Since I’m a man of leisure today, This is my basic kit. All in it weighs 1081g, excluding the mainbag to carry it and water.

Chain tool, 2 allen keys, spare link.
Tube, tyre lever, tube/tyre repair kit (I ride tubeless but just in case)
Lezyne pump
1 set of spare pads
Couple of geobars
One of those ^^ red first aid kits

my shiny new multitool has now arrived, to go in my ride pack. superb stuff!

For me just:

Crank Brothers multi tool
One tube
17MM spanner (bolt through rear end)
couple sram links
Zip ties
Pump – Insulation and Gaffa tape wrapped around it for bike/injury use.
Brake pads but only if riding in the Alps.
One large sterile bandage.

I don’t see the point in a first aid kit. We’ve been able to bandage up a fully exposed elbow bone with a sterile bandage and gaffa tape. Any worse requires a rescue, anything less can be ignored.

I dont get the need for a shock pump 😕

pump
tube
repair kit & tyre boot
tyre levers
zip ties
crank bros multi tool
power links
gear cable
paclite waterproof
mini first aid kit

food & water

My first aid kit is one I put together myself, I just happen to keep it in the original pack for visibility. Its full off large graze dressings, two sterile bandages, gauze, steri-strips and some tape.

All the piddly plasters and stuff in the off-the shelf number are a waste of time for MTB style injuries.

2*tubes
puncture repair kit
carbon mini pump
2*tyre levers
C02 pump
2*c02 cartridges
kmc quick link
multitool
mars bar
phone
debit card/cash
house keys
energy gels
zip ties
length of gaffa tape round pump shaft

All of which fits in back pocket/saddle pack.

Sorting out my kit for a ride tomorrow or Sunday.. Missing a couple of things, but I’ve added a spare gear cable. 😉

Science officer – over a kilo!

*gets scales out*

550grammes here – I am surprised it is that much
Multitool
tube
repair kit and spares
pump

Seatpack on ever bike:

Puncture repair kit
SRAM Powerlink
Levers
Topeak Hummer/Hexus
2 Tubes
Park Tyre patch
Pump

plus backup lights for night riding

Milkie – Member

Sorting out my kit for a ride tomorrow or Sunday.. Missing a couple of things, but I’ve added a spare gear cable. [:wink:]

Camelbak Kit

That’s some kit to carry.

And some shelf to display the kit on too! 😉

am i abnormal in going for a ride, with two CO2 canisters, a spare tube…. maybe a couple of quid and a few gels….

Contents of my camelpak

tube
patch kit
multitool
CO2 Inflator
zipties
first aid kit (some sterile bandages & wipes and some tape)
one tyre lever
a few spare chain links
phone
keys
money
food (usually brownies or tunnocks)
water
waterproof and kneewarmers if its looking sketchy weatherwise
some gels depending on the length of the ride
led headtorch if its a nightride

Local stuff;

tube
tyre levers
repair kit
pump
multitool
zip ties
phone
flapjack
water
montane h20 jacket
sram chain links
beanie (if very cold)

i’m glad i started this thread, my ride kit is now assembled and sorted ready for action. excellent ideas and suggestions all round.

A useful addition to a multi tool,

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=5145

I’m with mrmo on this one, a wee seat pack with inner tube, CO2 thing, small Park Tool, SRAM chain link, tyre levers. In back pockets Pertex shell or waterproof, gel or bananna or jelly babies, phone and that’s it for 90% of my riding if I am heading into the back of beyond I’ll carry a wee pack with all the gubbins you lot carry.

Sorting out my kit for a ride tomorrow or Sunday.. Missing a couple of things, but I’ve added a spare gear cable.

Christ Milkie, how do you get the decks in a camelbak????????
and who the **** carries the generator?????????????????

Christ Milkie, how do you get the decks in a camelbak????????
and who the **** carries the generator?????????????????

