What's in your bag?

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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