Separate toolkit with each bike? Or one per bike?

[Profpointy]

I have a toolkit in a round tupperware container, which just about fits in a water bottle cage so readily swappable.

That said, one bike is 700c and the ither 26" wheels, so spare tubes are per-bike

Also I often have a pannier or bar bag, so it's often easier to drop the tools/ tubes in the bag

 

[wafter]

One set of tools / spares in the Brompton back, another in the Osprey rucksack that I use when on any of the other bikes.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I don't ride my Brompton much these days, but it has its own separate kit appropriately sized spare tubes and other Brompton specific gubbins.

 

[cyberknight]

Commuter has its own in the pannier bag others share one ina leyzene saddle bag that had a clip so I have a saddle clip on each bike and transfer when needed

 

[Drago]

One ETA cycle rescue policy covers all my bikes

Are you sure you'd simply rather not twirl an Allen key and be on your way in a few seconds rather than wait for rescue to arrive? Have you not seen Deliverance?

 

[vickster]

Are you sure you'd simply rather not twirl an Allen key and be on your way in a few seconds rather than wait for rescue to arrive? Have you not seen Deliverance?

I rarely if ever need an Allen key on the road, more saves on puncture repair at the roadside, I’d rather do in front of the TV with a cup of tea. They don’t send a rescue van, they refund me for an Uber which arrives in 5 minutes or so

And no why would I?

 

[Drago]

Why wait 5 minutes?

If you'd seen it, you'd understand.

 

[vickster]

Why wait 5 minutes?

If you'd seen it, you'd understand.

Because I usually mess up punctures at the roadside, takes too long and it always seems to happen when I need to get home quickly

I know what the film is about. I don’t ride in remote parts of the USA or anywhere

 

[fossyant]

Separate kit for 'different' bikes. Commuter has kit already in panniers and a few 'extras'. Separate kit for road bikes (can be used on the CX when on road wheels) as tubes etc all same size. Another kit for the MTB, includes a couple of space blankets and a survival bag - just in case - mainly if I come across other people, which has happened before), and a kit for the CX bike - tubes are bigger than the road bike.

 

[presta]

an Uber which arrives in 5 minutes or so

They have room for the bike?

I usually mess up punctures at the roadside

More practise needed.

 

[vickster]

They have room for the bike?

More practise needed.

Of course, Uber XL
And…I get maybe one or two punctures a year so…
Life’s too short
But each to their own

 

[ianrauk]

My toolset/kit is kept in a toolbox bottle so I switch it between the bikes.

 

[Anthony-C]

Dread to think what an Uber XL must cost if it needs a rescue policy to cope with it

One time the chain came off and stuck fast in the cranks, so now my 'best bike' toolkit has just the bare essentials and a hefty lock in case I have to walk home for more. Must sort my life out.

 

[Windle]

I have my tool kit in an old 'Giro d' Italia' bike bottle with a waterproof (or it used to be) cover over it, that's got tyre levers, multitool, co2, a spoke key, chain tool and a small puncture outfit in it. It gets put on whichever bike I'm using at the time. My most used three bikes always have a pump on them and almost every one of my eight (!) have a saddle pack with the relevant size spare tube in. I've got extra tyre levers and a cafe lock in the saddle pack of my gravel bike as that's the one I use the most.
I was just about to add something about the frequency of needing these things but...... best not .

 

[vickster]

Dread to think what an Uber XL must cost if it needs a rescue policy to cope with it

Not sure what you mean? I pay £18 a year, about what the cab has cost the couple of times I’ve used it