What's in your pack?

[cruziegirl]

I always carry duct tape - it has so many uses. And also a little bit of 2-sided tape. I just put a couple of turns of each tape around a small piece of PVC pipe and put that in my bag. Also a tiny tube of sunscreen. I never could master the use of a frame pump (please don't laugh) so I carry one of those CO2 cartridge things to pump up my tires if I flat. They work pretty well. And finally a $20 bill for emergencies. And that's it! I try to carry as little as possible so my bike bag is pretty small.

[spazzdog]

Originally Posted by Trek420
Back to the bags. My theory is two kinds or riders; the cool ones who carry little to nothing, just what's in the rear pocket and snear at us with even an under the seat bag and then there's the riders with everything but the kitchen sink ...oh look! She DOES have the kitchen sink in the rear trunk!

You hurt me Trek420... I've never sneered. I'm usually saying "Hey, could ya carry my..."

[MightyMitre]

I think I probably fall into the worst camp. I carry very little at all then end up borrowing stuff off the Kitchen Sinkers. Where would we be without you?

[pedalfaster]

I'm with Spazz and Mighty; a minimalist. Heck, I don't even like to carry a purse. I just date men with large pockets! Cargo pants for men are a great thing ("here honey, will you carry this lipstick, and uhm, my cell phone ?").

[Deanna]

Is it something about tandem riders...

I think it could be. When we first started riding tandems (my first tandem rides were on the sole Salsa tandem - I'm still honored that we were allowed to borrow it) my husband would get the biggest kick out of me putting on lipstick as we passed by the other riders. This was back in the early 90's when we didn't see a lot of tandems, so the novelty eventually wore off.

[lkrider]

Oh yeah, RAGBRAI! Isn't the whole thing a spectacle...that's how our family got into cycling. We went to visit family in Craig, IA and the whole thing passed through town. WOW! we went back home to Oregon determined to join the fun the next year--and did!(1999) What a hoot! My son liked the bikes pulling stereos with full sized speakers best! My sister and I enjoyed the minimalist riders - two guys with nothing but a different colored pair of clean underwear for each day of the ride!

[LBTC]

I just date men with large pockets! Cargo pants for men are a great thing ("here honey, will you carry this lipstick, and uhm, my cell phone ?").

D'oh! That one only works when I'm dressed to the nines! My husband is pretty accommodating most times, but must get seriously annoyed by the stuff I try to make him carry around!

When mountain biking, my pack is huge! love the tip on the duct tape....never had figured out how to pack just a little of that stuff...the co2 inflater, several types of tools, two water bladders (one for water, one for watered down gator aid), clothes if the weather requires it, ID, care card, cell phone, money if it's wednesday ride that ends at the bar, toilet paper, handi wipes, ibuprofen, hydroxycut, calcium, business cards, sunscreen (when I remember), bug dope (when I remember), and, hmmmm, I guess lipstick. I'll have to go looking for that revlon type that v suggested. sounds like a great plan! Oh, did I mention food? and, of course, the zip ties! heehee

we got back down to -16 c today. and fresh snow. thank goodness for kickboxing or I'd be such a slug by now!

namaste,
~T~

[CorsairMac]

After riding Harleys for so long - I don't wear any jewelry or make-up. I don't even wear make-up when Not on the bikes - either one! I'm the one that after a long ride on the Harley - I stopped at a fabric store in my long duster and chaps with the filthy dirty face and wind-blown hair, and the women were pulling their children out of my path as I walked through the store! I ride alone all the time so I guess I just don't think about how I might look! lol Maybe I could stay married if I gave it more thought! (NOT!)

[SadieKate]

Not sure what it says about my mental state, but I'm a minimalist on the road (though pump and tube are required) and I'm a kitchen-sink type on dirt: tube in baby powder, duct tape, zip ties, tools, etc., plus compass, highlighter (for maps),Vitamin I, space blanket, medical kit with coban, contact lens drops and bandana. I think I've even carried Technu just in case. I've never gotten poison oak but 2 of the guys I ride with (one being the DH) get it just by getting out of the car.

[snapdragen]

Tube, mini tool, speed lever, car keyless entry beeper, sunscreen, and vitamin I. (All hail vitamin I!) Snacks can be fig newtons, trail mix, mojo bars, smuckers uncrustables - peanut butter and jelly.

[pedalfaster]

I'm the one that after a long ride on the Harley - I stopped at a fabric store in my long duster and chaps with the filthy dirty face and wind-blown hair, and the women were pulling their children out of my path as I walked through the store!

Did anyone else just have a "Raising Arizona" flashback???

[MightyMitre]

All hail vitamin I!

Never heard of Vitamin I - thought they stopped when they got to Vitamin E. What's Vit I? Should I rush out and order a batch?

[pedalfaster]

Never heard of Vitamin I - thought they stopped when they got to Vitamin E. What's Vit I? Should I rush out and order a batch?

Ibuprofen

[MightyMitre]

D'Oh - Thought it probably was!

[nuthatch]

Ha, vitamin I! I was racking my brain to figure that one out!