What to do about pockets

Ridea10
Ridea10 Posts: 19
edited November 2016 in Road general
I'm new to this Lycra clad malarkey, previously its hidden well below a pair of shorts with plenty of pockets for multi tools, change for coffees, phones, keys etc. Whilst I admit I look pretty cool on skinny tyres and baggy shorts, it's just not aero nor quite as comfy as cycling around in a pair of padded leggings. Which begs the question what do you do with all of the essential, out-of-the-house items when you go for a ride in these pocketless contraptions?

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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Ridea10 wrote:

    Discuss

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  • Fypo
    Fypo Posts: 24
    Cycling jerseys have 3 pockets at the back for a reason, or you could always go with a saddle bag.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    End of discussion.
  • Ridea10
    Ridea10 Posts: 19
    Fypo wrote:
    Cycling jerseys have 3 pockets at the back for a reason, or you could always go with a saddle bag.

    Are these not generally open topped I.e. No zip? Not the kind of place you want to put say the means to getting back into your house in?
  • Fypo
    Fypo Posts: 24
    Ridea10 wrote:
    Are these not generally open topped I.e. No zip? Not the kind of place you want to put say the means to getting back into your house in?

    Yes but I'm not sure how something would actually manage to fall out as they are normally quite deep, also there is a small zipped pocket on most jerseys which could be used for storing your keys/phone or something else important.
  • davep1
    davep1 Posts: 837
    I have Gore and Morvelo jerseys, chosen because of the three pockets plus zip pocket at the back, AND little extra pockets more round the sides. These can take a couple of gels, or maybe an inner tube.
    It's enough for 3 seasons, in the winter I usually have a jacket with a couple of extra pockets so that's plenty
  • flasher
    flasher Posts: 1,734
    Just use the jersey pockets, nothing will fall out, unless you fall off!
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    35 years cycling. Never lost anything from a back pocket. Gravity is a wonderful thing.
  • chippyk
    chippyk Posts: 529
    Small bag for tools and tubes, pump, any food, gilet/jacket and phone in back pockets, notes and debit card in phone case. Many jerseys have a zip pocket, a Rapha brevet top has a handy chest pocket for your cake and tea money. Phone in a zip lock sandwich bag this time of year.
  • Ridea10
    Ridea10 Posts: 19
    ChippyK wrote:
    Small bag for tools and tubes, pump, any food, gilet/jacket and phone in back pockets, notes and debit card in phone case. Many jerseys have a zip pocket, a Rapha brevet top has a handy chest pocket for your cake and tea money. Phone in a zip lock sandwich bag this time of year.

    I presume by bag you mean saddle bag? Does this pass the aero test :roll: ?

    I did see an interesting idea which was to chop off a bottle top and chuck all your tools and inners in it in the 2nd bottle mount....
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,408
    Ridea10 wrote:
    ChippyK wrote:
    Small bag for tools and tubes, pump, any food, gilet/jacket and phone in back pockets, notes and debit card in phone case. Many jerseys have a zip pocket, a Rapha brevet top has a handy chest pocket for your cake and tea money. Phone in a zip lock sandwich bag this time of year.

    I presume by bag you mean saddle bag? Does this pass the aero test :roll: ?

    I did see an interesting idea which was to chop off a bottle top and chuck all your tools and inners in it in the 2nd bottle mount....
    Or.
    You could simply unscrew the top of the bottle. :roll:
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    You can buy tool bottles just for that. Planet x sells them for a couple of quid.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Ridea10 wrote:
    ChippyK wrote:
    Small bag for tools and tubes, pump, any food, gilet/jacket and phone in back pockets, notes and debit card in phone case. Many jerseys have a zip pocket, a Rapha brevet top has a handy chest pocket for your cake and tea money. Phone in a zip lock sandwich bag this time of year.

    I presume by bag you mean saddle bag? Does this pass the aero test :roll: ?

    I did see an interesting idea which was to chop off a bottle top and chuck all your tools and inners in it in the 2nd bottle mount....
    Or.
    You could simply unscrew the top of the bottle. :roll:

    As long as it's an aero bottle of course.
  • craker
    craker Posts: 1,739
    Lost my phone out of my back pocket a month or so ago.

    Cheap top (loose pockets) fixed gear @ high cadence (I was bumping around a bit) and the thing pinged out into the middle of the road to be immediately squashed by a 4 x 4.

