B'Twin Tool Bottle

As the author correctly predicted some clever-dick will suggest using any old bottle. Well, I am that clever-dick but it's not any old bottle, it's a plastic Horlicks jar.

That's right, first you drink the bedtime soother then you peel off the label and bingo - a screw-top bottle that's a good fit in your bottle cage and holds everything you will need.

It's an anonymous grey colour, complete with a blue top and looks as if you just paid say, £1.99 for it.

Mine contains:
Two lightweight tubes
Two C02 cylinders and valve thingy
A mini tool
A chain tool and a powerlink
One tyre lever
A small patch kit
Some anti-oily hand gloves.

One downside - after a coming together of me, the tarmac, a bend, a hill and a big bank of nettles, the black bottle proved really hard to find in the vegetation after it fell out of the cage. Still, the remainder of the group hunted diligently and successfully for it while I looked for dock leaves and brushed myself down.

Great for winter riding to keep your pockets free for a cape but then the summer kicks in and i want two bottles.

Puncture kit then goes in an old race cape pouch tightly squeezed with a couple of elastic bands. It then resides in the pocket where the winter cape lived for the previous few months.

There must be an easier way to carry all this stuff, maybe i need a team car?

if you drilled a hole in the top you could use it to carry a drink

I use a similar Trivio product (it looks like it's a generic "your name here" product). If you tape the lid with electrical tape its sealed for the worst of rain. The labyrinth created by the screw threads does a pretty good job on its own though, it's great for a low weight Tufo tub and a CO2 with a multi tool and flat Conti tyre levers. I also packed two with tubes and noted the valve length on the lid, so I can take the right one depending on what depth wheels I'm using.

I'm thinking of putting my lunch in one of these for the ride to work.

I wish someone would make a 750ml tool bottle that opened in two halves along its length. The smaller bottles are fine, but the larger ones need long fingers.

Or maybe put a cap on both ends... or unscrew in the middle... hmmm. Give me a few hours to think about this, and I'll have something for kickstarter!

Had one for years. Lasted well and does exactly what it says on the tin. More convenient to switch between bikes than a saddle pack.

I use an unadulterated bottle for the job. Holds a mini pump ok, but it's a pain getting stuff in and out through the, well, bottle-neck.

Tool bottles are ace - personally I prefer the 700ml Elite one that Decathlon sell but some people will baulk at spending £4

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/750ml-elite-tool-box-id_8315517.html

Nice use of the word 'kipple'.
I bought one of these recently- great for easy swapping between bikes. Sadly too short to take a mini-pump.