I seem to have lost my little bag of tools out on the trail, I think I’ve remembered most of the bits I had in there:-

Zip ties
20p for the hollowtech 2 pre load.
Toothpaste tube to act as a tyre boot
Co2 + inflator
Tubes
Multi tool
Powerlinks.

Is there anything I’m missing?

Thanks

Gear cable? Spare brake pads?

rolled up £20 for emergency beers stop

random broken post office red elastic band.
penguin wrapper

oh, and power links for your dumb mates who never carry any- 8speed/9speed whatever

mech hanger. gerber multi tool

All the above plus Cleat bolts , chain ring tool .

Multi tool leather man.
Sun cream (it’s gone past its use by date) small tube.
And patches lots of them.

Power Links – Never bother as you need a chain splitter anyway
20p for HTII – not needed with Sram Cranks

After that
Pump with CO2 if I remember to put the CO2 in.
Multi Tool with Chain Splitter
Zip Ties
Tubes

I also put in spare pads but never bother with gear cables.
I only take the leatherman if the missus doesn’t as you need the pliers for the her Shimano brakes (why……)

Pump, Tubes, Levers, Multi-tool with chain tool, Powerlink, Pads.

That is it for me. Zip ties seem like a good idea though…

Brake pads, I need them for riding buddies as often as I need them for myself.
Multi tool with chain splitter, power link(s)
Tubeless worm kit with some fat worms
tubes and a decent sized pump
Random sweets of indeterminate age

Multitool
Chain splitter
Spare hanger, brake pads, and gear cable
Zip ties
Small roll of tape
Chain lube
Quick links
Tube
Pump
Tyre levers
Patch kit + tyre boot

There hasn’t been a ride in a long time that I’ve not managed to fix exactly what’s gone wrong, though I think carrying everything around is insurance enough to make sure things don’t go wrong 🙂

Tyre patch kit
house key
tissue

for shorter journeys

probably a multitool and innertube for longer journeys, along with zip ties and some latex gloves

Whats a chain ring tool? The thing that holds the nuts on the back of the chain ring? You also mentioned cleat bolts…am I right in thinking the granny ring bolts will fit a cleat?

mikewsmith – why not carry Powerlinks? They are the tiniest item in my tool kit. Why try and bodge a chain back together when you could carry a permanent fix?

I carry a hypercracker lock ring remover (although with swoopy modern frames its not always the easiest to use) but seeing as no one else will have a chance of removing a chain thats deep behind a cassette I keep it just in case. It presumably fits centrelock discs too.

mikewsmith – why not carry Powerlinks? They are the tiniest item in my tool kit. Why try and bodge a chain back together when you could carry a permanent fix?

Because a well fixed chain is a permanent fix, powerlinks are tiny and prone to getting lost in bags in my experience, having never really struggled with chain tools It take only slightly more effort to fix it without a powerlink.

Deet – for f’kin horseflies…little b’stards!!

Tube, pump, 2 tyre levers that’s the max I ever carry.

.am I right in thinking the granny ring bolts will fit a cleat?

No, not even close.

Clear bolts are M5, chainring bolts are M8.

I carry a hypercracker lock ring remover (although with swoopy modern frames its not always the easiest to use) but seeing as no one else will have a chance of removing a chain thats deep behind a cassette I keep it just in case. It presumably fits centrelock discs too.

Why?!

Multi-tool
Chean breaker
Power links
Tyre levers
Tube & patches
Pump
Zip ties
Grease
Mech hanger

..and the all important ’emergency’ twenty

Multi tool with chain tool
tyre levers
duct tape
pump
shock pump
pliers
26 & 29″ tubes
mech hanger
gear cable
insulation tape
cable ties
9&10sp powerlinks.

Multi-tool (ratchet rocket – covers most bases)
Tube
Pump
Spoke key
Power links

I also usually throw my wallet and phone in too

5mm hex key(all fasters have been changed to this size)
Mini pump
Glue less patches.
Half a tyre lever
Tenner
Pay as you go phone.

All fits it a sunglasses pouch.

Half a tyre lever

😯

What’s the point in the little hooky bit?

Multi tool
Zip Ties
Power Links
Toothpaste Tube (Tyre boot)
Chain Tool
Lube
26 & 29 tube
First aid kit
Whistle
Single tear from a dying unicorn
Patches
Emergency blanket
Pump (With duct tape rapped around)
£10
Break pads

Why cables and brake pads? Better to get the bike sorted before you go. These aren’t items likely to just ‘fail’.

Multi tool
Chain splitter
2 tubes
Tyre levers
Pump and / or CO2
Patches

If it was a big ride or conditions required it, then I’ll add more specific items, but no point carrying stuff you don’t need.

Fast and light should be the overriding driver.

Folding saw for dealing with low branches and fallen trees.

2x tubes
Lever
Multitool with chain splitter
Patches and glue
Powerlink
Zipties
Tyre boot
Latex gloves
£20 note

All in seat pack. Pump under bottle cage. Not far off emergency reading glasses.

Always carried zip ties but have never needed them, might take them out.
What are they used for on the trail? I cannot think of a use at the moment.

Topeak hexus
2 proper tyre levers
chainlink
Almost worn out brake pads (because they’re easier to fit trailside than new ones
Couple of cable ties
A couple of bolts (seriously, you wouldn’t believe how useful this is)
Toothpaste tube tyre boot
Mechhanger. Though obviously, a mechhanger for a bike I no longer own, not the bike I’m actually riding.

Cut-down bent spoke to hold chain together while you re-join it. Also works as emergency brake pad retention pin.

More recently: baby wipes, spare nappy & baby grow. 😯

topeak multi tool
patches
innertube
tyre levers
zipties
pump and co2 inflator
torque wrench(small with swappable heads – free with my canyon)
velcro straps
latex gloves
spare batteries for rear light

12-gauge auto-loader
45 long slide, with laser sighting
Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range
Uzi nine millimeter

Roll of gorilla tape
Park PCS-10
Record No4
Stanley DN/8/5
100,000 zip ties.

Only a No4 nedrapier? Hardly worth bothering with…

Multitool
Co2
Tube(s)
Links
Pads
Chainring bolts (I seem to eat these, anyone else?)
Patches + pump if going out for more than a few hours, not used a tube in years but it could avert disaster.

Mech hanger and gear cable on the odd occasion I use a bike with gears.

IanW – Member
What’s the point in the little hooky bit?

That hooks onto a spoke so you can lever out a bit of tyre and then have hands free to work on the next bit of tyre.

goldenwonder, I’m not one of those riders who takes loads of tools out “just in case” I guess it might struggle with some jobs, but I find it that the no. 4 does most jobs quite nicely, FOR ME.

Definitely mech hanger. Even went through a period of having a spare rear mech in the pack when I seemed to be smashing them at an alarming rate.

Don’t really get to do big all-dayers much anymore so usually ditch the pack and just have a multi-tool, co2, and chain links in the back pocket.