How do you carry neccessities while riding?

[rouxtjie]

umm and what is wrong with a hydration pack that has a few extra pockets?

 

the hydration pack goes with on every ride, the pace at which I ride it adds about 0.000000001% drag due to weight and aerodinameeecs.

slowone....yes they are handy but again

 

They are heavy

They look hond

They are hot.

 

3 strikes and you are out....I have one and might consider it if I was going to do 200km ride on a route I don't know...but most races or rides we do have ample chance to fill up bottles if we are going slow so why carry another 1L of water that gets hot anyway for niks....my back also feels moer hot when I wear one so its uncomfortable. The looks one is personal thing...I don't like the look, some think it gives them camelman street cred.

 

I'd go so far as to say you could use a regular sandwich bag or two and fold the top over. It's not like you're going scuba diving with the thing...

Yebo...ziplocks are obviously the best, but hey, any bag will do

 

Viva u-checkers pagetti....viva

[PhilipV]

I either use my camelbak or have stuff strapped to my seatpost with insulation tape and the rest stuffed into my shirt or baggy pockets.

 

For longer trail rides I even pack a fold up saw, for when there is a fallen tree/log over the trail. Don't just ride around it, pay it forward and clear the trail. You'd be surprised how many times we've done this. But then these ruses also come with lot's of food and stops for chats.

 

If you throw your spare tube along with tools in a pocket/ backpack/saddlebag put the tube in an old sock. The tools rub against the tube and then chafe it. Little chafe hole holes in a tube is like stapling an AIDS awareness pamflet to a condom.

 

I also like using the camelbak as I then don't need the back shirt pockets. Then I ride using normal running t-shirts, they are way more comfortable than cycling jerseys, it also helps that my backpack (source) is super comfy and sits well wgen loaded.

[Caerus]

slowone....yes they are handy but again

 

They are heavy

They look hond

They are hot.

 

3 strikes and you are out....I have one and might consider it if I was going to do 200km ride on a route I don't know...but most races or rides we do have ample chance to fill up bottles if we are going slow so why carry another 1L of water that gets hot anyway for niks....my back also feels moer hot when I wear one so its uncomfortable. The looks one is personal thing...I don't like the look, some think it gives them camelman street cred.

 

 

Yebo...ziplocks are obviously the best, but hey, any bag will do

 

Viva u-checkers pagetti....viva

Plan ahead, freeze about half a litre of water in the bladder of your hydration pack, voila, cold water on tap the whole ride :-) I must agree that they do look pants though

[rouxtjie]

Plan ahead, freeze about half a litre of water in the bladder of your hydration pack, voila, cold water on tap the whole ride :-) I must agree that they do look pants though

or buy the camelbak podium insulated bottles and carry less water...that is also ice cold the whole ride. Two bottles lasts me most rides....everything up to 80km on a mtb or 110 on a roadbike...So camelbak is cumbersome for me....but if it works for you, go for it

[Guest]

If you ride tubeless and need to put in a tube, how does one release the valve lock nut without a plier?

[rouxtjie]

If you ride tubeless and need to put in a tube, how does one release the valve lock nut without a plier?

you talking about the little round nut that sits between the inside and outside of the rim...that should never be tightened with pliers, you can damage you rim for one, will be impossible to remove without pliers as you pointed out and if tigthened too much could pinch the rubber closed of the valve not allowing any air through(true story)

 

Just don't do it

[scotty]

Because nothing says homo, quite like a saddle bag.

If its good enough for LA its good enough for me

[rouxtjie]

If its good enough for LA its good enough for me

Surely that would be a good enough reason to not have one....

[NotSoBigBen]

Surely that would be a good enough reason to not have one....

 

GO LANCE

[LongDonkey]

If your sealant is enough and you have a couple of plugs to plug big holes and sidewall cuts, you will never need to use a lever. Never mind three, maybe get better quality tire levers?

My pretty pic shows a "minor" sidewall cut 30 km from the finish of a race. VERY nearly broke a tyre leaver getting the tubeless tyre off. Would have been interesting. Some tyres come off easier than others.

[FrancoisC]

Beat that!

[Cellar]

If its good enough for LA its good enough for me

 

I feel the same way about drugs.

[rouxtjie]

Here is question for the boys carrying tubes....how many of you carry a spare boot as well?

[BarHugger]

Interesting reading everyone's preferences. All I know is that I have collected a few bombs, multi-tools, pumps and even energy bars along tracks that are very bumpy (not to mention water bottles). Seen saddle bags open up all by themselves. Also think it is stupid to put a cell in a cycle shirt's rear pockets. People only realize that they have lost stuff either when they need it or at the end of a ride when loading/cleaning bike. Organisers should have a lost/found/cheapy/charity stall for all these items after a race.

 

I go for the seven-day trek bag on the back with spring clips on the zips......but that is just me.

[FrancoisC]

Here is question for the boys carrying tubes....how many of you carry a spare boot as well?

I don't wear boots - boots are for cowboys...

[FrancoisC]

I feel the same way about drugs.