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    I'm trying to de-Fred my new bike of a seat bag. Does anyone know of an in-jersey pocket case of some sort for tube, patches, tire levers, co2?

    I like the looks of no seat bag; plus, this way I don't have to switch my stuff between bikes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by li10up View Post
    I'm trying to de-Fred my new bike of a seat bag. Does anyone know of an in-jersey pocket case of some sort for tube, patches, tire levers, co2?

    I like the looks of no seat bag; plus, this way I don't have to switch my stuff between bikes.
    A ziploc bag?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Regina View Post
    A ziploc bag?
    Too Fred.
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    Quote Originally Posted by li10up View Post
    I'm trying to de-Fred my new bike of a seat bag. Does anyone know of an in-jersey pocket case of some sort for tube, patches, tire levers, co2?
    "Hump?....What hump?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lisa S.H. View Post
    "Hump?....What hump?"
    -Young Frankenstein
    I travel light. It wouldn't be much of a hump at all. Just want to keep it all together so I can just grab it and go.
    Last edited by li10up; 03-30-2007 at 02:49 PM. Reason: grab not grap
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    How 'bout a zippered makeup case?
    "The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury

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    This thread reminded me of a time when I really learned how much of a Fred I must look like.

    I was quite a distance from home and service, and I had a flat. I was just walking my bike a short distance to a safer part of the shoulder to fix it, and some really nice people with un-Fred bikes on their car stopped to see if I had what I needed.

    I assured them I was OK and thanked them very much for stopping (very sincerely...it was nice of them!). One of them wasn't convinced, and I told her all the repair stuff I had with me (including cartridges). She looked at me and said: Do you know how to use them?

    (A fair question, really, but I thought...I really must look like I have no clue...also a fair assumption a lot of the time! LOL)
    "The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury

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    I knew it I knew it!! I'm a WILMA afterall. I use ziplock bags to keep spare change, and few small loose items together. And I also use small zip lock bag with small amount of talc powder in it and a spare tube. The spare tube covered lightly with talc powder makes it much easier to install the spare tube.

    The set of cogs in the rear today are called cassettes. There we have 9 or 10 set of cogs and its held on the real wheel assembly with a locking ring.

    Prior to cassettes, we had free wheels. It consisted of 5 set of cogs then 6/ultra 7 ... the locking ring didn't exist. The whole cog assembly had a threading in it so you just screwed the freewheel body onto the rear wheel assembly. Now you can imagine how tight the freewheel got as you pedaled your way up the hill. Pumping your leg, and with each revolution the freewheel assembly got screwed on that much tighter. The way big boys removed the freewheel was to tighten the freewheel tool in a big heavy duty vise and you would torque the whole wheel. This was a MAN's job. I couldn't do it no way no how nada...

    I'm been around a LOONNNGGG time. was riding seriously when Eddy Meryck (sp) was a big name. Later Greg Le Mond became a big name. It took some time to convince people that he was an American not some French. Then he had that stupid hunting accident that ended his career. Team 7-up? Coors Classic? ... oh gosh and there was that huge race on the east coast. Sorry having my senior moments.

    been ridin' safety bikes most of my life.

 

 

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