I never go out on my bike without this.
Вставка
- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- These are the basic tools I carry on my bike, some of which may surprise newer cyclists. If you don't want to find yourself stuck on a remote road or trail, take a look and decide for yourself.
Buy the Topeak chain tool at Amazon amzn.to/3ciaQhI
Dunno if anyone's mentioned it below, but patch adhesive evaporates (or oxidizes or summat) once opened. Use it for one puncture, get another a fortnight later and you find the tube half full of gas. Next time you open it it'll be worse. Good idea to carry a spare unopened tube just in case.
Being an erstwhile long-distance rider, I tend to carry much more than normal leisure cyclists, e.g. folding scissors, mini Opinel knife, spare batteries for my non-dynamo lights, a couple of screwdrivers, a plastic supermarket-style bag (you can shove this inside your jersey if it's parky and you have a long descent ahead of you), odd Velcro straps, length of cord with 2 spring toggles, and a plastic referee's whistle. Best way to attract attention if you go right off the road and can't haul yourself out again. And if it's really bad you can use the cord & toggles as a tourniquet . That lot goes in a handlebar bag that makes the boy racers look down their noses, but who cares? I don't.
Yes, had that, John. Good tip.
That tire wrap tip is gold!
Can't argue with any of this, good video. A couple of things I do: (1) emergency ID - I wear my laminated cards around my neck as if they were dog tags. This way, they are with ME rather than the bike, when/if emergency help arrives. I also carry my spare bike lock keys, car key, and a flat whistle from a life jacket (which works when wet, and is much better than voice in the woods) on this necklace. As I live in NJ USA, and one daughter lives in Ottawa Canada, I have a 2nd laminated card for her local info. My cards also describe my vehicle which would be left behind at the trailhead. There is a commercial version, from "Ride ID" but I do OK. My phone's emerency info is complete, too; surprisingly not all people know about that. (2) I ride a 29er with 29x2.35 tires, pretty large. Don't carry 2 tubes, just 1, plus patches (preglued) for "get home/get to trailhead" purposes. I can always reglue and salvage the tube later. (3) Originally bought a good frame-mounted minipump, but tests showed it took in excess of 200 strokes to bring the large tires up to reasonable pressure. So I supplemented with CO2. Carrying both, I have redundancy. "2 is 1 and 1 is none" is a good, useful principle, but of course, you are generally limited by weight on the bike and can't go to extremes. (4) My multitool includes a useful chainbreaker. Not shop quality, but useful on the trail. Makes the whole kit smaller, lighter. (5). First aid - a separate kit, field-tested for my needs. (5) duct tape or equivalent - I spool mine around an old hotel room card key. I carry about 8-10 feet. Multitude of potential uses.
Thanks for this. I guess you need to be extra prepared for those big open spaces in the USA - not to mention if the Jersey Devil gives chase 😀
Excellent information. Been cycling for several years and this video contained things I have never thought about. Thank you.
Roy - you're a star, keep up the good videos. Thank you.
The best tip was the last - look out for each other. Over the years I've given away a few tubes to people with punctures and no spares. And, when I crashed and busted my collar bone, a troop of Hash House Harriers (runners) helped patch me up and get back to the trailhead. They're a good bunch, the Harriers.
I use the C02 inflator instead of a pump and I have found it works fairly well. Fortunately my wife can pick me up if necessary but I have only had to do that a few times in the last 35 years.
