What's in your bag?

[Owlie]

I have the larger-sized Topeak wedge bags, the one that's expandable, since I'm one of those people who feels the need to carry everything but the kitchen sink with them. In it, I have:

-2 spare tubes
-a tampon
-CO2 inflator plus two cartridges
-A power gel, in case I run out or forget my Clif blocks.
-Alien XS multitool with chain tool
-tire levers
-tiny notebook (the pencil has disappeared)
-a few doses of benadryl
-a couple bandaids.

I really want a tiny comprehensive first aid kit, or at least condiment-type packages of antiseptic ointment and the like. Any suggestions?

[Zen]

I'm going to start carrying around a headless doll just in case someone ever stops me to ask that.

[Miranda]

I'm going to start carrying around a headless doll just in case someone ever stops me to ask that.

If you are going to carry the doll body headless in your bag... may I have the head itself to carry in mine after you rip it off?

Though, I hope it's a Barbie Doll because my Krieg bag wouldn't hold something bigger.

Hmm, something weird in the bag... well, Krieg bags themselves are unusual...

I got notta outta the ordinary atm:
1tube, tire levers, 1CO2 w/strips of cut duct tape on cartridge, mini CO2 inflate head, Ziplock snack baggie w/2Advil, few crisp dollar bills, house key, and cell phone usually can get jammed in the Kreig bag last thing... asthma inhailer & Cliff Shot Blocks + Lara bars in jersey pockets.

OH... and I will have a Barbie Doll head when Zen gives that up.

I think if I tie the Barbie Doll hair to the blinky light strip on the back of the Krieg bag, it will all fit then... yea, that's my plan... cool, I'm set.

[Zen]

I'm hitting the dollar store asap

[sandra]

Thanks! I'm just back in the saddle and haven't stocked my bag in so long, I'm getting ideas and trying to make sure I'm not forgetting anything.

Something I carry in my handbag that seems weird but I use constantly - a tape measure. Won't be needing that in my bag though. Well, I guess I could on occasion.

sorry...I didn't mean too weird. Bad choice of words.

[CyclicChick]

Owlie yo kill me. I'm always concerned of the bike shop guy finding my tampon.
I have an expandable bag which has
spare tube
tyre levers
granola bag
fortified jelly beans, yes electrolytes and all
my cell and $$

[Zen]

Owlie yo kill me. I'm always concerned of the bike shop guy finding my tampon.

Guys know by now that women use tampons.

[Owlie]

Unless it's like the 15-year-old kid the LBS at home employs, largely for sales but they're teaching him some of the mechanical stuff too. In which case, well, he needs to learn this stuff anyway. No one ever died of embarrassment. (And if I take my bike to the shop, the bag comes off anyway.)

[ny biker]

Guys know by now that women use tampons.

I'd rather have some guy at the LBS find my tampon than be caught without when I need it.

And since they have no need to look in my seat bag, it serves them right if they snoop around and find something that freaks them out. Which is another reason to pack that headless doll..

[OakLeaf]

Just the normal stuff.

Tube, CO2 inflater, two cartridges, patch kit, Topeak Alien II multi-tool (everything you could ever conceivably want, weighs a ton, but good for the boonies), tire levers, brake cable, derailleur cable, three links of chain, master link, Epi-Pen, emergency blanket, retractable cable lock.

That's it. Back-up mini-pump lives on my frame, everything else goes in the jersey pockets.

[HipGnosis6]

My seat bag contains: patch kit, tire levers, small folding bike multi-tool thingy (given to me by a friend of the family when he got a fancier one), a $10 bill, a couple of bus tickets, a few bandaids, and some tiny packs of neosporin appropriated from the first aid kit at work. There's space for my keys, but it's rare for me to actually put them in there.

[marni]

jersey pockets:
left- gu and chamois butter two packs of each
center- wallet with credit card, cash and a copy of drivers license for suplemental id
ight- cell phone and key to car parked in driveway so I can get at garage door opener and a cotton bandana for wiping, bracing, bandaging and whatever.

Underseat bag- two spare tubes, patch kit, CO2 inflation kit with 2 cartridges, two tire levers, Park multi tool, another spare gu and a church key in the shape of a bicycle.

Around the seat bag are two large elastic type bands as tourniquets, strapping the frame pump onto something as a brace strapping something around my waist or whatever and around my bike frame are a couple of spare velcro type straps., (ditto). In addition I carry a topeak frame pump and two bottles- one is always water which doubles for dumping on head, cleaning out scrapes and cuts.

as for getting my hands dirty chaning tires- I always wear black shorts so I can spit and sipe and then rinse with water.

My operating motto has always been three pockets- good to go. I did the cross country this way because we had adequate support every 2030 miles and I can always find a gas station or the like for anything else I need which is why I carry a low limit credit card and some cash.

marni

[sandra]

Very impressive Marni! You have it down to a science!

[owlice]

"After that I put a big Super Plus in there.

Haven't caught him since. "

Oh, that's great! Maybe you need a headless doll, too. (Geez, how rude of the guy to go through your seatbag. Too bad you didn't have a set mousetrap in there.)

I usually have two bags on my bike. Seatbag holds the usual: spare tube, CO2 dispenser and tubes, multitool, tire levers, and I think there's a little patch kit in there, too.

I have a ginormous handlebar bag which holds all kinds of stuff, but usually paper towels, lubricant, disposable gloves, a couple of bungee cords, bungee netting, Band-aids in several sizes, gauze, Bactine wipes, Neosporin, moist towelettes ("Moist Towelettes" strikes me as either a great or horrible name for a band; can't decide which. Or porn star twins.), batteries (AA and AAA), mini lights (one white, one red, just in case), and in the other zippered compartment, trail mix, a couple of Luna bars, reflector bands, and when I'm riding, my phone, keys, wallet, and sometimes a spare bottle of water.

[loopybunny]

fortified jelly beans, yes electrolytes and all

Jelly Belly Sport Beans?

I love the fruit punch ones, but I can't find them here anymore. They also turned my tongue a crazy bright pink color!