Roadies should be quiet, right. I’d even put extra latex gloves in there to keep stuff apart, but no, for the first hour or so this morning, rattle,rattle,rattle. Stop, rearrange toolbag, carry on. Repeat. Until the ice cubes in my bottles melted. 😥

Buy a multitool that has a neoprene pouch such as an sks.

Does the neoprene keep the ice cubes quiet?

It will if you stick the ice cubes in it 😉

Must say though  I find it odd that one can’t tell the difference between metallic rattling and ice cubes knocking.

a. Use a smaller saddlebag

b. Put more in your existing saddlebag

c. Use your pockets instead

I’ve done over 11,000 miles on the road bike with nothing more than a multitool, 2 tyre levers, 2 innertubes and a quicklink. Never wanted for anything else whilst riding.

I got a Slica tool wrap as a present, no noise and big enough for I want to carry on a ride. granted not cheap but there are similar things about.

Love the solutions there 😉 Would certainly have helped the OP 😉

Maybe these would help

Elastic bands can be wrapped around rattly stuff. And can lash rattly stuff together ..

Is it me or have most missed the point? 😉

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Is it me or have most missed the point? 😉

Must be the heat…

Need to freeze a mugful of water with the bottle on its side in the freezer. Cold drink and no rattling!

I’ve done over 11,000 miles on the road bike with nothing more than a multitool, 2 tyre levers, 2 innertubes and a quicklink. Never wanted for anything else whilst riding.

You must have good lungs if you’re able to blow up a tube without a pump. (Or do you fart into the valve?) 😁

I didn’t bother listing the pump as it seemed a bit obvious – plus isn’t something that would be in a saddlebag 😉

Though I guess I should have clarified that as I could have missed stating where I put gas canisters etc

I’m sorry for being pedantic – I just wanted to say ‘fart’. 😂

Bit of sponge can help.

Just stop doing Road rides. Problem solved 👍

Just stop doing Road rides. Problem solved

Nah I got that rattle on the gravel bike and I didn’t even have a tool bag on the bike!!

Silca Boa closure for the win.

https://www.evanscycles.com/silca-seat-roll-premio-EV296062?lsft=esvt%3A54930-GOUKE2295782%2Cesvq%3A%2Cesvadt%3A999999-0-1220160-1%2Cesvcrea%3A189708582441%2Cesvplace%3A%2Cesvd%3At%2Cesvtg%3Apla-302858820410%2Cesvo%3AEV296062-NA-BLK%2Cesvaid%3A50080&esvt=54930-GOUKE2295782&esvq=&esvadt=999999-0-1220160-1&esvcrea=189708582441&esvplace=&esvd=t&esvtg=pla-302858820410&esvo=EV296062-NA-BLK&esvaid=50080&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-uT7iPWh3AIV4bXtCh3Vowm8EAQYAyABEgJAJPD_BwE

This is one of the best threads in a while!!

I put my bits and pieces in an old sock. No rattling noises at all.

Spoiler alert – it wasn’t his tools rattling. It was the ice cubes in his bidon.

Spoilsport Alert Mister P!!

Lol at this !

(I had 3 goes at stopping a ting-ing rotor on my road ride this morning.  Should’ve got ice-tec)

Lol at the OP, but if you have problems with rattling saddle bags, try one held on with a wraparound strap like this:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/castelli-undersaddle-mini-saddle-bag/rp-prod147290

Great use for charity wristbands – wrap around your inner tube and then hold together anything loose or rattly

D’Oh! I got there in the end. 🤦‍♂️

Don’t worry Mike, people still didn’t get it.

It was the ice cubes in his bidon.

Ice cubes in his what now?

We haven’t left Europe yet, the ban on Anglicising French words hasn’t started.

Just googled it. Water bottle. Never heard it called a bidon before.

Oh, sorry, I just assumed you were one of the Blue Passport Enthusiasts who pops up on threads like these from time to time objecting to foreign words like bidon 🙂

On my winter bike I carry some stuff in a tiny saddle bag, the best and neatest are made by Scott; they hang from a plastic W clip on the rails. It’s stuffed so tight that nothing rattles and I have taped the seatpost where it attaches so that it doesn’t fret and wear the lacquer.

On my summer bike I don’t have a saddle bag because the bike is so carefully maintained that I don’t reckon on needing anything other than a spare tube and a gas cylinder. I carry these in my jersey pockets, the tube sucked flat and taped tight with two tyre levers. If anything happens that requires tools I’ll shoulder the bike and stick out a thumb; I’m confident that when drivers see I have a good reason to be hitching they will stop.

Bidon = Pretension

Objecting to its use is nothing to do with xenophobia.

shall you be eating your lunch from a musette today bez ?

Should be rattle free this week as it’s cooling down a bit.

Bidon = Pretension. Objecting to its use is nothing to do with xenophobia.

I may have been projecting for amusement, even if only my own. I enjoy watching people get upset by perfectly legitimate use of words so you’re only adding to it 😉

Also, it’s great to see people still completely missing the point in the OP.

All in all, I think I’ll be calling back here pretty regularly to top up my smug, self-satisfied enjoyment quota for the day 😉

Great thread – proof, if any were needed, that almost nobody ever reads the OP!

PS: Almost 30% of English words are of French etymology

PPS: Stopped in the van a few weeks back as the temperature gauge was off the scale.  Had the bonnet open, fluoro jacket on, red triangle out , poking around at the engine which oddly didn’t feel that hot.

I’d just filled up and was looking at the fuel gauge…

shall you be eating your lunch from a musette today bez ?

Yes, it’ll be a Long Stick of Bread with Mashed Offal Paste.

Ok I’ll bite…

I hate xenophobic, gammon faced nationalists. But i also hate pretentious types who deliberately use certain words to make themselves sound superior. There is a big difference between having a wide vocabulary and just being a bit of an arse.

FYI i hate the former more than the latter 🙂