I have a CO2 inflator but worry about it running out so take a pump as well. I then think as I have a pump why carry to CO2 🤔😀
I'm a road cyclist and I've been using "continental" brand "Conti" tubes which have removable valve cores for about 5 years. In the workshop I inject "Stans notubes" fluid into the tube with the core removed, refit the core and pump up as usual and have suffered no punctures for a remarkably long time. Although this fluid is meant for tubeless tyres I find it works fine using it this way. It is of milky consistency, not sticky and does not "unbalance" the wheel like "Slime" tubes.It makes very little mess and you can still remove the tube and refit a "normal" one on the roadside should you need to in an emergency so still carry a spare! Find your channel very interesting particularly as I now ride E assist due to health(heart) problems
Thanks for that tip, Law. I was was thinking about tubeless, but this would be a good measure to try first. I had my first Gatorskin puncture on Wednesday. Freezing temperature, 35 miles from home in fading light, and a tyre that just didn’t want to come off/go back on. So anything to avoid that again will be welcomed. I’m pleased you are enjoying my little channel and glad your heart problem isn’t holding you back.
adding a spare valve core or two to your kit is minimal weight too.
I'm female so I just carry my phone! Hubby turns up and I fold up my Brompton and put it in the boot!! Excellent video Roy keep em coming! and STAY SAFE!
That’s a cop out Sheila 😂 On guided rides I keep banging on about at least carrying a puncture kit. And that’s both men and women. I ask who will mend a puncture while we are out. The usual answer is “you will” Okay then, what will you do when I’m not here? “I’ll call my spouse to pick me up.” I give up at that point. The funniest was when one lady said she definitely didn’t need one. I replied that she couldn’t be sure of that. “Yes she could” she said “ because I have solid tyres!” 🤦🏻
@@RideWithRoy Got ya!
Good advice Rob thank you for taking the time to people.
Good info. Thank you.
Nice tips Roy, especially the emergency details on the phone.
Thanks for the ideas and I also carry chain pins and a couple links.
Very useful info video, especially with the phone, i did once break my chain on a bran new 21 speed mountain bike, three sprockets in the front 7 at the rear, had too much cross over going up hill forcing a rivet out, no tools at all, only a couple miles to walk home.
I also carry a pair of surgical gloves when you get into the greasy chain repair. Thanks Roy for the videos.
Great list - I am even more cautious and carry everything you suggested, plus a few extra bits. I'm not a huge fan of multitools as they can be awkward to use, so I have a ratchet driver and relevant bits for my bike and a very small adjustable spanner. I am just about to add my emergency information to my phone - brilliant tip! Interested to hear that others have had problems with the self-adhesive patches, as I've never had one fail - but I have had the glue for normal patches dry up.
Another good bit of advice Roy. I hadn’t heard about the app so will be using that.
Thanks LP, I’m pleased it helped.
All good advice Roy and thanks for the tip on "what3words" (a new one to me!).
When you had those EIGHT punctures, did anyone stopping to help you, say "Oh no, not you again!"? 😂
Really good advice Roy! I too found the glue-less patches rubbish! 🙂
The derailleur hanging bracket is a well worth carrying item! 🙂
Chain-breaker is a must too - had to shorten my chain - due to a a chain snapping and destroying my derailleur! 😢
Making a tyre-path out of a old tyre is an excellent idea - I’ve helped many a cyclist out with that one ☝️
Thanks Roy - excellent advice! 👍👍👍
My kit is a bit different due to riding a track bike on flat roads exclusively. First is a spanner of 15mm for the axle nuts. A spoke key in the unlikely event of breaking a spoke in the rear wheel with zero dish. A pump with Co2 capabilities. Presta to Shrader adapter, 2 Co2 cartridges, one stored on the pump 1 spare tube stored in a plastic bag with a sock over all the other tools, strapped into the water bottle cage behind the saddle (winter). Space blanket and 2nd tube in Jersey pockets. Summer the sock is strapped under the stem, a water bottle strapped into the cage behind the saddle as a water tank. The water bottle up front goes on the stem which tilts upwards steeply. This and the head unit and front brake lever rides in the wake of my hands in the Tri bars. More comfort and less effort at the same speed! A single tire lever to help others.