With great difficulty, but I swear the mule is a Tardis! 😆

I take everything I think I’ll ever need but never use it

but then failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Or better to have it and not use it, then need it and not ahve it

and some other bulldust

Tube
2 levers
Puncture repair kit
Lenzyn multitool
Mini pump
Shock pump (if on full suss)
Disc pads
Zip ties
Velcro ties
Powerlink
Bandages
Plasters
Savlon wipes
Duck tape
Phone
Water
Keys
Batteries (for night rides)
Spare clothing according to weather
Malt loaf
Gel – only for emergencies

Ah, this reminds me on the Fat Cyclist’s take on all this…

http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/01/15/how-to-be-popular-part-i-what-to-carry/

Incidentally, I reckon I fall into the ‘overpackers’ camp of the STW massive.

stuff?

multitool (allen keys, screwdrivers, torq25, chain tool)
spare gear cable
zip ties
tube and patches
pump
food (not particularly planned)
bandages& plasters, (again, unplanned, just enough to wrap up something thats bleeding a little too badly, no point going overbord, if its that bad your going to need profesional help)
space blanket/sleep sack
money
phone etc

Nothing special in there, 99% of riding in this country isn’t remote enough to warrent full on survival kit!

Multitool, patches, powerlinks, at least one spare tube, pump (and none of your tiny pocket pumps, a proper big un that’ll actually inflate a tyre before nightfall), waterproof, my “soft shell” which is a cheap Mountain Warehouse fleece with the lower arms cut off…

Couple of big sticky plasters and some painkillers (got a couple of tramadol in there, in case I ever want to walk off a hill with a broken foot or something), phone and money. Oh and headphones for the phone.

Plus loads and loads of food, I like to eat as I ride. Clif Shots, energy bars, gels, dextrose tablets. Oh, and if I’m anywhere remote a foil blanket, good for keeping warm but better for signalling help.

wow!! serious lists, and when we ride out for days touring ours can look like these lists, but when out normally I try to keep to one small tool 9 bits? (Topek Mini)… one tube, Park patches and a mini pump. If I can they go under the seat (tubes + patches) tool in a pocket, pump on the frame. If its a long run and wet maybe a really small bottle of oil / mini first aid kit / food / extra layer. Touch wood – I have been riding off road for years 2-5 times a week and never needed more.
Though sprog James races DH – and they go for 2-3 min runs each time maybe 8-10 in a day and can need a estate boot-full of tools and spares to keep him going.

Lionheart, do you not carry a speedlink?

🙂

Multitool crank brother
Tyre levers
Spare tubes (2)
Spare mech hanger
Spare chain ring bolt
some leatherman like tool
A few SS chain link (when on the SS)
Chain link from SRAM
Patches and glue
Water
Fleece
Waterproof
Knee pads
Glasses Lenses
A couple of bars
Sandwish and a fruit
and depending on the ride a helmet light and/or a SLR

Always leave some space just in case you find a porn mag.

🙄

2 x inner tubes
mini pump
CO2 pump and canisters
puncture repair
tyre levers
powerlinks
anticeptic wipes (incase of dog shit)
disc pads
toothpaste tube
latex gloves
lube
multi-tool
zipties
food
Basic first aid kit
Thermal blanket
money
phone
keys
gimp mask

freekin hell you guys carry loads (i didnt carry half of what you guys are carrying for a 3 month tour of nz)

I my self go for the preventitive maintainance route and carry just what i need.

Multi tool (sks toolbox travel)
minipump
tube
glueless patches
a gel
£10 note

for a long day ill add another tube , a co2 cannister or 2 + pump , Credit card and a jacket/gilet

Blimey, makes my kit list seem undernourished;

2 tubes, multitool, pump, tyre lever. couple of bolts and bits in a plastic bag. couple of cliff bars, maybe a jacket if the weather’s bad…

1 tube
puncture repair kit
first aid kit
pump
tyre levers
3 x Allen keys
chain tool
small screwdriver
pen knife
couple of cable ties
keys
wallet
phone
change
flap jack / mars bar
occasional map / book
jacket / top to suit

Smoke grenades are great for a quick getaway but they do weigh a bit. I’m thinking of investing in a Bat Man belt.