What Spares Do You Carry?

[Otto]

2 tubes
puncture kit
pump
Multi tool
allen keys
chain splitter
6 inches or so of chain
screwdrivers
small adjustable wrench
one front spoke one rear
spoke keys
a few assorted nuts and bolts
disposable gloves

 

[domtyler]

Number of punctures in past twelve months of cycling, including year round commuting: 0
Number of mechanicals in past twelve months of cycling, including year round commuting: 0

Emergency equipment taken on commute: Wallet, Mobile.

 

[hackbike 6]

I don't find it a problem. If it makes you feel better take what you want, it just seems an excessive amount of kit to take for something that it isn't a major expedition.



And already on CC by 05:39!!

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This post also.

 

[andylaw79]

I carry:

Spare tubes
Multi Tool
Pump
Tyre Levers
P* repair kit
Spare batteries
Latex gloves.

Had a visit from the P* fairy this morning, luckily about 300 meters from work, so I know what I'm doing over lunch.

 

[Crackle]

Blimey numbnuts, you don't so much carry stuff as haul it!

I have two saddlepacks, one for my mtn bike and one for my road bike. I got fed up with swopping them around. The mtn bike pack has the less elegant tools in it because ........well because it does. It gets used less and for shorter journeys.

Both have:

money (few quid)
pr kit & levers
spare tube
multi-tool

in my jersey I have:

phone in a bag
tissues
a pure fruit chewy bar
keys.

That's it.

I have needed a chain tool twice. Once for a friend who had a plastic bag destroy his derailleur and once for a guy on a mtn bike who'd also destroyed his derailleur.

 

[hackbike 6]

I carry:

Spare tubes
Multi Tool
Pump
Tyre Levers
P* repair kit
Spare batteries
Latex gloves.

Had a visit from the P* fairy this morning, luckily about 300 meters from work, so I know what I'm doing over lunch.

Yeah batteries.I bung all the freebie batteries in my bag.Never use them though.

 

[andylaw79]

Yeah batteries.I bung all the freebie batteries in my bag.Never use them though.

I'm the same, use rechargables and any spares get put in my bag. Came in useful the other day as my wireless mouse needed some. Now down to 6 pairs.

 

[goo_mason]

I find that giving yourself 10-15 minutes in the evening when you get home or in the morning before I leave for work just to check over my bike
(wheels, tyres, brakes and chain) and make sure everything is o.k is enough.

That's why I like my Langster for commuting because is so easy to maintain.

I do that as well, but you don't expect the unexpected. Checking your tyres over at home is no guarantee that you're not going to puncture on your ride.

 

[hackbike 6]

Ooops I don't and I know I should.

I do mean to check my tyres over and get the odd bits of glass out in fact I will do this now.

 

[yenrod]

Foldable allen keys.

Tube/s.

Small 1st Aid Kit (I may just feel empathetic to a car driver (in a crash) but mainly myself.)

Roady Cap.

Puncture Kit.

Bank Wallet.

Spare Chain-Links.

Chain Extractor.

Tyre Levers.

 

[hackbike 6]

Nope didn't do it,got distracted.

Just have.

Going to sort my spares,tools out i'm sure there is stuff in there I don't need.

Number of punctures in past twelve months of cycling, including year round commuting: 0
Number of mechanicals in past twelve months of cycling, including year round commuting: 0

Emergency equipment taken on commute: Wallet, Mobile.

That's what's so good about solid rubber tyres.

 

[Chappy]

I only take

1x Pump
1x Inner tube
1x Patch kit
1x Multi tool
1x 15mil spanner

That all I need

 

[hackbike 6]

Errr just checked through my rucksack...

Found 4 mini bike pumps
About 10 spare innertubes.
5 spoke key thingies
about 10 of the caps that go on the valves with the nut thingy that tigens the valve to the rim.
2 adjustable spanners
Bits and bobs collected from other bikes and discarded in there
Allen Keys
Penknife
Spanners and loads of spare patches.
A chain
4 viagra and a condom
More than one roll of tape
3x Spare back light
3x Spare front lights
spare headphones
Lots of spare batteries
Mini Torches x2
Spare MP3 player
Emergency Phone Charger.
Spare wiring for lighting sytem.

 

[rootes]

mini pump on bike,

some of those magic park puncture patches (how ace are those!)

two park tyres levers..

 

[John the Monkey]

Found 4 mini bike pumps
About 10 spare innertubes.
5 spoke key thingies
about 10 of the caps that go on the valves with the nut thingy that tigens the valve to the rim.
2 adjustable spanners
Bits and bobs collected from other bikes and discarded in there
Allen Keys
Penknife
Spanners and loads of spare patches.
A chain
4 viagra and a condom
More than one roll of tape
3x Spare back light
3x Spare front lights
spare headphones
Lots of spare batteries
Mini Torches
Spare MP3 player

Shoot, a fella could have pretty good night out in Vegas with all that stuff...