Blimey David! I was expecting a kitchen sink at any moment 😀 You are certainly sensibly prepared. I struggle with persuading people to carry a spare tube. And if I manage that they don’t bring a pump 😩
Thanks for highlighting the location App. I’ve added it to my phone. Like the Emergency details on the phone, there is also a system for use at home, or if you don’t have a smartphone called “ICE” (Incase Of Emergency). Simply store another laminated piece of paper with emergency info in the fridge. Emergency services know to check there if they are needing emergency info. Keep the video’s coming.
That’s interesting, Gordon, thanks. I have ICE on my phone but didn’t know about the fridge 👍
Excellent again, many thanks Roy. The emergency page on a mobile is new to me so will be sorting that shortly. I carry a couple of gas bottles, maybe a third with the larger gravel tyres, normally gets me past a couple of punctured on road tyres. Keeping a part used bottle beyond the day isn’t worth it. Disposable gloves are always helpful with any chain work.
Thanks, Rod. Disposable gloves are a good point. I didn’t need them over the summer when my chain was waxed, but now with winter wet lube they are a necessity👍
Thanks Roy for your simple and informative vid. Been riding for 40 years and never had a chain break BUT ... always thought of the potential and should really kit up for an instance. I have suffered a spoke breaking and it was extremely difficult to ride with a wobbly wheel. I used a spoke wrench to assist realignment and my trusty role of electrical tape to stick the broken spoke to the adjacent one.
Like you, I had one outing where I used 2 tubes and about 5 patches (a very bad day involving bindi thorns) That small pump of mine got a work out about every 20min until I got home :-)
Thanks Jeff. My son was on a 120 mile ride, just yesterday, and suffered a broken chain. He was kitted up with tools and quick link but the link was too narrow. Fortunately, one of the group had the correct size, otherwise it would have spoiled the day. He is now sitting on the naughty step 😂
Update: he is back on the naughty step. Turns out he was carrying an 11 speed link for a 9 speed chain. I’m also giving him 200 lines of ‘I must take notice of Dad’s videos’ 😂
I used to ride a touring bike that had specific mounts for spare spoked for when you'd be out in the boonies somewhere. Now I'm on a 29er hardtail, and the stays aren't long enough. Being a big guy, I'm always leery of spoke problems. I *DO* carry spares in my sag bag left in the car - my thinking is if I have the parts all I need do is find the facility/etc. to use them, but parts aren't always available.
Excellent advice Roy I also carry my British Cycling card and my blood donor card
Excelent advice exactly what I carry after years of experience cycle touring, didn't realise about the phone just putting the information on my phone now.
Thanks Michael. It seems a lot of people didn’t know about that. Surprising that something so important isn’t publicised.
@@RideWithRoy yes I've just shared it with a group cycling I'm in, and a type 2 diabetes group I am admin in.
@@FENCYCLIST that’s great, Michael.
Great video Roy. The older I get the more I seem to take with me - again, through my own experience or by hearing tales from other cyclists. I've an old mint tin that I carry loads of little random bits in, like quick links, chain pin, zip ties, wire cable ties, one of my daughters hair bobbles, a couple of spare bolts (for cleat and water bottle cage mounts) an old soy sauce 'fish' bottle with some chain lube in, spare O rings (for bike lights) and some bacon strips (plugs for tubleless) padded out with a few bits of tissue paper so it doesn't rattle keeps everything in one place and secure so you're not rummaging around saddle/bar bags.
Me too. When younger (I"m now 69), I'd go all over the country with minimal stuff - only spare tube and related flat kit items). Now I have a full set of things - and thereby need to haul it around with me. But I feel responsible doing it.
On a recent ride I had made arrangements for one off the group to park his car at a village hall for four days, in return for a small cash donation, to be posted through the hall letterbox. When the moment came he asked ‘I don’t suppose you have an envelope?’ Of course I did, as I knew he wouldn’t think of it 😀 I guess it’s something that comes with age - I’m 70. I take out groups on guided rides and they rarely give a thought to what will happen if something goes wrong. They just assume we will sort it out.
