Bike Forums - Seat Bag help/suggestions

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Originally Posted by BarracksSi (Post 5069112)

Ah, sorry -- what I meant was, keep the patch kit, but leave out the pouch that holds it. I have one of those packets that came with a pouch carrying two CO2 canisters, an inflation tool, patches and levers, and it takes up half the space if I leave the pouch itself at home and toss everything loosely into the bag.

The batteries could probably stay loose as well, but maybe the plastic's a good idea to keep them from touching anything conductive & losing their spunk.

I have an Alien as well. Every once in a while, I wonder if it could be replaced -- usually by something smaller or slimmer. But then I come to my senses and remember that it's a pretty rockin' little kit.

I had a battery blow on me once in a bag. It was a "WTF" moment as I checked the bag and found out the battery (alkaline at the time) ended up with the coin change and shorted and blew up. Thus why I've been using as thin a battery case holder I can find ever since. A more strip down version for space could be to gun tape the batteries together then gun tape the tops but on hot days and after a few hot days and the lights drained and you forgot your batteries and you reach for you backup batteries in the pouch and you get a nice sticky goo coating. Icky. I'm going to see if a $5 bill can fit into the battery case for emergencies or if not then tape two transit fare tokens inside so they don't contact the cells and also I don't worry if the tokens get smiley as they're being used for the bus ride then if somethign mechanical fails on the bike.