Originally Posted by
robert schlatte
You can make a light weight chain whip with a section of chain and a cord to tie it to the rim. It will hold the cassette just fine so you can loosen the locknut.
I described that chain and cord trick a few years ago at this link:
http://www.bikeforums.net/touring/80...ip-travel.html
My cassette tool took too large a wrench to carry, I filed down two of the flats on it to allow me to carry a smaller crescent wrench. Less than 10 minutes of filing.
Two of my touring bikes do not have spoke holders on the frame. I carry the spare spokes in the seatpost. They are held in with a wine cork. The cork dried out and shrunk slightly so I wrapped some electrical tape around it to make the cork fit tighter in the seatpost.