I have broken the derailleur hanger, a chain and a spoke. Mountain biking can get a bit rough! Great list - I would just carry a couple of spokes and some duct tape to complete my kit.
Good call for mountain bikers, Dave.
I've never had a chain break either but... there's a first time for everything. Thanks for reinforcing this.
One item I always take with me with my repair kit is a headtorch. I ride a lot at night and often my day rides pass over into the night. It's a big advantage to have two free hands if something goes wrong. Just a tiny lightweight Petzl is ideal.
Thanks too for what3words.
Cheers, Mark
Thanks Mark, that is timely advice. I had my first ever Gatorskin puncture on Wednesday, just as dusk was falling and 30 miles from home. It took 30 minutes just to break the bead and was equally nasty to get back on. Although I had the bike light, that head torch would have helped. Also a good supplement to the main lights on dark nights. I shall be purchasing 👍
@@RideWithRoy Punctures are a deflating experience. Struggling roadside can be dreadful but that feeling of triumph as one speeds off, at first tentatively, then with full confidence... fantastic!
Great video Roy very helpful. Just a suggestion for a video how about clothing for winter and summer.
Consider it done 👍
I put tyre slime in my tubes,got 2 thorns in tyre the other day,slime worked a treat, just pulled them out tiny bit of air came out,then tyre was sealed,boom perfect..tyre still up a week later
I always carry a couple of self adhesive bandages with me. I've fallen down a couple of times, and they help with scrapes.
I usually carry a small first aid kit, David. British Cycling rules dictate that we have to carry one (and be first aid trained) when we are leading rides, so usually leave it in the bag. Unfortunately, when I was knocked off I didn’t have a dressing large enough for the road rash 🙂
Basically carry the same as you .didnt know about the emergency phone bit added DETAILS straight away 👍 only other thing i carry is an emergency blanked as they take up no room and could save you if your caught out in heavy rain as body temp can drop significantly on a long ride in windy conditions
I forget to mention the blanket, John, so good call. I carry one as part of my Ride Leader first aid kit. As you say, it takes next to no space and could save a life 👍
Hello all a old man here in Ireland 🇮🇪 watching, Suzy next birthday 😂 but I wanted to add a helmet mine is a LIVALL not cheap it I recommend these helmets.
These helmets have rear lights also left and right lights for turning but more important you can put a phone number in your phone for contact if you have an fall and the helmet phone will contact your contact information number and more important it actually gives your location on your contact phone 📱 with maps.
I cannot recommend this helmet enough.
Keep on cycling and no I’ve nothing to do with LIVALL but I had a fall myself couple weeks back and helmet kicked in.
Thanks for this recommendation. As it fits my criteria for innovative products I’ve been in touch with Livall and they are sending one for review. That video should be up in about 6 weeks 👍
@@RideWithRoy happy to help out Roy looking forward to review 👌
Always carry a chain breaker and quick link. You only break a chain once out on a long ride.!
Yes, they never break when at home in the garage 😀
@@RideWithRoy actually had two chains break on my on two different bikes, and guess what the breaker was in the saddle bag of the other bike. So now I have two chain breakers for both bikes 🙌😎
almost exactly the same loadout in a "tool bottle" spare tube, patch kit, multitool with a chain breaker build into it, 2 quicklinks, 10ml bottle of chain lube (decanted a little Muc-Off Wet lube into an empty E-liquid bottle), electrical tape, tyre levers and a pair of none latex gloves so I don't get completely covered in chain mess if I need to repair anything drive-train-y, i have a mini pump attached to the same bottle cage so my "oops kit" is all kept together.
You’ve certainly got most eventualities covered there, Dan. Since using the Redshift suspension seatpost I’ve changed from a saddlebag to a handlebar bag. I like to keep both bottle carriers for drinks and the bag is great for food as well as tools. It’s great that there are so many solutions depending on our different riding styles.
