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put the tools in your shirt pockets. NEVER will I do that.

 

I have come off and landed on my back with a tire lever looking like a third appendage when I stood up. it caused more damage than the actual fall.

 

I have a bag and there is no cling clong.

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Best option, can put in a bottle holder on seat post or on frame, no rattle if things packed in properly and no loosing anything as there is no zip to come loose

 

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Perfect Friday topic :clap:

 

People be like:

 

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My old saddle bag with tools weighed 1.1kgs. When I moved them to my Camelbak, I immediately noticed the bike handling better, lighter, more wippy. Think of the dumbell effect of that weight at one of the bike's extremities...

No more saddle bags for me

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Best option, can put in a bottle holder on seat post or on frame, no rattle if things packed in properly and no loosing anything as there is no zip to come loose

 

http://twowheeledtales.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/pro-storage-bottle-buy-online-chainreactioncycles-com.jpg

Hey, I picked two of those up on Klapperkop, and another one at a Babbas race :D

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Bwahahaha. It's in the rules.......but seriously, it's personal preference. As long as the saddlebag is matched to the bike and doesn't look horriblke it's fine. Keeping tools in a bag is definitely helpfull, IF they aren't rattling around etc etc.

 

At the end of the day it's the same as with camelbacks, some like em some don't. I love mine because I lag half a workshop and a pharmacy along.

 

+1.......my scrotiem appendix makes me look like a complete d1ck.......and Mother Teresa when I stop to help.......

 

(piktha for proof)

 

.......bike however looks lean and mean.......opposite to rider.....

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Sometimes the Zipper opens up and you loose your tools. I have a water bottle cage on my seat post with a bottle where I carry all my tools. Works like a charm. No CLING, CLONG.

 

I also use a bottle for keeping tools.

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+1.......my scrotiem appendix makes me look like a complete d1ck.......and Mother Teresa when I stop to help.......

 

(pikthas for proof)

 

Wow how far away from civilization are you when you cycle?

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Yes! do it this way because when you are on stage 2 of a wet stage race and need to tube a tyre, you can have a tube that is full of holes from the mud and dirt that forced its way into the crevices and chafed the tyre into a sieve.

When I do not ride with my camelbak (think short rides under 2 hours or commutes) I prefer a saddle bag for a tube, inflator and tyre levers. I also use a top tube baggie for my phone, keys and energy bar. The back pockets of my shirt is then reserved for the wind jammer, leg warmers, arm warmers and buff as I peel off layers.

If you get a decent saddle bag and inspect the zip frequently you will never suffer the fate of the bust zipper. I have used them for 8 years now and never lost a single item.

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+1.......my scrotiem appendix makes me look like a complete d1ck.......and Mother Teresa when I stop to help.......

 

(pikthas for proof)

 

Spare hanger, duct tape, spare brake pads, toilet paper? There's always one more thing to get isn't there.

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put the tools in your shirt pockets. NEVER will I do that.

 

I have come off and landed on my back with a tire lever looking like a third appendage when I stood up. it caused more damage than the actual fall.

 

I have a bag and there is no cling clong.

The solution here is to not keep individual tools in your pockets. All tools in a bag (or ziplock) and then in your pocket.

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