What do you carry in your toolkit?

Cam

> On May 30, 4:53*pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > What do you carry, and why?

I have a patch kit and levers taped to my commuter. In 6 years of
parking in downtown Toronto no one has stolen it. I don't carry a pump
because I can walk to a gas station when I get a flat. Apart from that
the only tool I always carry is the tiny Swiss army knife on my keys.
I keep a multitool in my desk at work that I've used to adjust brakes
and derailleurs but I don't need it often. Most repairs happen at
home.

Cam

Ben C

On 2008-05-30, Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
> Most of my tool kit fits into an Altoids can and was inspired by Jobst's
> tool kit(s):
>
> http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-003/...ample-tool-kits
>
> Mine has a Ritchey CPR 9, 8 mm allen wrench, small folding pliers
> ("Swiss Army"), Park spoke wrench, Rema patches and glue, Park tire
> boot, a couple spare spoke nipples, and a bit of rag, mainly to prevent
> rattling. In addition to that there is a spare tube and a Crank Bros.
> tire lever in my saddle pack.

I carry a spoke wrench (but [smug mode on] haven't needed it out on the
road since I started building my own wheels), but what's the point of
spare nipples?

(PeteCresswell)

Per BFWG:
>http://www.cycleto.com/index.php?vi...ontent&Itemid=3

CO2 cylinders? *Multiple* CO2 cylinders?????

Is it just me or does that sound a little weird compared to a
lightweight pump?
--
PeteCresswell

Lou Holtman

(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per BFWG:
>> http://www.cycleto.com/index.php?vi...ontent&Itemid=3
>
> CO2 cylinders? *Multiple* CO2 cylinders?????
>
> Is it just me or does that sound a little weird compared to a
> lightweight pump?


Did you ever consider the possibility that it isn't about the weight?
You pump your car tires with a little footpump?
No, it is not just you. There are more people who don't get this.

Lou

Tom Kunich

"Lou Holtman" <lholditniet@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:48446dda$1_4@news4us.nl...
> (PeteCresswell) wrote:
>> Per BFWG:
>>> http://www.cycleto.com/index.php?vi...ontent&Itemid=3
>>
>> CO2 cylinders? *Multiple* CO2 cylinders?????
>>
>> Is it just me or does that sound a little weird compared to a
>> lightweight pump?
>
>
> Did you ever consider the possibility that it isn't about the weight?
> You pump your car tires with a little footpump?
> No, it is not just you. There are more people who don't get this.

I always carry a full sized frame pump. That means I ride bikes which will
mount one. BUT I also carry a CO2 filler and a couple of cartridges because
I don't enjoy pumping up a tire and the $1.25 cylinder is worth it to me to
avoid pumping away and then taking the next 15 minutes to get back into the
ride instead of cursing the pumping.

Lou Holtman

Tom Kunich wrote:
> "Lou Holtman" <lholditniet@planet.nl> wrote in message
> news:48446dda$1_4@news4us.nl...
>> (PeteCresswell) wrote:
>>> Per BFWG:
>>>> http://www.cycleto.com/index.php?vi...ontent&Itemid=3
>>>>
>>>
>>> CO2 cylinders? *Multiple* CO2 cylinders?????
>>>
>>> Is it just me or does that sound a little weird compared to a
>>> lightweight pump?
>>
>>
>> Did you ever consider the possibility that it isn't about the weight?
>> You pump your car tires with a little footpump?
>> No, it is not just you. There are more people who don't get this.
>
> I always carry a full sized frame pump. That means I ride bikes which
> will mount one. BUT I also carry a CO2 filler and a couple of cartridges
> because I don't enjoy pumping up a tire and the $1.25 cylinder is worth
> it to me to avoid pumping away and then taking the next 15 minutes to
> get back into the ride instead of cursing the pumping.
>


Exactly. My statistics have proven that when I take along two spare
tubes and two CO2 cartridges I never had to use a pump or patch a tube.
That is worth something to me. On long rides I still put a very little
minipump and a mini patchkit in my jersey and pray I never have to use them.

Lou

(PeteCresswell)

Stuff I Carry Whether Riding Or Not
------------------------------------------------
- Cell Phone

- "Wallet" (actually a rubber band around a bunch
of cards)

- Greenback dollars. Also useful as blowout patches.
------------------------------------------------



The Usual:
------------------------------------------------
- Flat fix stuff: glue, patches, plastic levers.

- Couple spare inner tubes.

- Mt Zefal "Mini-DoubleShot" pump.

- Tweezers to pull thorns (greater minds than mine say a
needle or pin will do it just as well).

- One of those super-dooper multi-tools with a few Allen keys,
couple screw drivers, and so-forth. This one's by
Crank Bros.

- Five-mil "real" Allen key. I use it enough for saddle
adjustments and such that it's worth getting around the
multi-tool's PITA factor.



Dead Weight:
------------------------------------------------
- Chain tool. Couple spare quick-connect links, couple
right-off-a-chain links. Broke a chain once.... but it left
me so messed up I couldn't ride home... so I still haven't
used the tool or the spare links.

- Spoke wrench. But since I use disc brakes, it's probably
another half-ounce of dead weight.
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Maybe Not-So-Usual
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- Itty-bitty break-off-blade razor knife. I dunno... doesn't
weigh anything, just seems like it might come in handy.

