Top ten must haves in any mountain bike bag ?

Steve_b77

Short Rides

Inner tube, multi tool, tyre lever & missing link in saddle pack, pump on frame, water bottle on frame - done

Longer Rides

Camel Pack - up to 3l of energy/electrolyte drink
2 Inner Tubes
Pump
Multi tool
2 tyre levers
missing link
stick on patches
gels & bars

bluechair84

Condoms


Becuase you never know what might take your fancy when alone in the dales.

bomberesque

^mostly what they say

plus some money. you never know when you may need emergency cash and even if you never need it for an emergency, there's always a pub at the end of the ride and many of teh ones near me don't take c/cards

in my pack;

Leysene pump (shinier, but IMO not as good as the mountain morph)
Minitool (incl chaintool)
Toppeak shuttle levers, you could change a car tyre with them, just about ;-)
Wallet, Phone, Keys
Paklite goretex jacket (if I'm not wearing it)
2l reservoir with water in
Some bar fellas (the chokky orange ones from decathlon are tasty and cheap!
Spare tube and repair kit (even though I've been tubeless for 2 years I still carry a tube)
Compass
some chain links and a powerlink (links for the SS, just in case)
Sometimes a thermal base layer to put on if the ride gets cold (evening/night rides at the moment start at 15deg and can be 5 by the end)

ride_whenever

Suitable clothing and a warm extra layer just in case, so nothing cotton
helmet
gloves plus spare pair
waterproofs
multitool + gerber
pump
inner tubes
first aid kit and thermal blanket
food and water
spare chain links
brake pads
gear cable
lights (just in case)
duck tape
zip ties
phone (in an aquapac)
money

That is for any ride more than 30 mins walk from home, I always tell my housemates where i'm giong and when i'm likely to be home.

For short rides more locally, then i'll just carry tubes, pump and multitool. All my really local rides are less than 30 mins walk from home at the furthest point and pass by decent facilities.

AndyTheRocketeer

coins (for the tram when bike breaks)
mobile phone (for if I break)

then optionally:
multitool w/ chain thingy (to remove broken bit of chain)
powerlinks
spare tube
tyre levers
park self adhesive patches
narna (for when peckish)
powerbar (for when narna is gone)
pump

bbug

Bignige wrote:

Copy of Razzle......Ooops wrong forum :oops:

Which Razzle? M252 or the later lighter B12. Personally I'm still using the H4nd I had from before hydraulics were invented, but I've taken off the last 10 pages of adverts. This makes it almost 70gm lighter. :roll:

RealMan

andyrm wrote:

I saw a really nice extra bit of kit that had previously slipped my thinking to pack this weekend - one of the lads we were out with had a beautiful stainless steel hipflask in his camelback, with etched Cannondale logo. Full of JD and coke!!!!! What a legend!

Except for the girls drink. Only JD in mine, with STW logo etched on.

Miggins

Spare tube
Tyre levers
Puncture repair kit
Mini pump
Multi tool
Cable ties
Hi vis vest (so an air ambulance/rescue team can see me)
Mini strap-on lights (for if I unexpectedly need to go on the road after dark)
Anti mozzie spray (Avon Skin-So-Soft - the mutt's nuts, apparently)
Camera (because half the fun of MTBing is the scenery)