What do you take on a ride??
jonesy5
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New to this cycling thing and have started to increase the length of my rides, the longest so far has been 2 hrs. What do you need to take on a ride, where you are some distance from home. (pump- what kind? food, water, money, phone, repair kit, waterproof, small tool kit????) and how and where do you carry them. At present I'm alternating between carrying just my phone in a very very small saddle bag to ring my better half if needed and carrying a few of the above in a rucksack.
I'm off to Decathlon tomorrow, so any advice would be really helpful
I'm off to Decathlon tomorrow, so any advice would be really helpful
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Dave
Pockets - 2 spare tubes (easy to pinch flat when changing tubes, so need more than 1 in my experience) - banana, cereal bar, gel for emergencies/bomk, phone & maybe 2 quid - and an emergency card with details & numbers on it.
Bottles - 2, one with Isotonic, one with water.
My rear light never comes off - my front light I only fit if I know I'm going to need it.
Additional stuff dependant on the weather: gilet, cagoole, arm warmers.
Wallet if I'm likely to stop.
- Tyre levers.
- CO2 and inflator (my best friend when cold and raining).
- Mini-pump
- Mini-tool with chain tool.
- Chain quick-link.
- Mobile
- Credit Card
- Money
- Picnic Hamper on a trailer
Tubes and pump in the back-pockets. Everything else in a saddle-bag.
Where is the logic of, " let's face it if you puncture once the probability of puncturing again is the same and with only one tube, you could be stuffed!" Because, by your logic the probability of puncturing more than twice is still the same? so why not take 3-4-5......tubes. If you can't fit a tube in a tyre without pinching it then I suggest a little practice!!
Dave
Well obviously I'm inept - if only I was as skilled as you. As for practice - try 9 punctures this year, and in addition the loss of 4 spares due to 2 (yes, count them) pinch-flats, 1 broken valve when pumping with a mini-pump, and one valve launching itself off into oblivion when inflating with CO2. Believe me - when it's freezing cold and it's raining then 2 tubes means that her indoors gets her lie-in on a Sunday morning.
I think he was trying to say that a rider can puncture more than once in a ride. It happened
to a bloke (Liam from Brighton) who latched on and joined our group a few weeks ago.
He punctured and told the rest of the group to carry on without him. He trapped part of his
(only) replacement tube between the tyre bead and rim causing another puncture. Just imagine if
we had carried on as he had suggested. As he was working hundreds of miles away from home that week,
I think his only option would have been to enlist the help of the owner of the house where he was
renting a room. We helped him out and he was ok for the rest of the ride.
I have punctured 3 times in a ride before. This was on the "Worcester to Source" 200km audax
about 3 years ago. I think it pays to carry more than one spare tube.
Patches
Pump
Multitool
Mobile Phone
Cash
Drink
That's it for me (but I'm only doing 20 mile rides at the mo.
This year, for no particular reason, I decided to take 2 bottles (with electrolyte stuff), 4 bananas, & 3 packets of energy thingies. Oh, and a pump, patches and spare tubes.
3 tacks, a lot of cramp and a definite near-bonking feeling later I made it across the line; maybe it was the extra weight of the kit that made it such hard work?
I realise what he was saying, (think he took umbridge to my practice comment?) But I still say why stop at 2? If you get a puncture the chances of getting another are exactly the same as when you set off! So you could just as well get 2-3 or more. With the exception of a very small minority, most people could phone a friend, wife, boss, G/F, if you got more than one! I myself have been on rides where I have punctured so have had to walk/bus home. It's not the end of the world and very few people will be hundreds of miles from home when they get one.
Dave
I like your style, but take care with that wine or you'll find yourself cycling one of these
can i get one in carbon fibre?
7 Mars Bars
Saddle bag
2 inner tubes
3 tyre levers
1 multi took
mobile phone + headhones
gloves
arm warmers
leg warmers
HRM
Garmin.
2 tubes
2 tyre levers
multi-tool
mobile phone
£5
Salbutamol inhaler
The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
This forum really is a font of knowledge for us beginners from hills to clip ons
I shall shop wisely for a suitable saddle bag, mini pump & spare tubes, Etc.
jonesy
spare tube
2 tyre levers
allen keys
telephone numbers of local taxis in case of major breakdown - beats walking home
cash for a coffee and cake
emergency details - who you are / address etc
Puncture outfit
Back pockets of cycling jersey:
waterproof
snicker bar
tissues to wipe away the sweat / blow you nose
On the bike:
Water bottles
Minin pump
Kitchen sink to heavy to carry!!
Firkin' 'ell where are you cycling to, China.
The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
Personally for me that looks like 100+ miles worth of food n' stuff.
Altho I always enjoy a good cafe stop after around 60 miles. Saves you from carrying stuff and pver summer- why not!
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost;
Than never to have loved at all."
Alfred Tennyson
I decided to take a trip to halfords today to get a chain cleaning kit and was impressed by there bike hut saddle bag it had more internal space than the topeak of similar size so that ended up being bought along with the topeak multi tool set which contains all the tools mentioned above in a very compact case that if required to clips onto your seat post.
So far i am impressed with my shopping trip and will give them a proper test ride tomorrow :twisted:
What sort of ride you doing ? :roll:
I have one in the saddle bag - then Decathlon sell them in packs of 2, so I just put a pack in the back pocket, er. so 1+2 = 3.
I did a sportive in May loaded like this, didn't puncture myself, but the guy I was riding with actually punctured back & front simultaneously - then buggered up the one tube he was carrying spare, so needed both of mine.
Then punctured again & took my 3rd - all in 60 miles.
And I do know how to change a tube, maybe you should check the Forum again, it says beginners.
I notice that hardly anyone carries a puncture repair kit. Any reason for that? I cary two tubes plus my kit with ten patches in, multi tool with chain tool, plastic tyre levers, CO2 pump plus mini pump and some money or my switch card. No phone,i seriously have no one i could ring in an emergency!
There's Taxi's you can call in a worse case scenario.