on 1/26/10 1:11 PM, Brad Gantt at [email protected] wrote: > Rivendell riders, with their ample baggage, are able to carry a wide > variety of things beyond a tiny multi-tool, patch kit, levers and > tube. I am curious what others in the Bunch find indispensable, > useful, fun, etc. It would probably be useful to describe the bag, > type of riding, etc.
My tendancies kind of shift depending upon the ride I'm doing, but not by much. I tend to be a bit of a bag junkie, as well. I tend not to swap bags between bicycles very frequently, so I try to modularize things or dedicate certain tools to specific bikes (i.e. both my fixed gear bicycles have chain tools onboard), so that I pull these things between bikes (usually the QB and Hilsen - the commute bikes have mostly what they need on board) know what's in there. I have the following bags: Canvas Hobo Bag (not using too much right now) Canvas Candy Bar Bag (on the Zeus) Canvas Banana Bag (Just took off the QB for a much needed cleaning, moves around most often) Canvas NS Country Bag (on the Hilsen) Green Tweed NS L'il Loafer Canvas NS Keven's Bag (on the QB right now) Zugster Canvas Rando Bag (Switches with Loafer on the QB) Cordura Jandd Expandable Trunk Bag which will not die (on the Dawes) (In the interests of full disclosure, I should also point out that on my since-sold open-wheeled racer, I used to have the smallest Jandd seat bag available - the mini (single center zipper), which allowed me to slip in a 700Cx23mm tube, a pair of small tire levers, a "no-glue" patch packet, and a folded up $10 bill, if I put everything in just so. The mini-tool went in my jersey pocket. My perspective has changed since then.) For me, gear will expand to fill any bag space, so I'd rather have to get creative and leave stuff out than have an overly large bag that encourages me to bring things along. I tend to divide my stuff between "tools/gear" and "food/clothing", the former goes to the back bag, fairly tightly packed, while the other stuff I like to have easier to get to - either up front or near the top/easy access side pockets. Tools/Gear========== The "Problem" Bag - 6" x 8" mesh side zip bag First Aid Kit, Extra gauze, sunscreen, lip stuff, advil in a tube, 3 oz bottle crammed full of waterless hand cleaner, Busted Bolt Baggie (two extra time mtb cleats with mount bolts for each, saddle bolt, a few extra hex bolts of various length, maybe a couple links of chain), zip ties, couple o' two-pack heat packs, 2 extra patch kits, "In A Pinch" pinz-nez reading glasses. This is fairly slim, and can fit into the Banana Bag easily, along with the rest of the gear listed here. Tool Wrap A couple surgical gloves Crank Bros multi-Tool with chain tool, spoke wrench and hex heads for all sizes on bikes 2-3" of chain links Slip together set of 3 Tire levers (even though most are hand-mountable, sometimes I'm too tired or cold) A full-sized 6 mm hex wrench for seat post adjustment (mini tool fails at this.) Park 8/10 mm wrench Misc Gear - Loose Two Tubes one or two patch kits Mini Pump for the QB Hozan "Y" tool (ideal for SKS fender quick tuning) ziploc bag with 4-5 baby wipes (great for cleaning grease off hands) I'll usually have a "be seen" light, plus my navigational headlight (NR MiNewt USB), flecto anklets, wheel flectos if they aren't on the bike, ziploc baggie with some $'s, pair of extra camera batteries, a pen, Marin County Bicycle Coalition county map (shows local roads and trails very well), bandanna (mostly for cleaning glasses, which is one thing wet wool does exceptionally poorly), amber glasses for after dark. Clothing/Food============= wool gloves wool headband Rainlegs In winter, I'm wearing most everything else In summer, usually arm/leg warmers, a warmer hat and vest are on/off depending on the route. I try to bring a gel pack and bar of some sort more than I plan on eating, and try somewhat unsuccessfully to remember to rotate them so that they don't get compressed into inedibleness. Dried figs, mandarin oranges, strong dark chocolate are consistent companions Cliff Blocks, because I don't normally like bringing mix powder. Two water bottles Other=============== MINI krypto for commute Keep-honest-people-honest cable lock for long rides Baked goods, when I get up early enough to do some Camera, Nikon Coolpix just upgraded from a succession of crushed and destroyed pencams Phone, for various reasons - Jim -- Jim Edgar [email protected] Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
