Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ……… Please God can someone make a what to carry thread sticky, put it next what pedals are best and do I wear underpants under Lycra.

Edit: Yes, do it twice!

2 tubes, 2 Co2 carts, mini pump, patches, multi tool, tyre levers, split links, water bottle, phone.

Pretty much all fits in a saddle bag, phone in back pocket, check forecast before going and dress for the weather.

I don’t normally need most of the stuff TBH but when I do its well worth having.

In the jersey pockets:-

Phone, tenner and drivers licence in a zip lock bag.

Tube, nitrile gloves, tyre lever and Park quick patches in a zip lock bag.

CO2 x 3 and inflator.

Park mini chain tool thing.

Folded kitchen towel and snack.

Chewing gum.

Occasionally a small pin doob. In a zip lock bag, of course.

Edit : IANAR. Flatbar & bar ends

A rubber chicken
A Noddy hat
A pair of binoculars
A french loaf
A string of Onions
A recipie for Beuf Wellington
An AA map of Belgium
A Venitian Blind

A french loaf

I’m often asked if I’m smuggling one of these 😉

^^ 😆

I’m often asked if I’m carrying Onions, I’m not though. 😕

Only bottles on the bike then jersey pockets look like a Lezyne catalogue:

Caddysack in which goes a multitool (with chain breaker) Lever Kit incl self stick patches, emergency £10 & a quick link plus there’s just enough room for my phone.

Then it’s a Pressure Drive CFH pump with 1 or 2 co2 cartridges and 1 or 2 tubes depending on the distance.

Last pocket is for sustenance & any ‘spare’ clothing.

Normally only do 1-2 hour circuits from home, so never far from civilisation.
In the seat pack:
Tube
CO2 cannister x2
Patches
Multitool with chain splitter
Chain links
Tyre levers
Fiver

In jersey pocket:
Pertex jacket (if there’s a danger of rain)
Phone

Not to say the same thing as everyone else, but;

A good way to carry a mini pump discreetly is to use a ring of inner tube. Slide it over your seatpost, and the pump behind (or in front) once you stretch it out.

I always found the pump in the jersey pockets a bit dumb.

what wilburt said… twice.

pump on frame, small seat pack same as most above (but I take cash rather than card), edit: and baggies gives more options for places to put things.

and if it’s winter then go MTBing. much more fun riding in forest snow than wet slushy road snow. then you can take the kitchen sink.

Phone, cash in jersey pockets, and food and jacket too if it’s a long one. Pump on frame, tubes, patches, mutitool in storage bottle or saddlebag, and bollocks to The Rules.

CaptainFlashheart – Member

Chain tool and links in headtube

Howdyoudothatthen?

Howdyoudothatthen

SWAT on his gravel gobbler is my guess.

for ‘normal’ rides
Small saddle back that contains –
1 x tube
2 x CO2 cannisters + inflator
tyre levers
multitool
quicklinks/few spre bolts etc
patches

2 x bottles + pump on frame

Food/Phone/keys/money/tissues/inhailer goes in jersey pockets

for longer rides i’d take a second tube, and more food.

But what about rule 29?

But what about rule 29?

you can stick yer rules where the sun don’t shine.

As above really but after scraping my arse off last year I also carry a foil blanket and some alcohol wipes for gravel rash/big spill scenarios

OP if you go down the saddle bag route… Zip tie that baby on

You don’t want it NOT to be there when you need it…

I forgot once, but got lucky, I was in a small village when I flatted and some lovely old boy doing a spot of gardening helped me out… would have been a long walk if it happened out in the sticks

Jersey pocket 1 – a little wallet with chain tool, powerlinks, spare contacts, phone, patches, cash, key.
Jersey pocket 2 – tube, mini-pump, multi-tool, tyre levers, inhaler.
Jersey pocket 3 – food, maybe a gilet.

I carry;

On Bike:
Two 750ml bottles (irrespective of distance, I get really bad dehydration headaches so always more than I may need)
Saddle bag containing:
Small tube of chain lube (free in sportive goody bag)
Quick link
Tube
patches
small piece of innertube
emergency gel
tyre levers

In jersey:
Left hand pocket:
Gels (number depending on distance)

In centre pocket:
pump
arm warmers/gilet/packable jacket depending on whether

Right Hand pocket:
phone and bank card (in waterproof bag)

On me: £20 note (I’ve got a cash stash pendant that I’ve put onto a cord that I wear round my neck

If its <50 miles I use one of these with spare tube and multitool etc:

http://www.merlincycles.com/pro-storage-bottle-58025.html

One 750ml bottle, then waterproof or gilet, phone, food and pump in jersey pockets.

maybe I’m weird but I never carry a spare tube or co2…

if you carry either of those you usually also carry a pump in case you screw up with the co2 and a repair kit in case you puncture the new tube also, so as punctures are such a rare occurrence for me I’m willing to risk it and just have patch kit and mini pump

I seem to average a puncture every 3 or 4 years, so spending an extra 10 minutes repairing a tube once in 3 years is preferable to carrying a spare every day for 3 years

obviously I still carry a multi tool and tyre levers etc, I also carry a tyre boot, some zip ties, and a presta/schrader adapter

lister – if she is used to the roads down your way she will be fine it is a great course. Eating enough is the key to finishing well. Good luck.

I’ve joined the beardy wierdy brigade and use a carradice saddlebag and a frame mounted pump.

i also carry 2 tubes and puncture repair kit (wiltshire flint is terrible stuff)
garmin etrex
map
chain tool
hex spanners
camera
phone
credit card
£10 note

yes I know I can probably carry less but I’m training for longer rides 🙂

Lister.. If your good lady is lookin for a group ride I think there’s a group of ladies called the hedge crashers that do regular rides around Tenby / Pembroke area..
Edit..

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hedge-Crashers-Ladies-Cycling-Group/714106051991175

I’ve just built up some tubeless road wheels so in theory I won’t be carrying a tube (not one I’ll be able to use anyway in all likelihood!) when I go riding soon.

What was I thinking…?? 😯

saddle bag ( small ) – tube, puncture kit , tyre levers , multi tool )
small pump on frame, water bottle ( x 2 if longer ride 3hrs ), energy bar and a couple of gels in jersey , cash and mobile in pocket . garmin on handlebars!

In addition to the above, I take a small first aid kit and a valve extender.

Anyone with multiple wheels or bikes will understand the latter. There’s always a first time 😉