canklecat

Same basic stuff most folks here mentioned.

I'll probably replace my minimal mini-tool with one that adds chain and spoke tools.

For rides more than a few miles from home in a rural area where there are no city buses I'll add a spare tire, rolled up. Probably won't need it, but I prefer to be self sufficient. The best tool I've added was puncture resistant tires.

I also tote a fairly good first aid kit that can handle typical bicycling scrapes, cuts, aches and pains and basic allergic reactions.

Miele Man

A 6 inch adjustable wrench can be a godsend if you like to help those poor people who puncture and don't have a quick release on that wheel. I don't know how many such people I've patched tubes for or given a spare tube to. One time I can across a guy who was trying to inflate his tire with a COc system he'd just got but had never used. He couldn't get the cratridge onto the inflator head. Turned out one was a smooth head and the other was threaded = incompatible cartridge and inflator. I pumped him up with mine.

Miele Man

Regarding patching or replacing a tube. Be sure to check the tire for whatever caused the puncture before you insert the repaired tube or a new one. Otherwise when you pump up the tire again it might puncture immediately or only a feww yards diown the road. a cottom ball is fantastic for snagging the smalles bit sticking through a tire. it also saves scratching or cutting a thumb.

I start at the PSI rating on the tire sidewall and drag the cotton ball along the inside of the tire back to the PSI rating and then do the same thing in the opposite direction.

Cheers

adil91

i usually carry -

1.wrench
2. multi-tool or screwdriver
3. spare tube
4.hand pump

scott967

Same here. That's all I've ever needed. I have broken spokes but just work harden the spoke till it breaks off, loosen the brake and ride on. I've also ridden a mile or two on a flat. Have to do it at walking speed and don't use the saddle (if it's the rear) but it can be done (at least on alloy rims. Probably wouldn't try on crabon).

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AlexCyclistRoch

On my first ride with my C'Dale I'd just built, my stem became loose in the steertube. It's a 7mm allen bolt. Good luck finding a 7mm allen wrench on the MUT.....

Retro Grouch 

Good luck finding a 7 mm allen wrench anywhere.

AlexCyclistRoch

Actually, since BMW brake calipers use a 7mm allen wrench, you can at least order one from most auto parts stores.

The other alternative is to take an 8mm wrench, and grind .020" off each face on a tool grinder.......

HillRider

They are available and a Google search turned several different suppliers and types, including Bondhus. But you are correct, they aren't included in any multi-tool I know of and aren't in any standard set of hex wrenches. You have to know you need one and get it as a specialty.

Flinstone

Most of it's been covered. A swiss army knife (less for the bike than just I don't leave home without it), a folding set of allen wrenches, tire levers, spoke wrench, patch kit, spare tube and a small adjustable wrench. This all fits in a seat bag with room for a bit more. The last one is the one that seems surprisingly overlooked to me. Its importance though depends a little if you have QR or nutted wheels. I used to have nutted but still carry it. Came in handy though recently after cable "stretch" meant I couldn't reach my big ring. I've used every tool when I would have been pretty stuck without it.

I wouldn't say that means I "feel like" I need to carry this much. I'd say that means it's been extremely useful for me to carry this much, more useful than the pain of carrying it. Of course a telephone and a credit card are about all you ever "need" to get through any one day in life (I carry those too, and a spare battery).

Rubato

The only things I would add to others above are the Pitlock socket and some granola bars.

Booger1

I ride my touring bike everyday....It has a touring style tool kit.....LOTS of crap.....Chain tool w/extra links and master,spoke tool,spokes,nipples,pliers,nuts,bolts,tube,patches,boot,levers,cables,disk brake pads....ect. ect.

It's built for comfort not speed.

rmfnla

Not a great plan; ruins the hardening and begs for the tool to fail...

cncwhiz

Well, I bought a c02 pump and ordered 10 16g cartridges from ebay for 12 dollars. I have two spare tubes but the are not presta, so I will buy another presta tube. I have the patch kit. Now I will collect up the other tools. What is a park boot and what is its purpose?

rmfnla

Boots are large patches for rips in a tire...

HillRider

Hex keys aren't case (surface) hardened, they are hardened and tempered all the way through so grinding off some of the surface won't compromise the hardness. However, you have to be careful not to overheat the wrench while grinding it so you don't change the temper. You work slowly and dip the tool in cold water frequently.

