KingTermite 

Besides the normal "bike stuff" like spare tube, tool, etc....

What personal items do you carry?

Id?
Money?
Insurance card?
Emergency Notifcation Info?
Full wallet/pocketbook?
Keys?
Cell Phone?
Pager?
GPS?

What personal items do YOU carry?

a2psyklnut

For Road rides or off-road trail rides?

Road, Keys, ID, one dollar, two quarters. Dollar to buy a snack if I hit the wall or repair a sidewall split. Quarters to make a call. If it's really hot, I use the $1.50 to buy a Gatorade.

Off-Road, usually just my keys, all the rest is locked up in the truck.

landstander

1. $11 - $1 for use as an emergency tire boot, $10 just in case I overdo things and need to buy a drink and/or snack
2. mini flashlight - flats never sleep
3. mobile phone (turned off to conserve battery life)
4. Leatherman Juice KF4 multi-tool

ScrubJ

1. Spare tube and tire irons
2. A $5.00 bill and a couple of quarters
3. Cell phone
4. Drivers license
5. Keys
6. 4, 5, and 6mm hex wrenches. I like them better than the three way tool, I keep them taped together (makes them easier to find).

Allen

I'm usually commuting so:
Wallet
Keys, I have a small flashlight on the keychain
Saddle bag tool kit--Park syle allen wrench multi tool, Gerber multi tool, spare tube, 2 tire irons, 5-6 zip ties, surgical gloves, and a small rag
Cell phone

--A

oilfreeandhappy

Breakfast, Lunch, some basic tools, tubes, lock and cable, clothing. I usually have a pretty fair load.

neilG

Cell phone
house key
Photo copy of passport, insurance ID, card with emergency numbers
two tubes
tire levers
two CO2 cartridges with inflator
glueless patches
chain tool
master link
allen keys
spoke wrench
frame pump
enough $$ for a cab ride home

gear

liscence
health ins. card
$20
list of emergency contact phone numbers

krazygluon

when I actually go out for non-commuting purposes:

id, ego, superego...erm I mean my driver's license.
the largest bill in my wallet up to a 20. (sometimes its a 5 or a 10)
cellphone with ICE number stored in memory.
water
fruit (is that an apple in your jersey or did you get stung by a wasp?)

Michigander

tube, pump, alien multi tool, leatherman multi tool, hand pump (never co2), 2 knives, wallet, keys, camelback, and maybe some other stuff I can't think of.

CTAC

A samovar:


It is used to boil water for tea with charcoals or wood when there is no Starbucks around.

stapfam

If anyone carries more than this- then they are mad.This is normal gear carried for a Tandem on any offroad ride and yes we have used the lot on frequent occasions. Then again on our long ride offroad this year, Other than the gel packs, we did not use any other tool or spare.

Depends on the type of ride really
On a basic ride it will be spare tube, patch kit, 2x tyre levers, and a multitool. Then on the bike is the pump. However- If you have recently done repairs or adjustments on the bike- then I would take the tools to RE-repair on ride if I have to.

You can go overboard on what you carry, but the basics that I carry- should be the Minimum. Then if anything more drastic happens it is the cell phone to get picked up and a wallet to buy the coffee and buns while I am waiting.

hi565

If you go into the roadie forum, khuon has put together this post of what he brings with pictures and everything.

Retro Grouch 

For road rides, other than my wallet and car keys, I just carry enough stuff to fix one flat tire. I'm writing this from home so obviously I've always made it back.

For off-road rides mechanical problems are much more likely. I carry a Park minitool kit because it has individual tools that are easier to use and a decent chain tool.

I've got a trunk pack on the tandem and I honestly don't know for sure what all is in it. I know that I have a spare seatpost clamp because we've broken one of ours a couple of times. Big packs tend to encourage you to stuff a lot of junk in them that you never use.

trailwarrior

water
tube
patch kit
tire levers
multitool set
compressed air
drivers license
insurance card
credit card
bus pass
$20-$40
keys
raincoat
bungies
cell phone with internet & gps (geek neccessity)

I try to keep my trikes and bikes in top performance so that I can avoid catastrophies on the road. I even clean and lube my chain after every ride. Before each ride I deflate my tires and reinflate them to maximum pressure and after 1000's of miles I have never even had a flat tire. Dumb luck or Kevlar?