- Shop rag. *Very* nice to have - both to wipe chain grease
off of hands and, unfolded on the ground, as a little staging
area to put small parts while working in the field.

- Plastic bag (Brooks saddle...rain and all that)

- Half-dozen plastic wire ties (that's how I attach my front
fender, whose self-attachment feature lasted about two hours
on the
first ride through brush)

- Itty-bitty mirror and some contact lenses

- Little squirt bottle of eyeglass cleaner.

- Disposable butane lighter (ditto the razor
knife)

- Buncha paper towels

- Small squirt bottle filled with BetaDyne
------------------------------------------------
--
PeteCresswell

Saudade

"Andre Jute" <fiultra1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5c86a47f-53d5-420c-a2f0-6764b6b528be@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> My number one tool is a mobile phone, the only one I own, permanently
> carried on my bike, switched off so that no one can reach me; it's
> sole purpose is to call the ambulance if I fall over from a heart
> attack, or a taxi if I get a flat tyre.
>
<snip>

A picture's worth a thousand words. Or, in my case, at least a couple of
dozen. I also carry my cell phone and wallet in my rack bag. Everything
else, except the pump, fits into the seat bag.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k...nivega_0095.jpg

jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org

Ben C? wrote:

>> Most of my tool kit fits into an Altoids can and was inspired by Jobst's
>> tool kit(s):

http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-003/...ample-tool-kits

>> Mine has a Ritchey CPR 9, 8 mm Allen wrench, small folding pliers
>> ("Swiss Army"), Park spoke wrench, Rema patches and glue, Park tire
>> boot, a couple spare spoke nipples, and a bit of rag, mainly to
>> prevent rattling. In addition to that there is a spare tube and a
>> Crank Bros. tire lever in my saddle pack.

> I carry a spoke wrench (but [smug mode on] haven't needed it out on
> the road since I started building my own wheels), but what's the
> point of spare nipples?

Some of the items in that picture have served other riders I
encountered on the road who had mechanical problems. I once retrued a
wheel for a rider who had given up and phoned for a ride from far
away, believing the wheel was a total loss in the pretzel shape it had
gotten. I got the bicycle and friends on the road in short order
using my dog bone spoke wrench.

Jobst Brandt

A Muzi

> Per BFWG:
>> http://www.cycleto.com/index.php?vi...ontent&Itemid=3

(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> CO2 cylinders? *Multiple* CO2 cylinders?????
> Is it just me or does that sound a little weird compared to a
> lightweight pump?

Whatever you prefer, either works. I carry a CO2 sometimes when it's hot
and sticky. Fortunately, never flatted when I had one in my pocket so
they seem to do something of value, at least metaphysically!
--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
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Tim McNamara

In article <slrng48lut.8n7.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:

> On 2008-05-30, Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
> > Most of my tool kit fits into an Altoids can and was inspired by
> > Jobst's tool kit(s):
> >
> > http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-003/...ample-tool-kits
> >
> > Mine has a Ritchey CPR 9, 8 mm allen wrench, small folding pliers
> > ("Swiss Army"), Park spoke wrench, Rema patches and glue, Park tire
> > boot, a couple spare spoke nipples, and a bit of rag, mainly to
> > prevent rattling. In addition to that there is a spare tube and a
> > Crank Bros. tire lever in my saddle pack.
>
> I carry a spoke wrench (but [smug mode on] haven't needed it out on
> the road since I started building my own wheels), but what's the
> point of spare nipples?

The spoke breakage I have encountered in the past couple of years has
been at the first thread at the nipple end. These have all been with DT
stainless 14/15 g spokes. That renders the nipple useless. I do have a
couple of spokes taped to the pump, chain stay or fender stay as well.

Also, I carry them in case I have to true a wheel for some reason and a
nipple rounds off. I've had to fix other people's bikes on the road.

Ben C

On 2008-06-03, Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
> In article <slrng48lut.8n7.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
> Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:
[...]
>> I carry a spoke wrench (but [smug mode on] haven't needed it out on
>> the road since I started building my own wheels), but what's the
>> point of spare nipples?
>
> The spoke breakage I have encountered in the past couple of years has
> been at the first thread at the nipple end. These have all been with DT
> stainless 14/15 g spokes. That renders the nipple useless. I do have a
> couple of spokes taped to the pump, chain stay or fender stay as well.

I see, yes it makes sense if you're also carrying some spokes.

> Also, I carry them in case I have to true a wheel for some reason and a
> nipple rounds off.

Although if it has rounded off it might be difficult to get it off in
order to replace it with the spare.

TBerk

And Sunday night, on the way to the movies, I ran over a NAIL, an
actual nail in the rear tire.

Glass, yes. Thorns, yes, but a Nail? And coming down an overpass at
speed too. Good thing it wasn't the front (oh wait, the front is that
kevlar tire....)

Anyway, that was the one time in a long time I didn't bundle the bike
bag along and was stuck with out patch repair at hand.

Anywho, I'm repacking said tool kit right after I get offline- the bag
was drying after a wash so...


TBerk

Brian Huntley

On Jun 2, 8:42*pm, "Saudade" <saudad...@nospamme.yahoo.com> wrote:
> A picture's worth a thousand words. *Or, in my case, at least a couple of
> dozen. *I also carry my cell phone and wallet in my rack bag. *Everything
> else, except the pump, fits into the seat bag.
>
> http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k...nivega_0095.jpg


Is that a soccer ball inflator near the exention hose?