[freetime101]

What spares / tools do you all take with you on a ride? 

How do you carry it? Saddle bag? Pocket caddy? Loose in a jersey pocket? Other?

Does it vary by ride? 

I carry 2 x CO2 cartridges, a mulitool with built in chain breaker and CO2 inflator, 3 x tyre levers (my wheel/tyre combo is a PITA to remove/refit), 1 x quick link, 1 x spare tube and a couple of glueless patches in a Leyzene Road Caddy saddle bag. Now that I’m tubeless I also carry a tubelsss repair kit in my pocket as it won’t fit in the caddy. 

It bothers me that I don’t have a normal pump so I’m shopping for the “best” one… but that got me thinking about what I should be carrying and how – I figure the best way to determine this is experience, so I’m asking for yours 

I figure some of you will have been cycling since before I was born, and some of you will have started yesterday, so I wonder if we’ll get a wide range of answers…

Topic

[wtjs]

Spare cleats and screws

Spare cleats and screws

To lose one cleat is a misfortune, Cidermart, to lose two could be described as carelessness-apologies to Oscar Wilde. Are these SPDs? The problem with those seems to be usually the screws seizing- prevent by loosening and retightening occasionally.

[cidermart]

Ha ha ha I’ve got some of
Ha ha ha I’ve got some of them I might just do it ?

[hawkinspeter]

I’ve considered taking a
I’ve considered carrying a space blanket – maybe you should get one to play up to the joke.

[hawkinspeter]

Luckily I was able to free
Luckily I was able to free the trapped shoe by forcing it round to undo the remaining bolt so replacing the cleat and bolts was the only cost. I check my cleats every so often now so I can avoid it happening again. If it was my left foot, I’m sure I’d’ve done the comedy sideways fall.

[cidermart]

Ha ha ha not quite but I’ve a
Ha ha ha not quite but I’ve a running joke on the club ride that I’ve got a picnic blanket with me just in case.

[Hirsute]

Do you also have a carbon

Do you also have a carbon monoxide alarm?

[Hirsute]

Sorry to read you had to buy

Sorry to read you had to buy a new pair of shoes and pedals. Hope you got some good wear out of them.

[mdavidford]

I once did the comedy slo-mo

I once did the comedy slo-mo fall because of this (screw hadn’t fallen out entirely but was no longer holding the cleat in place) – stopped to check out what was happening and only realised too late that I couldn’t unclip it. 

[cidermart]

A couple of friends had
A couple of friends had issues with cleats, one lost screws the other their cleat cracked, basically fell apart, thankfully I’ve not had to use them.

[hawkinspeter]

Spare cleats? That’s

Spare cleats? That’s impressive.

I had a SPD screw fall out whilst cycling and the first I knew about it was that my right foot seemed to have a lot of float. I stopped to check it out and realised that I couldn’t get my foot free without taking my foot out of my shoe and even then I couldn’t get the shoe free. I had to cycle the rest of the way home without putting my right foot down (which was fine – I rarely unclip that side).

[cidermart]

I carry far too much, a
I carry far too much, a culmination of incidents that have happened, but I can be on my own a long way from home so it’s a case of the “justin scenario”.
Spare tyre.
2 x tubes.
3 x tyre levers.
4 x CO cannisters wrapped in duct tape.
Spare chain links. 11, 10 and 9 speed (don’t ask).
Multi tool with chain breaker.
Pump on the frame.
Spare cleats and screws.
Puncture repair kit.
Money, I.D. & phone, keys.
Waterproof jacket.
Carried in a top tube bag and Camelback bag/rucksack depending if I’m going to work or out on a ride.
As I said too much but I’m carrying some spare timber so could do with losing that instead.

[hawkinspeter]

I’ve stopped using my large

I’ve stopped using my large aeroclam now as it wasn’t wide enough for some of my tools (e.g. pump and Wolf Tooth multitool) and it was also letting in a bit of moisture which to be fair is probably due to me not using mudguards. Dangly saddle dry-bag for me.

[Chris Hayes]

Hydrotac….genius. Just what

Hydrotac….genius. Just what I need.  Thanks for mentioning those.  I’ve been taking some foldable glasses but have stop-phobia when I’m out riding so rarely put them on.  Certain fonts on my Garmin is becoming a blur. 

[Pilot Pete]

This happened to a mate

This happened to a mate yesterday evening. He, like you doesn’t carry a spare link and chain break tool. Luckily he was only a few miles from home and his wife popped out in the car to pick him up. I did 100 miles yesterday, and would hate to have to call someone out or try to get home via trains, or a lift to a bike shop, all for not carrying a tiny part and a small multitool with a chain breaker, especially when in the middle of nowhere in what was a freezing wind yesterday.

It doesn’t happen often, but I can recall it happening to three mates over the last 5 years or so.

[Pilot Pete]

Indeed, tad on the small side

Indeed, tad on the small side, but I like that – I hate big dangly bags on expensive bikes! You can buy it with a deep section ‘bottom’ which just hooks on/off at the hinge mounts, and a new mid size has been released to I believe.I have got a larger one but stuck with the small on both bikes as it is so neat and tidy.

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