The worse thing that I have experienced is bolts coming loose during longer day rides on rough roads, but when ever I here a rattle I will stop and hunt down the source and fix it on the spot. Once I stopped when my fender started rubbing on the tire. I thought it was simply a loose nut on the fender, but discovered that the wheel on my trike was about to fall off.

Your bike shouldn't make noise unless it is in need of attention. Noise often means friction which equals power loss and that loss of power is taken directly from your energy output.

dekindy

All the things I normally carry when I go out: wallet, change purse, keys, spare keys, cell phone.

Bike things: Water, frame pump, and seat post bag with spare tube, patch kit, co2 cartidge inflator(2 cartridges), tire levers, allen wrench tool, multi-spoke wrench, t-handle that fits screw drivers/sockets, chain tool, third hand, wrench, towelettes.

Thinking about adding a second tube and latex gloves.

The allen wrench tool is the only one that I have ever really used on the road besides fixing flats.

Twisted spare tube stem off recently so I added the patch kit and co2 and thinking of adding a second tube.

catatonic

keys, wallet, cellphone at a minimum.

Bike stuff: Flat kit (2 tubes, 2 CO@ cartridges, a co2 inflator, 2 tirelevers), one or more water bottles, deneding on distance OR a 100oz camelbak, proper lighting systems for the conditions, allen key set and a leatherman PST II.

roadfix

CO2 inflater and this:

Mariner Fan

Water, ID (the kind you wear on your wrist), Tube, Two cylinders, Inflator, Tire tools, Cell Phone. Keys to car....

DieselDan

Water
ID- DL and insurance
phone
gels, Shot Blocs, or Sports Beans
2 spare tubes
patch kit
CO2 and inflator chuck
mini tool with chain tool
tire levers
some cash
pump
small first aid kit
nessacary medical equipment

Da Tinker

The usual bike stuff plus my money clip, which has my DL & insurance card in the middle, house keys & cell phone (I'm on call 24/7 for support services).

khuon

I can save people the trouble...

https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...04&postcount=2

froze

My list believe it or not all fits into a saddle bag.

Folding ultralight racing tire, ultralight racing tube in the box, Park MTB2 multitool, 2 tire irons, QuikStik, tire tool called the VAR use to be in there with the rest of this stuff, cheap knockoff of mini Leatherman pliers, 6 glueless patchs, Park tire boot patch, small first aid kit for minor stuff, pain pills, ID with emergency info attached, $20.50 cash, key to house, spare button batteries for the computer and spare AA bats for the rear taillight and front flasher. Then I put 3 power bars in the bag if I'm going for a while.

The rest is attached to the bike: 2 water bottles sometimes adding a 3rd, and sometimes adding my Camelback Rogue depending on how far I'm going. A Torelli mini pump attached to the side of a water cage, in addition a frame pump as back up if I'm going to be more then 50 to 75 miles from home, I always have a schrader to presta converter attached to the front presta valve, then more food goes into the pockets of the Camelback.

Noticed no phone? That's because of 2 reasons, one is that most places I go to are remote and a cell won't work, and I don't treat my wife like she's my mommy, either I fix the bike or I walk unless it's an extreme emergency. She has only needed to get me twice in 25 years of marrage and over 145,000 miles of riding; once when I had an accident and the hospital called her, and once when I got the flu and had diarrhea so bad that after about the 9th bout it left me so drained I couldn't ride...up to that point I still was trying to ride the bike home!

flair1111

$20.00
flashlight
some quarters

Saintly Loser

OK, here are my lists (different lists for different purposes):

Commuting:

I commute in the clothes I wear to work, so I've got my wallet and cell phone in the pockets. I carry a sort of briefcase/laptop case over my shoulder, messenger style, with whatever I'll need for the day. It can be heavy. I have a wedge bag under the seat that attaches with velcro, so I don't have to leave it on the bike while it's locked up outside work. In the bag are: tire levers, patch kit, multi-tool, two 16-gram CO2 cartridges with inflator, and a red blinkie in case I can't leave work until after dark.

Weekend recreational rides: I carry the same wedge pack, and I'll stick my cell phone and wallet in it. I strap a spare tube to my seatpost with an old toe strap. Two water bottles.

Longer rides (like yesterday's New York Century): All of the above, plus I'll add a rack trunk (my non-commuter bike has a rack) with food, perhaps a camera, a cable lock, a few more tools (some tape, one of those fiber-fix spoke thingies), an anorak in case of rain or cold. Two water bottles on the frame and maybe on on the rack trunk.

Seems to work.