What MTB Equipment and Spares in Race

[Dragson]

 

 

I was

wondering what equipment and spares you take with you in a race and where do

you put it.

 

 

 

I use to

carry a Camel Back and was tending to take too much with me.

 

This is

what I carry these days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 One spare

tube: Typed under seat

2 Tubeless

puncher repair kit

3 Tire

leavers

4 Multi tool.

(With chain break).

5 Spare

chain links

6 Two CO2 Bombs

7 Cell

phone MedAid card cash

8 Two Gel

packs (Don?t worry I put it back in pocket when done)

All in small

Ziplock bag in back pocket of shirt.

9 Pump (Small

CO2 pump that can work as normal pump)

10 500ml

water bottle

In water

bottle holder on frame

[dirtrider]

One medical kit , two packets of soup , a small kettle , 4 oats bars , 2 ham sammies , few bananas , Tubeless repair kit and then the stuff you mentioned as well .

[Marius]

Me:

 

Plug Kit

2x Co2 Bombs

750-1.5L in Camelbak

 

.....THAT'S IT.

[Dirtbreath]

Pretty much the same but also carry a derailleur hanger and a spare set of pads. Don't take up much more space and the hanger has saved me in the past. I sometimes take a mini leatherman that has pliers which are as usefull as that big hammer.

[Slowbee]

 

Pretty much the same but also carry a derailleur hanger and a spare set of pads. Don't take up much more space and the hanger has saved me in the past. I sometimes take a mini leatherman that has pliers which are as usefull as that big hammer.

 

respect DR ..... respect. you take a hammer on rides to fix things !! respect.

 

[Dirtbreath]

NO, but there are many of them lying around.

 

Something I am also thinking of packing is lube. Not wanting to open a can of worms here but I have on occasions come short with 10 -20 to go where that chain creaks and just drives me nuts.

[1skinnyman]

I also carry almost all of the stuff mentioned, except for the small kettle.  Cable ties, never leave the home/start without them, 30cm binding wire & dental sidecutter, small bottle of lube and sunblock

[AuctionLamb]

 

One medical kit ' date=' two packets of soup , a small kettle , 4 oats bars , 2 ham sammies , few bananas , Tubeless repair kit and then the stuff you mentioned as well .[/quote']

 

 

i am gonna need it...wanna do my 1st mtb race within the next week or two before I tackle Knysna 50km!

 

[Thug]

If its a race of +- 50km, then the same as Marius except I'll use a 750 ml bottle and not a Camelbak.

 

On the Mazda Marathon series I take a Camelbak purely for the additional liquid.

 

 

[madmarc]

1 X 2.0L camel pack

2 X tubes

2 X co2 bombs

Chain break

small allen key set

 

Anything that breaks and i can't fix with the above, i consider my race done and wait for the sweep vehicle

 

Certainly no cell phone

20 ronds folded up and slipped into small cut on the hem of my shirt (only on training rides)

 

We get hijacked in Gauteng so carry as little as possible

[NC_lurker]

Lets see..

(digs in smelly Camelbak..)

 

750ml - 1.5L water (depending on length of ride)

1x Tube

1x glueless patch kit

sml bottle lube

compact multitool (with chainbreaker)

magic link (spare chain link thing)

2x tirelevers

Topeak pump

Wildcard

Medic Alert ID card

R50 (just in case I need a snack on the ride home money..)

[rock]

2 spare tubes, 2 bombs, cell phone, house keys and a condom.

 

 

[AndreZA]

2 spare tubes' date=' 2 bombs, cell phone, house keys and a condom.

 

 

[/quote']

 

I know why. Because after you've used both your bombs on you tube you are screwed.

 

 

[Lilo]

camelback with 1.5L juice

2xbombs

multitool

cable ties

plugs

chain breaker

 

Thats it!

 

[JasonW]

Replacement derrailure hanger is very NB. My partner at Sani2c broke his and ended up riding a single speed for a day and a half as he could not get a replacement over night. You can imagine how happy I was!

[PPWTF]

Not wanting to hijack the thread.... it's a directly related question.....

 

Looking at the packing lists here and thinking about the Cape Epic, is

a camelbak the only answer, or is it simply the best answer? 

 

I ask because I'm switching from hardtail to full susser and usually ride with at least one, and often two, full 700ml bottles for longer rides - one electrolyte, the other a Carb / protein mix. Now that's not going to work with the full susser frame, bottle size fitting or number of bottle cage mounts.