Contents of your saddlebag (and what multitool?)

homers_double

Peasants, my support car carries all maner of mechanical paraphernalia.

evodeda

1 x Multi tool
1 x Tube
1 x Pump
1 x Glue patches
1 x Quick Links
2 x Tyre Levers

and a recently added Valve Key.

I'd been riding my Zipp's all last year always thinking I'd had everything to get me home not realising I'd need a valve key to swap my valve extension onto my new tube. :shock:

alex222

Storage bottle (except when i need two bottles and then it all goes in a saddle bag)
2 x inner tubes
2 x tyre leavers
1 x glue patches
1 x mini pump
1 x multi tool
1 x £10 note
1 x wet wipe
1 x house key

mrb123

In a Sticky Pod (small pouch that goes in your middle back pocket)
1 inner tube
CO2 head and 2 gas cylinders
Glueless patches
2 tyre levers
3, 4 and 5mm Allen keys
Pair of latex gloves
Couple of pound coins.

Latex gloves proved invaluable at the weekend when I had my chain come off and get wedged under the chain catcher. Would have been absolutely filthy without them by the time I'd sorted it out.

Other jersey pockets then used for phone, food etc. Cash and house key in zipped jersey pocket.

slowbike

same as many above ...

only comment to add really is that if I've put a new component on or think I may need to make a further adjustment to a component then I carry the tool(s) for that job separately - eg Saddle height change = allen key in a convenient pocket - saves faffing about with the saddlebag.

For those who don't carry chainbreak tools or quicklinks - I've had to deal with broken drive chain components twice now - both times involved a chainbreak - only the second one involved the quicklink because I learnt from the first one that it's quicker to use them than faff about on the roadside trying to put a chain back together...

laurentian

Pretty much the same as above but separate 3,4 and 5mm allen keys as opposed to a multitool (why would I want to take up more space to use imperfect tools for the job?). If I can't fix it on the side of the road with those Allen keys, it's probably beyond roadside repair for me.

Separate chain breaker - tried my mates on his (Lezyne) multitool last weekend - absolutely rubbish.

Innertube x 1

glueless patches x 4

11 sp Quick Links (plus an 8 speed one incase I come across someone who needs one)

Nitrile gloves are good but I also have three or four of those lemon wipe things they give you in KFC to clean oil from the hands.

Spoke key

CO2 Inflator/cartridge

Anitihistamine tablet (I have a bee sting allergy and, following advice on one of these threads, put one in the caddysack that all of the above tools go in that goes in my jersey middle pocket. Sat there for possibly 2 and a half years without being used until one evening last summer in the middle of nowhere, I was very grateful for that advice!)

kiteloopy

Fenix wrote:

rubertoe wrote:

But try tightening a bottle bolt with a short and chunky multitool. That is a PITA. Also the ones with chain breakers built in. Really faffy. Lots of other fiddly bolts that you may get caught out with.

This is something that I’m aware of but never bit the bullet.
When you NEED to adjust/fix something on the road, small multitools are the worst, but I cant bear to swap out my multitool for something heavier and bulkier which would make roadside fixes’ much quicker and faff free.

the_chief15

Spare tube
Mini pump
Tyre levers
Patches and glue
Phone
Chain tool
Multi tool - wiggle lifeline one, it turns the bolts just fine and who cares if it rusts in a couple of years for £2.50

sloppyschleckonds

Haven't read the whole thread but there must be someone who takes a kitchen sink with them

dennisn

mrfpb wrote:

I do wonder if I should carry chain breaker and quick link, but I've never had a broken chain, and it seems to be a remote risk.

It's "remote" until it happens and you're someplace "remote". Almost all decent multi tools have a chain breaker and the weight of them AND master link is nothing.

sloppyschleckonds

dennisn wrote:

mrfpb wrote:

I do wonder if I should carry chain breaker and quick link, but I've never had a broken chain, and it seems to be a remote risk.

It's "remote" until it happens and you're someplace "remote". Almost all decent multi tools have a chain breaker and the weight of them AND master link is nothing.

This is the UK, a very small % of rides would fall into this category.

Most people would call their other halfs for a puncture 3 miles from home.

dennisn

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

dennisn wrote:

mrfpb wrote:

I do wonder if I should carry chain breaker and quick link, but I've never had a broken chain, and it seems to be a remote risk.

It's "remote" until it happens and you're someplace "remote". Almost all decent multi tools have a chain breaker and the weight of them AND master link is nothing.

This is the UK, a very small % of rides would fall into this category.

Most people would call their other halfs for a puncture 3 miles from home.

Don't know about "over there" but for me, having to call someone for a busted chain or flat is pretty lame and lazy. Now if I busted my chain and splattered my balls all over the top tube, well, that might be a different situation.

58585

In about 15 years of serious riding I have needed:
Chain tool - twice, didn't have for the first time, then found it was rusted up when I tried to use it 2nd time, walking distance home, lesson learned, now kept tied up in a rubber glove in my pocket
Quick links - once, always have with me
1x tube - approx 10 times, always have with me so no worries
Tyre levers - once or twice
Allen keys - once or twice

I have not been doing huge miles(about 5 - 7k km per year) and I keep my bikes well maintained. These days I have a topeak ratchet rocket, spare tube/tubular, mini pump, valve core tightener, quick link and vittoria pitstop. No saddle bag, but always a couple of gels as the hunger knock has been an issue more than mechanicals...