Willbird

Yep and the cotton ball will fit into some patch kits just fine :-)

Willbird

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Some people use a Dollar bill for the same thing, or other things, but the Park thing is pretty cheap for a 3 pack and it takes up like zero room almost :-).....I put one of the 3 in each of my 3 bikes pack.

It is meant to help stop a tube from blowing out through a big cut or hole.

noglider 

If I'm riding two or three miles or less, I might carry nothing, since I can walk home, and I figure the likelihood of a breakdown is low enough.

When I ride farther than that, which is almost all the time, I carry a toolbag which moves from bike to bike. (I have too many bikes.) It contains:

• spare tube
• patch kit
• pump
• two tire levers
• allen keys for adjusting my seat and handlebars
• rag
• hand wipey in a packet
• a short length of duct tape

A flat is the most likely type of breakdown. I don't often need to adjust my seat or handlebars, but I like to be able to anyway.

The tool bag has a loop on the back, and I hang a tail light from that. This way, no matter what bike I'm riding, I always have my blinky tail light.

rmfnla

True.

I'd actually worry more about how accurate I could keep the flats on a grinder...

Drew Eckhardt 

Full size frame pump, two spare tubes, patch kit with unopened vulcanizing fluid tube, two tire levers, chain tool, three master links, left over from a new chain, Park MT-1, 4-5-6mm hex keys, T-25 torx key, Park SW0 spoke wrench, nitrile gloves. I also bring a spare tire on long rides (> 100 miles).

The frame pump gets a 700 x 25 tire to 90 psi in under 100 strokes so my arms don't fall off.

Flats almost never happen, except during the rainy season when they're frequent so being prepared for multiples is important.

I don't need any tire levers, although two are nice when my hands are cold and could help someone else.

I broke a few chains (weighing 140 pounds, not shifting under load) before the move to flush peened rivets. Since then I haven't broken any, but shifted off my big ring, had my chain form two loops going back on, and bent a link in each loop. Three master links plus spare will get such a chain back to normal length.

The Park MT-1 has a screw driver to put the derailleur in a gear with a broken cable and hex bits; but bad angles so they can't reach everything. 4-5-6 hex keys handle anything that could loosen. The T-25 key can straighten Campagnolo shift levers after a crash.

I've used the spoke wrench to make a slightly bent rim rideable. All my wheels have DT or Wheelsmith nipples so I just need the one size.

I hate riding with greasy/dirty hands so I have the gloves.

Getting a taxi home from 50-100 miles away, perhaps after dark, maybe with no cellular service would be very inconvenient and inexpensive so I bring a spare tire on long rides.

JBHoren

In a small Arkel handlebar bag, I carry:

• A set of metric Allen wrenches
• Two inner tubes
• Three 16g CO2 cartridges
• A CO2 inflator
• A coded Pitlock key
• A 15mm ratchet-end wrench
• Two pairs of heavy-duty nitrile gloves
• Numerous shop rags and hand towels
• A variety of bungee cords
• Several different-sized flat-tip and Phillips-head screwdrivers
• A Park-Tools CT-5 chain tool
• A few chain links and SRAM Master Links
• A half-dozen single-serving Ultima Replenisher sticks (tart cherry)

Gresp15C

Spare tube
Patch kit
Tire levers
Small pump
Wrench for nutted axles
Allen keys

I used to carry two tubes and a patch kit, since I had rides with multiple punctures, or I might even have damaged a spare tube myself while installing it. Over the past couple years I've switched all of my bikes to puncture resistant tires, and have had no flats on them -- knock on wood -- but I'm still prepared to fix a flat. I no longer worry about how long it will take -- especially with a low capacity pump -- since the likelihood of needing it is pretty slim.

79pmooney

My bikes all have seatbags with: 2 tubes appropriate for the tires of that bike, patch kit, tire irons, appropriate allen wrenches 6mm and down. A cheap multi-tool goes in my pocket for shorter rides, a Leatherman for longer ones. Sometimes I have a spoke wrench. I make it a point to have 5 or more dollar bills (of any denomination but small ones preferred) to make casing boots, esp on long rides. City fix gear has a 6" crescent, the good one a Pedros Trixie.

Edit: All bikes get Zephal frame pumps.

Ben

dksix

I carry a set (3) of I think Bell tire levers (came in a flat repair kit I bought a Walmart), the 3 sizes of allen wrenches that fit all the fasteners on my bike, 2 spare tubes (used to carry only one but after having to cut short on rides I started carrying a backup to my backup rather than patches) and a mini pump. I bought one of the Co2 inflators but the first time I tried to use it it didn't work for me but the pump always has.