sloar 

Was wondering what everyone else uses on there vintage race bikes for carrying inner tubes and tool kits while riding. I hate the ideal of putting a modern seat wedge on my vintage colnago. But I don't want to be 20 miles out and
Not have a tube and inflator. Curious to see what everyone else
Has on their bikes

dbakl

I use a small nylon canvas bag, the simplest I can find, usually black. Back in the day we put our spare tubular in a sock, lashed under the seat with an old toe strap.

Bianchigirll 

I am looking for some cheap small seat bags, but lately I have been thinking more along the lines of just one or two small sippered pouches set up so I can just grab one, tuck it into a jersey pocket and go.

On my tubular bikes I usually have the spare tucked/strapped under the seat and the C02 in a frame mounted holder.

Lewis_Moon

Isn't that what jersey pockets are for?
For all of my bikes I've always looked for the absolute smallest bag I could shoehorn a tube and patch kit into. I hate the saggy/baggy ones you find in most LBSs. Really, you should be able to get everything you need into something about the size of two packs of playing cards. I've always carried (and swung!) a Silca pump.

cycleheimer

A little bit of both, depending on the bike. The "handlebar" bag is also a "saddle" bag.

rootboy 

Not exactly a seat bag but I use this on one bike. On my "race" bike, I generally only carry a spare tire folded under the saddle.

Yo Spiff

On my '88 Prologue, I have a Cannondale seat pack of around the same age as the bike.

Cannondale seat pack by Yo Spiff, on Flickr

dbakl

No, that's a purse!

rootboy 

Actually, you're not too far off. The straps are from an old leather purse and the bag is a vintage Dopp kit ! Necessity is the mother of invention.

Miyata110

This may come as a shock, but not everyone wears a jersey (or bicycling shorts!).

Bianchigirll 

But you should a pocket or two in your Tweed jacket no?

dbakl

Shorts, yes. Never owned a jersey (they don't make them in extra, extra portly!)

cycleheimer

They bike naked?

RobbieTunes

I went to Walmart and bought all the Zefal ones they had, with the seat bracket clip on it, on clearance, $5 each. I cut the clip off and use them on all my bikes. They look fine. They don't clash with anything, and hold a CO2 cartridge, inflator, tube, presta adapter, lever.

sloar 

yeah same here.i usually ride in a cheap drifit t-shirt. i'm cheap when it comes to clothing..

sloar 

yep that does look like a purse rootboy! but it fits nice on that style bike..

Mercian Rider

In the bike boom for club rides and races often nothing more than a toe clip strap holding a spare tubular tire to the saddle rails was used along with a Silca pump on the frame. People who wanted to carry more used small saddle bags and/or handebar bags.

I use the ubiquitous nylon seat bags but over the years I've become less of a weight weenie and use a Carradice lowsaddle longflap so I can bring rain gear, a sweater, etc.

ScottRyder 

Held on buy one of those cool Zeus tire holders:

https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.as...m=103&AbsPos=5

Or I use a Cannondale tire sock:



Scott

jptwins

I have a variety of solutions. This is an older Trek bag on an '83 Fuji del Rey:


but I've also been known to carry a handlebar bag (vintage Novara) on the same bike:


But since the post was about saddle bags, I'll admit to having picked upa few of the Minnehaha Medium saddle bags a while back when they were on sale. I always pack a lot, even when I shouldn't, so this bag is a perfect size:


I'm also a big fan of my Carradice Nelson with a bagman support, which can be seen to the far left on my Fuji S12-S LTD touring setup from a Yurt S24O:

rootboy 

Dang. I'm getting a complex now. Well, it was an interim step. I sat down to design and make a leather bag that would fit nicely on that VO rack. And then I remembered that old Dopp kit I had picked up years ago. Still haven't made the custom leather bag.

lostarchitect 

I use a tool roll like this:



Although I just ordered a Carradice Pendle saddlebag, which I will be using soon. I'll just toss the tool roll (and contents of my pockets, etc) into it:

Doohickie

Bike Burrito. Someone sells them on Etsy.

jptwins

Doohickie, that looks pretty cool. my only issue with the bike burritos is that they can't really carry anything extra, like a long sleeve layer you've removed on a warm day or an extra snack. I guess some folks put that in their jersey, right?

bikingshearer 

I use a Rivendell Banana Bag or a copy thereof. I carry at least two, and usually three, spare tubes (I hate patching tubes at the side of the road, although I also carry a patch kit for that belt-and-suspenders security), plus tools, plus CO2 (and yes, I carry a pump, too), plus Nuun tablets to add to my water, plus I have room for arm warmers, leg warmers, and something to eat, if necessary.

Bigbossman likes to tease me about my "steamer trunk," until I pull the tool or whatever out of it that saves his ride.

JohnDThompson 

Some of us still do: