Onboard Bicycle Maintenance Pack

[Gary]

Hi,

I am going to be doing roughly 3 - 4 hours of cycling daily as of next week and I am wondering what
kind of "Maintenance Equipment" I should carry? For example Foot or Hand pump? Puncture Repair kit?
Spare Tube? I am a novice, and have no idea what to take with me. Someone also said Allan Keys may
be handy. Also, should I get a kit that packs on the bike? I don't mind wearing a small rucksack.

Thanks for any tips!

Gary.

 

[Luigi De Guzman]

On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 17:51:25 GMT, "Gary" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am going to be doing roughly 3 - 4 hours of cycling daily as
of next week
> and I am wondering what kind of "Maintenance Equipment" I
should carry?
> For example Foot or Hand pump? Puncture Repair kit? Spare Tube? I am a novice, and have no idea
> what to take with me. Someone
also said
> Allan Keys may be handy.

Minimum: Frame pump--get one that fits along the inside of your top tube and then stop worrying.

puncture repair kit. tyre levers a must.

re Allen keys:

If you want to go superlight, carry a Park MT-1 multitool and the above and you'll be mostly
okay...unless anyone else on the NG has remembered something I've forgotten?

I have a Topeak Alien, too.--the biggest sort, with all the goodies in it, but since I'm on a budget
my 'mobile' toolkit is also my 'stationary' toolkit. With an MT-1 and an alien I have two of every
size allen key i need easily at hand...but that was handy for attaching things like carriers &
mudguards at home.

> Also, should I get a kit that packs on the bike? I don't mind
wearing a
> small rucksack.

you should be able to get a little underseat wedge that straps to the rails of the saddle and the
seatpost. dont' carry a rucksack. your back will sweat; sweat will pool there, and chill, and you
will feel miserable and smell worse when you get home.

-Luigi

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[Luigi De Guzman]

On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 16:16:26 +0000 (UTC), "Fred" <"Fred"@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I've read all the good advice with reference to tools for your
bike, but
> nobody mentioned maintenance for yourself! As a self-confessed newbie, I wonder
how you will
> stay in the saddle for 3 or 4 hrs without becoming saddle sore

careful bicycle selection. also careful bicycle saddle selection, and good positioning.

> or straining muscles you never knew you had

Sore happens. No big deal. you have a shower at home, use that...

>and what about those grazes you are possibly going to suffer from when using tools you've never
>used before? And of

practice at home in non-crisis situations.

> course, sustenance such as Mars Bars and maybe BEER ( what is >
behind the

chocolate gets gooey on the ride. mess. beer cans are heavy and get too warm, not to mentiona all
the shaking from road bumps. If I'm in imminent danger of hunger on a ride, I'll usually find a way
to resupply on the way. If I'm going into the country for the day, I'll carry a racktop bag.
problem solved.

save the beers for after. and while you're up buying, get me one. it's your round, isn't it?

-Luigi

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: +44 781 792 1610 (mobile)

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[Claire Petersky]

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 16:16:26 +0000 (UTC), "Fred" <"Fred"@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> >nobody mentioned maintenance for yourself!
>
> Or indeed repairs. A doctor on uk.rec.cycling has suggested that a basic first aid kit is small,
> light, and a pretty good idea.

I have in my first aid pack: small envelope of sunscreen small envelope antibiotic ointment small
envelope of antiseptic wipes small envelope containing 2 aspirin 3-4 bandaids

This is about the size of three credit cards. Please note, if you are biking with kids, they won't
be able to cope with adult aspirin -- you'll need to bring some chewable form of pain reliever.

Warm regards,

Claire Petersky ([email protected]) Home of the meditative cyclist at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm

 

[George Shaffer]

Topeak Alien, mini-pump (I use one of those little hoses off a football pump, too), water bottles,
munchies, patch kit, spare change in a film cannister, and a washrag. "Gary" <[email protected]>
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi,
>
> I am going to be doing roughly 3 - 4 hours of cycling daily as of next
week
> and I am wondering what kind of "Maintenance Equipment" I should carry? For example Foot or Hand
> pump? Puncture Repair kit? Spare Tube? I am a novice, and have no idea what to take with me.
> Someone also said Allan Keys may be handy. Also, should I get a kit that packs on the bike? I
> don't mind wearing a small rucksack.
>
> Thanks for any tips!
>
> Gary.