    :-(
  • crescent
    crescent Posts: 1,201
    After several years of cycling I have finally whittled down everything I need and comfortably fit it all in for every ride. It takes a while to learn what you need but chances are you are carrying too much. I bought one of these small pouches which takes a small pump, patches, multi tool, levers, Elastoplast, antiseptic wipe, tie-wraps, rubber bands, spare chain link, section of rubber tyre to repair a blow out and my house key - all "essential" items that I have learned to carry through bitter experience - obviously not needed every ride but wouldn't want to leave home without them now.

    http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/bianch ... mpact.html

    It fits easily into the middle jersey pocket, leaving one other pocket for tube and gels and another for phone and light rain cape - I hate clutter and this is anything but. I also hate saddle bags so on longer runs carry a tool bottle with another tube and CO2 inflator in it.
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  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,669
    I have everything in a Lidl carrier bag which I hang from my handlebars.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Gethinceri wrote:
    I have everything in a Lidl carrier bag which I hang from my handlebars.

    I've seen those. Heard they start at 5p too, bargain!
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Gethinceri wrote:
    I have everything in a Lidl carrier bag which I hang from my handlebars.

    Carrier bags - lethal!

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  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    Carrier bags are lethal. I remember cycling back from the Video shop one evening, Two VHS tapes in a bag on the bars - the bloody bag started to oscillate in the wind and nearly brought me down.
  • Gromson
    Gromson Posts: 100
    Fenix wrote:
    Carrier bags are lethal. I remember cycling back from the Video shop one evening, Two VHS tapes in a bag on the bars - the bloody bag started to oscillate in the wind and nearly brought me down.

    Video shop.
    VHS tapes

    What language is this???
  • ForumNewbie
    ForumNewbie Posts: 1,664
    Ridea10 wrote:
    ChippyK wrote:
    Small bag for tools and tubes, pump, any food, gilet/jacket and phone in back pockets, notes and debit card in phone case. Many jerseys have a zip pocket, a Rapha brevet top has a handy chest pocket for your cake and tea money. Phone in a zip lock sandwich bag this time of year.

    I presume by bag you mean saddle bag? Does this pass the aero test :roll: ?

    I did see an interesting idea which was to chop off a bottle top and chuck all your tools and inners in it in the 2nd bottle mount....
    Most saddle bags are small and fit under the saddle. An extra bottle for tools is probably less aero.

    I like to put money/bank card and phone in a zipped jersey pocket, but as others have said a good jersey has 3 deep back pockets that things won't fall out of. I also carry a decent hand pump, which is attached to a bracket on one of the bottle places, as too big for pockets or saddle bag.
  • stanthomas
    stanthomas Posts: 265
    But see rule #29 thru 31 http://www.velominati.com/the-rules.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,107
    Fenix wrote:
    Carrier bags are lethal. I remember cycling back from the Video shop one evening, Two VHS tapes in a bag on the bars - the bloody bag started to oscillate in the wind and nearly brought me down.


    Too right, cycling back through Colchester with a couple of bags of shopping back when i was a student, one bag gets caught in the front wheel and next thing me, the bike and all my shopping are flat on the tarmac. Whenever I see a cyclist with a bag hanging from the bars I have to fight the urge to stop them and warn them.
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  • MiddleRinger
    MiddleRinger Posts: 678
    Small saddle bag or tool bottle in the second cage. That way I never forget any essential spares, unlike if I were to carry my tube, inflator, levers, etc in my jersey pockets. Those are reserved for my phone, keys and cake!
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  • ayjaycee
    ayjaycee Posts: 1,277
    stanthomas wrote:
    But see rule #29 thru 31 http://www.velominati.com/the-rules.
    Ignore that one - the so called 'rules' are sometimes sensible but often pure ballox. Use a small(ish) saddle bag if you want to. Personally, I would not put anything with pointy bits in my back pockets that's going to dig into my spine and internal organs in the event of an off. Again, it's a personal thing but I would also prefer to use the second bottle cage for fluids, particularly in the warmer months.
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  • Thick Mike
    Thick Mike Posts: 337
    For get VHS tapes, LPs were the very worst bag contents for handlebar conveyance...especially if they were in a supermarket bag that has the handles in the wrong place!
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Imposter wrote:
    End of discussion.

    Ya got that right. That's hitting the nail on the head.
  • Man Of Lard
    Man Of Lard Posts: 903
    stanthomas wrote:
    But see rule #29 thru 31 http://www.velominati.com/the-rules.

    Rules are made to be broken :mrgreen:
  • Ridea10
    Ridea10 Posts: 19
    dennisn wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    End of discussion.

    Ya got that right. That's hitting the nail on the head.

    He says 2 pages and multiple other suggestions later..... :roll:
  • Ridea10
    Ridea10 Posts: 19
    stanthomas wrote:
    But see rule #29 thru 31 http://www.velominati.com/the-rules.

    This is great I now have a bible to live my new roadie life by

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