Office Survival kit

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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    ** Pulls up sharply and starts reeling **

    Anyone brought a net?
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    I have two workplaces, on has very few tools but building services don't mind me borrowing things if i need to fix my bike.

    The other has 3 work stands, a full workshop and many experienced mechanics. Plus more spares than you can shake your lockring at, but it is a bike shop...
    Neeermad
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  • glauciaregina9
    glauciaregina9 Posts: 259
    Ball of string
    Tea light
    Sextant
    Glitter
    2nd class stamp
    Macaroon
    Thingymajig
    Doo-dah
    Wolf
    Sheeps clothing (to use with the wolf)
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Spare cable inners.

    I've got a brake and a gear one in my desk at all times just incase. I've just realised I've got no cutters though, what a tool I am. :roll:
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    glauciaregina9 wrote:
    Ball of string
    Tea light
    Sextant
    Glitter
    2nd class stamp
    Macaroon
    Thingymajig
    Doo-dah
    Wolf
    Sheeps clothing (to use with the wolf)
    Priceless. Coffee / keyboard moment there. :lol:
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    prawny wrote:
    Spare cable inners.

    I've got a brake and a gear one in my desk at all times just incase. I've just realised I've got no cutters though, what a tool I am. :roll:

    You don't need cutters you can usually pull the end caps off and then you just coil the excess until you get home.
    Neeermad
    Carbon 456
    456 lefty
    Pompino
    White Inbred
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    CiB wrote:
    glauciaregina9 wrote:
    Ball of string
    Tea light
    Sextant
    Glitter
    2nd class stamp
    Macaroon
    Thingymajig
    Doo-dah
    Wolf
    Sheeps clothing (to use with the wolf)
    Priceless. Coffee / keyboard moment there. :lol:

    I was trying to work out why McGyver had joined the forum....
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    ride_whenever wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Spare cable inners.

    I've got a brake and a gear one in my desk at all times just incase. I've just realised I've got no cutters though, what a tool I am. :roll:

    You don't need cutters you can usually pull the end caps off and then you just coil the excess until you get home.

    Joy!

    Legend me 8)
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Copper grease is great for bolts, but it's not good for bearings. Red-lithium based greases are better for bearings.

    Cool, you answered the question I had in my mind before I asked it. :D

    I have a tube of copper grease, but didn't put any on my axle bearings when I changed my cassette last weekend. I didn't have any other crease, mind, so the bearings got no love at all. Will get some suitable grease.
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)
  • wgwarburton
    wgwarburton Posts: 1,863
    ride_whenever wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Spare cable inners.

    I've got a brake and a gear one in my desk at all times just incase. I've just realised I've got no cutters though, what a tool I am. :roll:

    You don't need cutters you can usually pull the end caps off and then you just coil the excess until you get home.

    ...as long as its not a "universal" double ended cable.

    Cheers,
    W.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Seems there's one item forgotten

    shiny-sink.jpg


    inner tubes
    puncture repair kit
    multi tool
    track pump
    tyre irons

    that will get anyone home barring massive bike failure in which case they take it to a lbs at lunch
    Purveyor of sonic doom

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  • WesternWay
    WesternWay Posts: 564
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Good God.

    My 'office survival kit':

    CO2, adapter.
    Multitool
    Innertube
    Tyre levers
    Spanner (thanks biondino - I must bring it back)

    I can't really see that anyone would use anything else, bar perhaps a track pump.

    This is what I have... At the last office we had a track pump which was nice, but other than that I reckon that is what you want/need to get you home.
  • ex-pat scot
    ex-pat scot Posts: 939
    TailWindHome wrote:
    WD 40
    Hammer
    Duck/Duct Tape

    Anything else is just fancy pants
    +1
    Hammer if it should move and won't
    Duct tape if it moves and shouldn't.
    Oil if it squeaks.


