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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 cafeSome parts of the UK maybe...
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 7.5x7.5 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 😀
http://www.sfbags.com/products/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
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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.