What do you carry with you?

[Daggett]

Thanks for the link. Just what I needed.

[betagirl]

In my saddle bag is a spare tube and Alien tool. I have a frame pump strapped to my frame. Other than that, I don't carry much with me on shorter rides. When I commute, I use a messenger bag. Bike related items in there are locks, cleat covers, and a blinky light.

[Kano]

My saddle bag is kind of little -- it's got room for a tube and one of these multi-tool gizmos, and tire irons. I've needed the multi-tool, but not the rest of it so far, which is good, since I've changed my tire size and now the tube is for DH's bike and not mine! There's room for my garage door opener and possibly my cell phone in there if I don't want to carry anything else with me that day.

There's my Camelbak for water.

Then there's my handlebar bag for the stuff I might just want access to: camera, snack, chapstick, phone, and ID.

DH has been carrying the tire pump, but lately I've been thinking I should get one, cuz what if I'm out without him! Of course, he does not carry his spare tube, so he's up a creek too, without me along! We HAVE to get more organized one of these days!

Karen in Boise

[Kalidurga]

Pump strapped to downtube, everything else in the saddlebag:

1 spare tube
co2 cartridge w/ pumphead I've yet to fully understand how to use
levers
patch kit (need to get a small square of sandpaper)
multi-tool
1-2 handi-wipes (swiped from a bbq restaurant)
travel-size tube of ibuprofen
maps of the bike trails I ride

Since I'm starting to ride longer distances, I'd like to carry a second tube. I tend to waffle back and forth between militant minimalism and carry-the-kitchen-sink paranoia. I'm considering getting a bigger Camelbak to be able to fit the extra tube and more food!

[pooks]

I got the Carradice zipped roll:

http://www.wallbike.com/carradice/zippedroll.html

But I use mine on my handlebars. I like having something I can reach into without pretzeling 180 degrees to reach it, or get off my bike. I eventually want a saddlebag, but will get a larger one that will really hold bunches of stuff. In the meantime since I don't carry a lot with me (I'm just riding in the neighborhood) this is the way the zipped roll looks on the front of the bike:



I could easily stuff a jersey or lightweight jacket or something in it. Or a book or whatever. Right now it carries a couple of basic bike tools, cell phone, iPod, Cliffblox or Lara Bar and on this day, a bank deposit. That pic was made in the drive-through at the bank.

[7rider]

Pooks, you're the BEST!

All the time, I have tire irons, spare tube, and a patch kit in the saddle bag. A frame pump is attached to each bike.

Cleat covers, ID, phone, money, and munchies go in the jersey pockets.

If I'm going out for a longish ride in hot weather (over 40 miles or so), I usually wear a Camelbak and jersey items go in that, plus MORE munchies. I recently started bringing "uncrustables" with me, per some recommendations from this group. I let my DH try it and he said "Wow! And it's on Wonder Bread!"

In the colder weather on the road, I'll usually cram a jacket in my jersey pocket if I warm up enough to take it off. I travel pretty lightly, I guess.