What's in your bag?

[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!

[marni]

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

LOL. thanks- the main reason is that I have enough difficulty hauling my own self around without hauling all sorts of other stuff around. Plus I figure I can always make do. Fortunately, tampons are no longer a necessary issue.

marni

[tulip]

Muirenn--you might want to pack your seatbag with confetti. Whoever opens it will have some 'splainin to do.

Or you could put one of those pop-out snakes in and make the culprit scream and pee in their pants. That would work, too.

[Loraura]

In addition to the normal stuff, I keep a pair of latex gloves (from any at home hair highlighting kit), and a wipie.

The latex gloves come out when I need to change a rear tire flat. No chain grease and tire grime all over me at the end. Wipies come in handy for chain ring tattoos or other grimey grit.

[Becky]

The seat bag on my mountain bike has a spare derailleur hanger and a spare suspension link, in addition to the normal stuff. Beats walking out...

My roadies' seat bags are pretty average...flat repair stuff, a multi tool, etc.

[Chile Pepper]

Wow--mine seems positively boring in comparison. My seat bag is mainly for flats--one spare tube, two irons, a bit of cash, ID, and some ibuprofen. My pockets always contain a bandana (I do not do rockets, ladies), my keys, my phone, lip stuff, a bit of food (a gel or bar), and another ID. On the frame, I have a pump and two bottles of water. That's about it.

[MomOnBike]

Let's see:

Allen wrench
screwdriver
patch kit
lock
key ring
pocket knife
cell phone
Jimi wallet - stuffed
glasses case (I like both my cool shades for riding and the fashion glasses for indoors)
gum
chap stick
packet of Emergen-C
grocery bag (one of those fold-into-itself cloth things the health food store sells)

No, I don't travel light, but I am prepared for most contingencies.

[Bike Chick]

My saddle bag isn't very big but I have managed to stuff it full of the normal, boring stuff.

Inner tube
2 CO2 cartridges
Inflator for the CO2 cartridges
Patch kit
Allen wrenches
$10
Skinny pair of reading glasses so I can see to change a flat
Patch kit
Copy of my driver's license with contact info on the back
A couple of band aids

[OakLeaf]

I just wish I rode a large enough frame to accommodate a lot of this stuff! My bag is so jammed full I have to take it completely off the bike to put my lock back into it, let alone fix a flat.