@Ride With Roy, Roy, I'm glad you didn't suggest taking along a raft of zip ties to do the 'turn it into a fixed wheel' hack for a freehub failure as championed by various youtubers. I recently had a riding companion have a freehub failure about 50 miles from home - but not to worry as I had six zip ties. Twang they went after 10 mins lacing the cassette to the spokes. So down to the hardware shop and a 100 pack of zip ties and a cheap pair of cutters. I crammed as many ties as possible through the cassette and the spokes, must have been 20 or so. "I'll ride it and you ride mine as I used to ride fixed all the time." Yes, you guessed, Twang! What a waste. The only thing I could have done better would have been threading wire through and twisting that. But we gave up. Have you ever known anyone do this ' hack' successfully? Ir is just a filler on UA-cam?
That’s far to high tech for me Claire. A freehub failure would see me on the train rather than B&Q. Perhaps a video on ‘tips that don’t work’ is in order 😀
@@RideWithRoy Yes and that would be Number One. Number Two would be ........
@@RideWithRoy But going back to your list and hanger / derailleur failure. I 've had it happen twice on 'my' runs, once to a friend (yes, the freehub friend!) also 50 miles from home. I put it on a fairly low gear (road bike. The issue is that chain tightness is critical and needs to be reasonably straight chainline.) and it was a canal for 25 miles to the car. The other was mine on my E MTB. I put it on a middling sprocket but it was slightly loose. The next one was too tight. So the slacker one it had to be. But it was just slack enough to start 'climbing' onto the next sprocket and snapped the chain. The secret was to put chain on the next to the lowest sprocket. It was still loose but no way could it climb onto the next larger sprocket (40 to 46 from memory) so worked. Don't sling the bit of chain you take off to make a single speed! Another tip for essentials is Self Amalgamating Tape. If a split in tyre you can wrap this round when lightly inflated, just enough to hold shape. (i.e. wrap round tyre then rim. Will bump every revolution but hey, will get you there.) Will stretch and hold its position when inflated.
@@RideWithRoy A zip tie tip. When putting round items in bag to hold them (tools, waterproofs etc.) use them wrong way round. This will hold for most purposes but when you need to hold in emergency it will just pull apart so you can use it properly.
@@RideWithRoy One tip that definitely doesn't work is to remove the 'Dork Ring' at the back of cassette. Passed and then offered help to a rider with a chain jammed behind cassette. We tried to get it out till I noticed that about 8 or 10 of the spoke 'heads' had been ground off. He was going nowhere, chain removed or chain not removed.
It looks like you have a power pack mounted on your handlebars. Where did you get the mount from? I keep mine in a small bag below the handlebars but yours looks a much neater solution. Just found your channel - enjoying watching your videos.
@@barkerje2 thanks, John and I’m delighted you have joined. I’m not sure which power pack you are referring to. My current setup on the bar is my Chilli Tech traffic camera. There is also an integral bag on Redshift Kitchen Sink bar, which is ideal for holding the power pack for the camera/lights. That bar is now fitted to my Ribble and the Tempest Titanium has the new Top Shelf bar, also by Redshift. I’m really missing the bag so pleased to know they will be launching one for it soon. I also use a Restrap Frame bag for carrying camera kit and drones etc. I am a bit of a belt and braces type so carry far too much 😀 If I’ve missed the point, please point me to the video and time you are asking about.
Great video for someone like me starting cycling and planning long days out. Can I ask where you buy the quick links from please?
That’s good to hear. The quick lincs are available from any cycle parts supplier, shops or online. The important thing is to make sure you get the size for your chain. They are designated by ‘speed’ and you can find this by counting the cogs on your rear cassette.
@@RideWithRoy Thanks for the reply Roy, my bike is a Triban RC120, decided to get a cheap road bike to get me back into cycling. Has 8 cogs as far as I can tell. The Topeak chain breaker arrived today too lol
I like to carry a portable bbq, U just never know wen the hunger pains hit...I also take a mini TV... as I hate to miss Corrie!!
I was with you until you mentioned Corrie