    I keep the following in my locker, and lend / use regularly to colleagues:
    - track pump (presta)
    - mini pump (schraeder)
    - dumb-bell multi tool
    - adjustable spanner
    - allen key multi tool
    - chain link tool
    - oil
    - PR kit
    - zip ties
    - superglue
    - couple of innertubes
    - lots and lots and lots of chocolate
    - spare rear light
    - spare AA and AAA batteries
    Commute: Langster -Singlecross - Brompton S2-LX

    Road: 95 Trek 5500 -Look 695 Aerolight eTap - Boardman TTe eTap

    Offroad: Pace RC200 - Dawes Kickback 2 tandem - Tricross - Boardman CXR9.8 - Ridley x-fire
  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    Good grief, how about a sign above where bikes are locked suggesting they regularly maintain their bikes at home, rather than letting them fall apart first?

    I've been regularly riding to work for several years now, with a current round trip of 60km and some days now extending to 70km. I can't see that many things actually being required if maintenance is done regularly and at home.

    Maybe if you're into 400+km Audax rides some extra things like spare spokes or cable ties might be useful, but hammers? Copper grease? Why not expect people to sort it out themselves or get a cab home, or take the train if possible?

    Certainly the only things I carry are:

    Spare tubes,
    tyre levers,
    pump,
    patches,
    multi-tool with allen keys and screwdriver
    chain tool (never used it have but seen enough broken chains/ripped off rear derailleur's).

    With those you can pretty much sort out any minor problem, anything more serious take it to a bike shop or leave it until you are home.
    'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze....
  • Norky
    Norky Posts: 276
    edited July 2010
    TailWindHome wrote:
    WD 40
    Hammer, Bigger Hammer, Really Flipping Big Hammer, Adjustable Hammer
    Duck/Duct Tape

    FTFY
    The above is a post in a forum on the Intertubes, and should be taken with the appropriate amount of seriousness.
  • Norky
    Norky Posts: 276
    edited July 2010
    double post fail.
    The above is a post in a forum on the Intertubes, and should be taken with the appropriate amount of seriousness.
  • Norky
    Norky Posts: 276
    pst88 wrote:
    Copper grease? What are its advantages over just normal grease?

    Tastier.
    The above is a post in a forum on the Intertubes, and should be taken with the appropriate amount of seriousness.
  • Norky
    Norky Posts: 276
    glauciaregina9 wrote:
    Ball of string
    Tea light
    Sextant
    Glitter
    2nd class stamp
    Macaroon
    Thingymajig
    Doo-dah
    Wolf
    Sheeps clothing (to use with the wolf)

    Is that an old adventure game reference? 'tis jolly funny either way.
    The above is a post in a forum on the Intertubes, and should be taken with the appropriate amount of seriousness.
  • Simon the Pieman
    Simon the Pieman Posts: 48
    Is it cheating to only work at offices above or really near to a bike shop?

    (Bit off the thread but I have stopped for two riders over the last month who have not had a pump - not complaining as I got a lovely warm feling of helping out someone in bother - but am a bit surprised that they were not carrying a pump)
  • Compost
    Compost Posts: 63
    Spare pants, surely?
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    I tend keep the following in my desk drawer in the office:

    Brake pads
    Inner tube
    Allen keys
    CO2 cartridges

    I'll carry a few bits and pieces whilst riding, too.
    I'd quite like a track pump kicking around too, I might pick up one of the cheap Aldi/Lidl ones next time around for people to trip over.
  • Corporate Camper
    Corporate Camper Posts: 293
    ex-pat scot wrote:

    - PR kit

    Quite right. Personally I never leave home without at least having the phone number of a good Spin Doctor, you never know when you may get caught up in an indiscretion.
    '12 CAAD 8 Tiagra
  • Specialized Needs
    Specialized Needs Posts: 802
    Cleat bolts



    Guess what happened to me on the way to work yesterday :evil:

    Such a small thing, but the lack of them makes cycling any distance home a major PITA.
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Since no-one else has mentioned it..

    A few spokes?
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • robz400
    robz400 Posts: 160
    Personally I think its irresponsible to cycle aware without towing a spare bike on a trailer behind you.

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