As per someone above, for short local rides I just take keys, phone, multi-tool (which has a chain tool), quick link, and water bottle in cage. Worst that's happened was a puncture (first in about six or seven years) and I had a five mile walk home pushing the bike. Could have waited at the nearest pub for the other half to pick me up but I fancied the walk and had nowhere else I needed to be.
In my case, about a 90 minute walk pushing a disabled bike, or even worse I could be forced to leave my bike and crawl down the hillside with a broken leg.
So take the phone ... but unless you have a desperate need to be somewhere an hour and half max doesn't sound like the end of the world on the off-chance you get a puncture.
I'm terrible for carrying stuff I never use BTW... but I'd be more worried that the puncture or whatever would happen on a spontanious "Oh I'll go twice the distance away" and mostly I just take the same pack or just a multi-tool (and phone)
I have a pump on frame clips. No issue at all with it. You can slip a piece of old inner tube over the head if you want. But then I do run mudguards
So take the phone … but unless you have a desperate need to be somewhere an hour and half max doesn’t sound like the end of the world on the off-chance you get a puncture.
Ok but if I don't want my phone in my pocket then I need a saddlebag, and I might as well put a tube and CO2 in it...
Just wear a cycling top, rather than a fashion top? Then you have some useful back pockets, thus removing the need for all the angst! 🙂
Ok but if I don’t want my phone in my pocket then I need a saddlebag, and I might as well put a tube and CO2 in it…
I have one of those quad lock cases.
I don't always stick it on the bars (especially if I know where I am) but the hard case is pretty good to stick in a pocket even if your not using it for navigation.
Its adsorbed dropping out onto the trail and a few crashes whilst in pockets.
Topeak do a few good bottle cage options.
I run a Topeak Ninja cage with multi-tool at the bottom, a pump strapped to the side, and a small bottle inside the cage with spare tubes, chain link, chain breaker etc, CO2 and even a light:
Only use this on my hardtail, which i only really use on shorter rides. less than 2 hrs etc:
Longer rides, i use a Evoc waist pack.
Just wear a cycling top, rather than a fashion top? Then you have some useful back pockets, thus removing the need for all the angst!
There's no angst. Just asking how people get on with just using CO2 for emergency tubes. I don't need (and didn't ask for!) advice on carrying stuff.
I don’t need (and didn’t ask for!) advice on carrying stuff.
You've been discussing and pondering the very issue, including the fashion aspect, from your second post onward....
Thought about this a lot (too much?) and I want a rear saddlebag for everything, including phone – which means it needs to be waterproof. That basically means the Topeak Drybag. I don’t like wearing roadie kit when MTBing (or at least the roadie kit I own) so there won’t be back pockets, and I really hate stuff in my shorts pockets too.
*smiley*.
The Carradice CarraDura seatpacks are waterproof, btw and far better quality than the Topeak ones we've bust or worn out .
If you don't fancy a Ziploc bag, improvise. I use an old Thomson seatpost bag. It stays under the seatpack, secured by two built in stretchy bits of material and a velcro strap to stop it shifting around.
