Checks kit list;

2 bottles (water only)
Pump – Under bottle cage
In saddle bag;
Tube
Park Patches
Topeak Hexus
Bar and/or gel

In pocket;
Phone, bank card and a tenner in a waterproof bag
Possibly another gel

no-one else takes condoms ?

you must be the people who never wave at other cyclists 🙄

Ipod loaded with good music and podcasts!

Couple of old toe straps are very useful if you have a very tight tyre/rim combination. If you get a puncture, use the toe straps to keep the tyre seated as you swear and fight getting the last bit of the bead over the rim, especially when it’s wet and cold.

local ride? phone, tenner, cash card, bottles, gels depending on how long.where I’m going

none local, the above plus 1x tube, tyre lever, multitool

Rarely take a waterproof unless proper rain forecast. In winter I use a soft shell which is pretty water resistant. In summer I might take a water proof but prefer to use a Gabba short sleeve top – or even on cool days I’ll have that with arm warmers. I live off cereal bars and gels which I carry, rarely buy food when out.

80+ miles solo in the summer =

Two bottles and pump on frame.
Two tubes in jersey.
Levers, patches and a bit of something to repair a ripped sidewall.
Money.
Phone.
Food.
House key.

80+ solo in the winter =

One bottle of fluid.
One bottle with tubes in.
Everything else in pockets.

Commute or group ride I carry a c02 kit.

Rarely take a waterproof unless proper rain forecast.

Same here. If its the summer and it’as warm and showers are forecast I don’t even bother with one then.

Foil blankets and sandwiches seem a bit overkill for 100km!

For me, water and banana, spare tub, pump, placcy bag with 22 euro (2eur for jet wash as above) , card and a mobile inside. Rain jacket if forecast. Anything over 100 km I’ll add a banana or bar per hour, can of sealant.

all this talk of jetwashes is making me curios, with the exception of shipping it to Oz I don’t think I have ever washed my road bike 🙁

1 banana for 100k seems a bit minimal, I quaffed all 4 cereal bars yesterday and that was 130k and I could have ate more truth be told.

If it’s UK it’s hard to get too far from a cafe

Some parts of the UK maybe…

If it’s UK it’s hard to get too far from a cafe

Some parts of the UK maybe… [/quote]

I wonder which road bike accesible spot is actually furthest from a shop/café in the UK?

….. I don’t think I have ever washed my road bike

Wet winters usually mean a daily wash, even if just a splosh down round the brakes/wheels to remove the evil grey crud of doom 🙁

I carry a small first aid kid; 15x15cm and 7.5×7.5 cm adhesive dressings, some gloves and two wipes and duct tape, all wrapped up in cling film and in the tool bottle.

If I need two bottles, it goes in the tool pouch in the back pocket.

Also:
Two tubes
Two CO2 (innovations nano)
Small multitool
Chain link
Topeak instant patches
Pump
Wet wipe
Money
Phone

For food:
Two gels
Something savoury
Banana

And a windshell/raincoat small enough to fold into the back pocket. Absolute waterproofness is not required.

Again, all this will fit in tool pouch in rear pocket.

When I say “tool pouch”, what I really mean is £1.99 clear pencil case from Rymans. The Lezyne equivalent fell apart.

A Victoria sponge cake

A whole Victoria sponge? 😕

well I cracked earlier this week and succumbed to my first ever cycling “vanity purchase” – a ride pouch from Waterfield Designs via 11 Vélo, should be here before Xmas 😀
Cycling Ride Pouch

Not overly convinced about a leather pouch, can get pretty sweaty back there. I’ve been using the Lezyne caddy sacks, they seem ok but one is starting to come apart now after a couple of years use. Pretty cheap to replace though.

Not overly convinced about a leather pouch, can get pretty sweaty back there….

Yes, it’s possibly not the most well thought out of purchases but I run pretty cool and any sweat will just “age” the leather 😕

bikebouy – Member
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1 1.5ltr bottle with a light mix of energy solution
…..

HOW BIG!!!???

Biggest bike bottle I’ve ever seen is about 0.85 litres. I can’t imagine riding with a bottle twice size of that in the frame….. especially if it fits into a standard bottle rack; it would be about 3 foot long!

3 or 4 tubes
tyre levers
pump
multitool
phone
wallet
glasses
waterproof
spare top
2 water bottles
leg warmers

Carried in a handlebar bag

Ha, it should have read a 1 ltr bottle, it’s the biggest I have… I have fat fingers 😐

And Repton you say, I used to live in the High St 😀

Small world.

And..

Small bidons 😆

Sorry if everyone thinks I take a water bowser along, I don’t.