Saddlebag or jersey pocket?

Gussio

When out training, I am a small saddlebag man with tube, patches, micro pump, housekeys, tea money etc. all tucked away and safe. Jersey pockets are reserved for an accessible snack and maybe a map. Plenty of people on the road seem to opt for everything crammed into the jersey.

How do you carry your goodies and why?

redddraggon

Small Saddle pack for things that I always take with me and I don't need off the bike (tubes etc) jersey pockets for clothes/food/etc

MIsterGoof

pockets for food and saddle bag for everything else

I don't fancy coming off and landing on some keys or a mobile phone OUCH !

nferrar

Food, mobile, wallet, iPod in jersey and tools/tube in saddle bag

andrewgturnbull

Hi there.

Team car, with spare bike, directeur sportif, masseuse and, er medical backup.

Cheers, Andy

aracer

Tubes and levers in a very small seat pouch. Pump in back pocket as it's too long to fit in the seat pouch, along with keys, phone and food. Seems to work pretty well.

sibx

Tubes, multitool and tyre levers in saddle bag. Money, phone and food in jersey pockets. Pump on frame.

sicrow

Used to be phone cash snacks etc in the pocket as of last night glasses as well but I lost a £100 pair of shades last night and am now having a re think for any valuables that went in my back pocket

heavymental

Everything in the jersey pocket as a saddle bag ruins the look of a smart bike. I'm not even joking :roll:

Rich-Ti

Heavymental wrote:

Everything in the jersey pocket as a saddle bag ruins the look of a smart bike. I'm not even joking :roll:

I'm with you brother

Although for practicality I do use one of the tiny saddle bags from PBK with lever, tube & tool in :roll:

Nuggs

I have to agree that a saddlebag does ruin the clean lines of the bike.

However - the two inner tubes, CO2 pump, keys and p*ncture repair ket have to go somewhere...

Blackberry and food go in the jersey (BB in the zipped pocket, although I keep consider 'losing' it)...

Gussio

sicrow wrote:

Used to be phone cash snacks etc in the pocket as of last night glasses as well but I lost a £100 pair of shades last night and am now having a re think for any valuables that went in my back pocket

Where did you lose the shades - might be worth a detour on my way home tonight

mr_hippo

andrewgturnbull wrote:

Hi there.
Team car, with spare bike, directeur sportif, masseuse and, er medical backup.
Cheers, Andy

My team car also carries my chef, valet and butler

Lagavulin

I've got a small Specialized "mini-wedgie" on each of my bikes. Can't really fit much in them. There good for a tube and mini-tool, tyre levers and my key(s). On days when I've got no back up then phone, pump, ipod, food and another two spare tubes all go in my jersey.

Needless to say I prefer being able to ring for the support car to bring parts, a new wheel, or even just chuck the bike in the back. Calls made before 8am tend to prove more expensive, particularly on a Sunday (I thought it was off-peak). :roll:

dennisn

Hate sadle bags. If I have to carry any more than my pockets will comfortably hold I
have a small Camelback that I took the bladder out of and this works fine.

Dennis Noward

wiffachip

andrewgturnbull wrote:

Hi there.

Team car, with spare bike, directeur sportif, masseuse and, er medical backup.

Cheers, Andy

hat in a pantecnican ?

always_tyred

sibx wrote:

Tubes, multitool and tyre levers in saddle bag. Money, phone and food in jersey pockets. Pump on frame.

Me too. If I use a bag any bigger than one which is filled by that lot, my Cancellarra legs chafe on it.

andrewgturnbull

wiffachip wrote:

andrewgturnbull wrote:

Hi there.

Team car, with spare bike, directeur sportif, masseuse and, er medical backup.

Cheers, Andy

hat in a pantecnican ?

I had to look that one up... pantechnicon turns out to be the correct spelling!

Mr Hippo, judging from your avatar I suggest you bring your tailor along too.

Cheers, Andy

ps I hate carrying anything on the bike - pockets for me. Or rucsac if commuting.

jrduquemin

Tools, inner tube and spare cash in the mini wedge, minipump clipped under the bottle cage. Phone and food in the pockets.

y tin

Agree with some peeps that the wedge / saddlebag thingy spoils the look of a bike. So everything in your jersey pocket - this is also a good system if you go out sometimes on different bikes, don't need to worry if you've forgotten something or left it strapped to the "other" bike.

Ricardo H

keep the back pockets just for the munchie stuff, everything else goes in the saddle pack

chuckcork

All depends on the level of need which is really based on the type of ride.

Going to work: Vaude backpack from the CTC shop with 1 or 2 spare tubes in the bottom (backpack cover) pocket and pump in the back, with food in the sidepockets where I can just about reac it without dislocating my shoulder (and clothes for work of course) and mobile and wallet. Plus a seatbag with another 2 tubes (ever had two flats on the way home? I have, and its a long walk!), allen keys/multitool, patch kit and levers.

Sunday rides:
Whatever food I can get into my back pockets, maybe a tri-bag in front of me with more food with ease of access (though hits the knees when I stand up on the pedals) plus my normal work seatbag, with pump on bike frame, mobile tucked into seatbag and cash in the repair kit box. I carry fewer tubes than going to work but then I'm cycling with others so the worst case is sort of covered.

Long distance? I'm intending that I should be able to ride unsupported by myself with maybe 35-40km between towns, so bought a Brooks saddle and a Glenbrook saddle bag to carry more behind me out of the wind behind my legs, intend to use a rear reflector on the seat post so it doesn't hit the thighs and have added extra holes to pull it up higher into the saddle. Haven't tried it over a long ride e.g. 200km + Audax yet though , but would expect to maybe carry tubes, food, spare drinks, jacket if weather requires and so on.

NWLondoner

I wear a waist bag http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.a ... aist%20Bag for all my tools,food,maps,tubes and keys etc.

I keep wallet and phone in baggy short pockets. Although will have to rethink this once i get bib shorts.
Do jerseys with zipped back pockets exist??