Originally Posted by
Weatherby
... and I could always covert to a Fixie if the rear cable broke ... .
I think you mean "Single-Speed," not "Fixie."
I've gone Single-Speed twice in the last six or seven years due to breaking the rear cable.
Once pre-rando; once in 2012, early in a solo 208k Permanent.
Each time I rode home in my 39/11.
On
the pre-rando ride, I didn't know what else to do.
In Sep-2012,
I DNF'd the perm and used the 39/11 because getting back to town in that gearing would be "acceptable."
About a month before,
in Aug-2012, my buddy Robert snapped his rear cable, and Bob and I tied off Robert's rear cable to one of his water bottle cages. We were only ~27-miles into the hilly 204/5 km Perm, and sent Robert home riding in a middling cog, but with both chain-rings of his compact operational.
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As for what I carry in the "toolbag" -- less than you.
- one or two spare tubes,
- a spare tyre,
- some of those postage-stamp, temporary patches,
- three tyre-"irons,"
- a simple combo-set of allen wrenches (which might include a screw-driver, I'm not sure and not inclined to check at this time),
- chain-lube, a mostly used tube of grease, and lube for me (chamois butt'r and/or Lantiseptic and/or vaseline),
- a pump, and
- the remnants of an emergency kit, including a "space-blanket."