I have two new bikes for the family and I want to add a few saddle tool kits to these bikes. While I am buying locks for the bikes, I know the saddle bags could be easy stolen.

Can anyone recommend any cheap saddle tool kits(probably on Amazon) that can be used in a pinch if needed.

Can anyone recommend brand names for good or higher quality tire repair kits/patches? The only good patch kit I know of is Park Tools.

Any Suggestions?

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Amazon: Bicycle Repair Bag With Tire Pump, Portable Tool Kit for Camping Travel - Patches, Inflator, Maintenance Essentials All in One Safety Kit - 27USD

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search: ROCKBROS Bicycle Repair Tool 20 in 1 Bike Pocket Multi Function Folding Tool

on ebay,. $15, shipped.
spend as little as possible since they get swiped if you lock up in the wrong place.....
i take my bike in stores rather than tempting the street urchins....
and i'm +1 on the Park Patch Kits... patience is the key.,,, the insta-patches are getting better
prepping the area is very important.

every bike has it's own unique tool needs, though there are a number of common elements. Though I've never been a fan of tool kits per se, except maybe socket sets, the differing needs of my various bikes clinches my decision to forgo kits. On my good road bike all I carry is a combination 5/6mm hex key, tire levers, spare tube and a pump. One of my other bikes has no hex keys, so I need to a wrench for axle nuts.

These are just examples, but I hope you see the point. Decide what emergency repairs you want to be prepared for, and carry on each bike, it's specific tool requirements. BTW- I ride fairly far form home, so each bike has $50 emergency cash hidden on it.

Cheap tools are expensive tools! And tools that aren't easy to use are worthless

I would recommend the Crank Brothers M10 (longer tools easier to use), Speedier Lever (protects the knuckles and has an install side) and a Rema Tip-Top patch kit (Touring 2 but they make the best patch kits) then whatever size tube is needed with the proper valve. For a pump, Topeak Morph pumps (Road or Mountain or Mini if I need something small) or the similar equivalent from Lezyne because having something closer to a floor pump makes life easier. I also generally carry a Planet Bike Red Zeppelin and CO2 cartridge just in case.

Obviously you might have different needs but that generally will do most bikes pretty well. I typically add some nitrile gloves and maybe some cash if I am not carrying a wallet. Build something you can use easily.

If you don't know how to do something you may not want to carry stuff but you may want to carry it so someone else could help you. I would rather have a tube that I chose to not learn how to install then not have it be stuck and a Good Samaritan comes by and is willing to help but doesn't have what you need.

For bags I highly recommend Topeak's QuickClick stuff it is easy to move from bike to bike with an F25 Fixer on each saddle. Plus they have different sizes and also waterproof ones and different openings and makes life super easy.

Your local shop will have this stuff or can easily get it if not. If you really cannot interact with humans in real life, there are actual online bike shops that have a brick and mortar or at the very least are specific bike shops that aren't just warehouses for anything run by greedy billionaires

I bought recently some Park Tool "fold up" allen key and torx multi-tools and don't like them at all. Since the handle/body is plastic and there are moving parts the feel when using is very mushy. I like to tighten to what I know is a good amount and I can't do that with these sets. And they're combersome. I've not used them since buying them, much preferring my individual keys/drivers.

I have a set of very nice shiny small smooth Craftsman combination wrenches from the '70s, 4-12mm and I carry just the sizes that fit nuts/bolts on my bike. I just prefer individual everything for the feel and the precision.

I agree wholeheartedly with this about figuring out exactly what you need and carrying exactly that. I might suggest a refinement based on your "family" situation. In my family, every tube and every tool for everyone's bike rides together in a "family" tool kit. No need for everyone to carry their own, especially when stuff is duplicated.

Also, if you are worried about saddles being stolen, give a thought to any attached tool bag also being stolen.

Oops, I meant the saddle bags are easily stolen(lost mine already when I locked my bike and used the local restroom and found the bag was gone 10 minutes later).

You might consider putting all those little wrenches back in the set and instead just carrying one adjustable wrench. Fewer pieces to carry, and feel and precision might actually improve because you can clamp the wrench directly to a nut with no wiggle.

A side benefit of an adjustable wrench is that you can fix lots of other things as well - not even necessarily on bikes.

I would look at this $30 Walmart set:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Tra...RoCkDQQAvD_BwE


Best bang-for-the-buck in cheap bike tools. Carry as much or as little as you want.

Lol, my girlfriend bought this kit when she bought her huffy bike at Walmart. She wanted to "work" on her bike.

Some of the tools I was going to throw in a saddle bag and got the idea of creating a few saddle bags of cheap tools as "backup" incase I am not around.

So I kept the kit and found out while I was teaching the family how to fix a flat tire and that found out the glue was non-usable(dried out).

The LBS (if you can call it that) that is close by does not stock on supplies(tubes or glue) or tools anymore. The closest place is Walmart, REI( 90 minutes), or TREK(2 Hours).