumps fitted to the frame - ugly....

...but gets you to 100psi so much quicker than those sexy carbon mini pumps ;-)

 

[GrahamG]

Wouldn't do anything more than nipping to the shops without one.

I hate having anything more than arm warmers & gilet in my pockets - just makes my back even more sweaty. Certainly couldn't entertain putting anything solid like tools in a pocket, that would do my nut in.

Can't imagine people not carry tools or spare tube on a sportive type of thing. Probably the same numpties who use lightweight race tyres & tubes and wonder why they get a puncture every other ride.

 

[Globalti]

MTBing: I carry a rucsac with bladder, tool kit, space blanket, pump with both connectors, inner tube, munchies, cash and sometimes a phone.

Road riding: pump and bottle on the frame, spare tube taped up with 2 tyre levers, cash, sometimes a phone.

 

[Kestevan]

I used to use a small saddle wedge, but the zip finally gave up the ghost last month, and I havent got round to replacing it.

I've currently got an old water bottle with a P. repair kit, spare tube and a couple of basic tools. Suppose I'll have to get a new bag for the summer when I return to wanting 2 drinks bottles on the longer rides.

 

[Crackle]

I have a (medium, I think) Topeak seat pack. In it I have a spare tube, puncture repair kit, tyre levers, with KMC missing link, chain tool. I also manage to squeeze my mobile and keys in.

I don't bother with any tools as I have never had anything come loose and check the bike is in working order before taking it out!

If I might need lights then I clip an LED on the loop on the back of the seat pack.

My pump is attached to the frame via a bottle holder bracket.

In my pocket I only carry food and spare clothing - i.e. soft stuff.

I see what you mean now Chris.

I have a little one on both my bikes with spare tube, money and multi-tool. The money was after I sit off on a ride one day quite pre-occupied. 25 miles in, I realized I was bonking due to going too fast (mind whirring and feet following), having had no breakfast, no money on me and no food. I rode 20 miles home at a snails pace absolutely empty, stopping often and hardly able to raise my head: A lesson was learned.

Also got a bigger daysize saddlepack which I reviewed in the reviews section.

 

[Joe24]

I didnt used to on my fixed. I had a inner tube in my back pocket, an allen key in that pocket and a spanner. I also had an adjustable spanner on a bottlecage bolt. My pump was on the bottle mount.
The reason i didnt have one on there was because i couldnt be bothered to keep taking it off then putting it back on when i went to see my GF. On my new fixed i do have one, and i just take it on and off, but it is annoying.
On my new fixed i have one, its got a multi-tool in and a spanner and thats it. My pump goes in my back pocket, same as inner tube.

 

[Dayvo]

I always have a small saddlebag with the necessary basics.

I try and be wise before the event!

 

[Arch]

Not a saddle bag, but I always have either my courier bag (day to day comuting) or a small pannier (for longer rides). (or both, if I need to do shopping because the courier bag is limited for space.) Generally carry pump, repair kit, lights, multitool.

Maybe when I get the Galaxy back together I'll look at a saddlebag, but as it'll have a rack (I don't have a bike without one), a pannier works just as well.

If I need to map read along the way, I'll have the bar bag on.