Where do you put it all?

rbrettell

I planning a 100mile road ride from A to B but dont want to take baggage

So far in a tiny saddle bag I have
Spare tube, Patches, levers, cash and a mobile
and then have a pump, a few A4 maps and a GPS unit in my pocket
The Ipod should squeeze in too

So does everyone get wet when it rains or should i carry a rucksac

peanut1978

dont need that much for 100 miler

repair kit

bottles on bike x 2

maybe spare bottle in back pocket

some food in back pocket

hey presto!!

themightyw

Personally I've got a pretty big saddle bag (topeak one) for innterube, multitool and a very compact light waterproof. Have my pump strapped to that. Also use a small top tube bag for phone, keys, sunnies and maybe a bar.

If I'm going for a longer ride, and need a bit of nosh, I'd tend to put a few bits and bobs in the rear pocket on my cycling jersey (though bananas can get rather warm on a longer ride).

If I also require my kitchen sink then I'll use a belt bag.

Helps if you have a couple of water bottles on your frame so you don't have to lug water round.

cjw

You can get waterproof jackets that fold into a jersey pocket (Gore for example), but at this time of year... just get wet. I carry a bit more than that in a medium Topeak Aero saddle bag.

Oh and fit the GPS unit to your bike, far easier to see otherwise you trip from A to B may well also pass through D E F and (heven forfend) Z

LorneC

Are you going to be wearing a proper cycling shirt?

Pocket 1. Altura Pocket Rocket lightweight rain jacket
Pocket 2. phone (with GPS cpability) goes in another, together with cash and the maps (put them in a polly pocket if worried about sweat destroying them) Could also get iPod in as well, if it's not in the arm-band holder I have for it.
Pocket 3. Gels, Bars, electrolyte tablets for mixing with water.

That leave the saddle bag for the spare tubes/ repair kit / levers / CO2 pump & spare canisters...

Simples.

amaferanga

rbrettell wrote:

....So far in a tiny saddle bag I have....

Get a larger saddlebag then! I have one of these. I bought it for long (300km+) rides, but ended up using it a lot on shorter rides, especially in the winter.

And my advice for a 100mile ride is to take a 'waterproof' jacket, even if its just a lightweight showerproof. Getting wet is fine, but without something that's at least windproof you will get cold, particularly if you stop.

rbrettell

Cheers

Looks like I better get craming the saddle bag a bit more

then add CO2 and lightweight rain jacket to the shopping list

hopper1

LorneC wrote:

Are you going to be wearing a proper cycling shirt?

Pocket 1. Altura Pocket Rocket lightweight rain jacket
Pocket 2. phone (with GPS cpability) goes in another, together with cash and the maps (put them in a polly pocket if worried about sweat destroying them) Could also get iPod in as well, if it's not in the arm-band holder I have for it.
Pocket 3. Gels, Bars, electrolyte tablets for mixing with water.

That leave the saddle bag for the spare tubes/ repair kit / levers / CO2 pump & spare canisters...

Simples.

+1

APIII

Spare tube, multitool and pump go in one rear pocket. Keys and phone in the other. Jacket if needed goes in the last one. Energy bars and gels I keep in a small 'bento' bag on the top tube (easy access and stops them getting warm and mushy)

cjw

I've got a CO2 pump, but only ever use it for the MTB tubeless tyres. Have never taken it out on a ride.

Reason?

How many canisters should I take? Sod's law states "you will get one more puncture than you have canisters at the furthest position away from home".

Mini pump is fine for me. OK will take longer to pump up, but at least I can do so until I run out of tubes and patches. And yes you can get a duel type pump, but why bother.

markos1963

hopper1 wrote:

LorneC wrote:

Are you going to be wearing a proper cycling shirt?

Pocket 1. Altura Pocket Rocket lightweight rain jacket
Pocket 2. phone (with GPS cpability) goes in another, together with cash and the maps (put them in a polly pocket if worried about sweat destroying them) Could also get iPod in as well, if it's not in the arm-band holder I have for it.
Pocket 3. Gels, Bars, electrolyte tablets for mixing with water.

That leave the saddle bag for the spare tubes/ repair kit / levers / CO2 pump & spare canisters...

Simples.

+1

+2

Anonymous

Yep,

Cycle shirt
key, detatched from bunch.
£20 note.
Phone
minipump
small waterproof/gilet
Food.

Bag.
Tube, patches, levers, minitool.
2 x bottles. you can get water/sportsdrinks from garages on the way if you need.

Redsteveb

I've got a 70 mile trip planned for Sunday...Bristol to Devizes.

Must admit I tend to fly by the seat of my pants and don't bother with puncture repair kits etc...If anything happens then I'll call the wife to collect me

So therefore no pump either and I simply take 2 bottles with Gatorade,my mobile ensuring it's fully charged (but switched off) £20 note, and some food consisting of a couple of Soreen Malt Loaf bars (lovely) half a dozen fig biscuits and half a dosen glucose tablets.

All of this fits into my seat bag (a very small one) and my jersey pockets. I'm not bothered with waterproofs (if it's wet, then it's wet, and at this time of the year it's not exactly too cold) and just encourages me to pedal harder to get home more quickly.

Takis61

Pump should gomon the bike, ditto multitool in the saddle bag, if you crash & they are in pockets they will hurt.
Forget the repair kit & just take spare tubes.
Waterproof can either be folded small & in pocket or if is one with a strap/connectors (for want of the right word) in the back pocket, you can attach it to the top tube to save bulging pockets.

Flasheart

After work 18 mile blast: Topeak Mini 18 tool with a couple of self adhesive patches and a tyre boot shoved into the tools neoprene pouch and kept in jersey pocket. On Bike mini pump and water bottle.

Weekend ride: Topeak medium saddlebag with Topeak tool as above + Sebertool minitool (for the pliers) spare tube, proper puncture kit (as I don't trust the SA ones 100%) a couple of cable ties. A spare inhaler (lost one once out of my jersey pocket ..not clever)
Old film canister with Assos chamois creame in it (you wouldn't believe how easily I chafe) and a tiny itty bitty button compass as I have gotten lost out in the sticks back in Australia before and a compass saved my a$$
In jersey: Inhaler, mobile phone (in secured pocket) ,lucosade or dextrose tabs or Sport Beans and an energy gel. I can usually get by by not using the gel etc. but it can't hurt to carry them just in case.
On Bike: mini pump in carrier mounted next to the bottle cage +2water bottles
In trailer: kitchen sink