Renting an Uhaul trailer to hitch on is the only way to do it.

This summer I have been getting more serious about riding MTB and bought some proper MTB shorts and jerseys. Re-purposing my old MTB to a path/gravel bike and in turn doing more of that riding but now doing it in the baggy MTB short and loose V neck jerseys instead of my road bike kits as I had in the past couple of years. Though I do prefer the more casual look when I'm off the bike in stores and such the Lycra road kits are many times more comfortable while actually on the bike. I even went as far as cutting the lining/padding from 2 pairs of the baggy shorts and wear them over my road bibs with a baggy V neck jersey topping it off.

Saddle bags with tools and parts get heavy and don't look cool. But not as heavy and uncool as carrying a bike a few miles back home.

This is a trend I see as BS. I rock a small, underseat bag for ID, cash, debit card, tire levers, co2 cartridge and tools unless I am racing. I just would rather be able to stuff a jacket, cold weather gloves, banana etc in my jersey...Soft items in other words I'd rather fall on if that happened. That's always been my rationale. To each their own but I could care less about what the "Cool Kids" are doing. You do U.

I have been labled uncool by several, but I simply dont care. Mainly they dont like my posting about the comfort and view on a bent. That is why I ride both my bike and trike with a mini bike shops in my trunk packs. As I have said I simply dont want to have to walk home if at all possible.

I thought "uncool" stopped mattering in the '70s .....

I think you have had the right idea about what matters all along.....The riding and being prepared like the Boyscout I still am. ;)

This guy is going to need some custom made jerseys.

Jesus that's like pack mule material ^.

Still if you need to carry things without then a bag is a great choice :P

I've been thinking on sewing up my own saddle roll out of a pair of red, leather hide woman's pants. It would have a slot for my multi tool, tyre levers, patch kit, bottle of glue and spoke wrench, and my mini pump.

I like the idea of having everything I need in one place. Then when I go out for a ride, I strap on my saddle roll and off I go!

As of now, I have all my tools in one bag, and my mini pump clipped onto my frame. The main problem with my current bag is that it's to hard to get into. I practically have to pull everything out to get one little thing. Although I don't have to go into my bag very often, it's annoying when I do.

Who wrote that crap anyway? Such a stupid waste of internet space.

I carry spare tubes, multitool, tire levers, cash in my saddlebag. And a frame pump.

My jersey pockets are already full with my phone, 3 granola bars, 1 banana, keys. If you go on a 4+-hour ride, you need food. Lots of food. My jersey pockets carry all of it. I couldnt possibly fit anything else in my jersey pockets. So I personally NEED a saddle bag. If you can carry everything in your jersey, all the better. But I also find overstuffed jerseypockets quite uncomfortable.

I absolutely DO NOT understand the hate for saddlebags. It is tidy, neat, tucked away under the seat. My Topeak Wedge actually looks quite stylish and aerodynamic.

It's a joke. Lighten up.

I have frame bag and saddle bag on my gravel bike and I usually ride with a small camelpak-like backpack on the rail trails. Sometimes I have to pack rain gear. Rain gear doesn't fit too well in jersey pockets.

On my road bike, I have saddle bag... but for longer rides (25+ miles) I'll take the backpack. I could care less about what is "cool" or "hip" in road cycling or gravel biking. I am a Fred. Hell... if I could pack a kitchen sink, I would.

I don't move seat bags from one bike to the next. Each of my bike has a seat bag that contains 1-2 tubes, tire levers, and a CO2 inflator if the bike doesn't have a frame pump.

The concept of stuffing these things in my jersey pockets is absolutely ridiculous to me.

The internet is a stupid waste of internet space.

Is not!

Sheldon Brown-Bicycle Technical Information

https://m.youtube.com

Interesting, as the concept of having exactly the same toolkit for N bikes is absolutely ridiculous to me :lol:

Moving the water from the bottle/camelback to your stomache does not change your system weight regardless of psychological impact.

Obviously. But there is a demonstrable and proven psychological impact, it's known as Weber's Law.

Capacity limitations directly relate to weight limitation.
Weight from carrying more fluids that may perspire over the exercising session influence the person's ability to work less or more.
Positioning of weight can change multiple aspects as well. Steering, suspension, agility, wheel loading...

:roflmao2:

Haha! I just noticed that one. I might have to use that as my tagline. :D


Back to the topic - me?
I use a saddle bag like any normal person.
I use also use my pockets for food and other light, small "necessities". But I don't like stuffing my pockets - I like the feeling of being free, light, & as aero as possible. :)
Whatever the bike weighs is what the bike weighs (with bag).
So in summary, I don't like feeling like a pack mule. I'll use the saddle bag - my bike doesn't mind. ;)

My latest is click-on saddle bags. I got a large and a small, so I can have whatever I need for any of my bikes, and can swap the bag from bike to bike as I choose.

The only bike which will need bigger tubes is my MTB which has a dedicated bag. For the rest, I can choose to carry the necessities or carry the tool chest, depending on my plan for the day. Now I will have half a dozen unused bags, though. You can't win. :(

Was to me too, til I went out one day, forgot it on another bike, and wound up with a flat and no spare!

Stopped and got each bike their own on the way home :thumb:

Nah, jefnvk, you need to have a fully-stocked jersey color-keyed to each bike hanging in your garage, with all the right tools, tubes, and sundries in the pockets already. :D

Did my fiancee put you up to this?? She isn't amused that despite having a closet full of them, I have a habit of just picking the dirty jersey up off the floor and reusing it :D

But in all seriousness, orange creamsicle goes with all my bikes :thumb: