genejockey 

Keys go in right hand jersey pocket. House keys if riding from home. Add car key fob if driving to start.

Phone goes in snack sized ziplock bag in center jersey pocket, with DL, insurance card, ATM card, and a $20. Add car insurance card if driving to start.

Wallet stays at home unless I'm riding after work, because I change my clothes at work and drive to the start of the ride. Then I put the wallet in a ziploc and stuff it in my left hand jersey pocket.

john m flores 

Key goes in my wallet when I go for a ride Phone usually sits in another pocket; I keep it on me in case something bad happens and I am separated from the bike


CTUG = Chicken Tramper Ultralight Gear

Iride01 

Wallet and phone go in a plastic zipper bag and in my center pocket on the rear of my Jersey. A good Samaritan actually found it easily and called my wife after I'd had a wreck and was out of my head but conscious trying to get on my bike and ride home. (they'd first called a ambulance on their phone)

A spare house key stays in my bike bag under my saddle. Though I'm wondering about getting electronic door locks so all I have to do is push a button on my phone. Maybe it'd be great if Garmin made that a feature on their devices so I don't have to pull the phone out of my back pocket!

Mtracer

I've recently culled my supplies I used to keep in a Topeak Wedge bag. I now keep the CO2, mini-pump, TPU tube etc. in the down-tube storage of my Trek Domane. I use a Silca ride wallet (or whatever it's called). I keep my phone, a pair of 20 dollar bills, photocopy of my drivers license with several family and friend contact names and numbers on it, and of course my phone. If I were going to do a long ride like a 100 miles, I'd probably put a credit card in there as well.

In winter, I'll use a frame bag to store extra clothing. Sometimes that's extra is just in case I need to add a layer, or where some layers get stored later in a ride.

I used to keep snack bars and gels in a top-tube bag, but I've switched to liquid fueling, so, I haven't needed the top tube bag. I'll see this winter, maybe I'll make use of it for something.

macattack71

My road bike is also my commuter, so anything I need goes in the Oveja Negra saddlebag. Sure, it's not small, but you don't even know it's there. Really don't care about the weight penalty. I carry a spare tube and tire in there. Food for long ride, check.

Eric F 

On my road bike, everything goes in jersey pockets.

Left - Phone, small CC holder with license, CC, and a little cash
Center - Tool/tube kit
Right - Snacks

seypat

Very important to think about this. If you have a medical condition the first responders need to know about, something like a Road ID bracelet or necklace will be your best option.

seypat

This is the brand of dry bag I use.

https://seatosummit.com/products/lig...42043829780653

indyfabz

I love their products. The mattress I have is my favorite of all time. I also have their collapsible cup and cup that next together.

Iride01 

In all the posts here on BF I've read that get into the medical ID tags, those that are medically trained first responders that sometimes reply in the thread always point out that they don't look for any ID bracelet or necklace. None of their decisions to provide any life saving procedures and treatments will be influenced by anything on that tag.

They say the only place that might be interested in that is a hospital if you are to be admitted and they still don't have any idea who you are. However still for those that wear a Road ID or similar, it's probably a good and reasonable idea to have another form of ID just incase you do get caught out with no other ID, whether it was because you leave it at home intentionally or unintentionally, or you were mugged and the thief took it or it simply gets lost in whatever mishap you had.

mstateglfr 

This comes in 5 or 6 colors and styles- both waterproof and non-waterproof. They cost $10-25 depending on design and time of year.

It fits my iphone 13, my wallet that is minimalist, and a key fob.
Goes in my middle back pocket.,

seypat

They're not looking for a bracelet or a necklace. They're looking for a pulse......at the wrist or on the neck. Best place for that info to be.

Iride01 

Isn't that what I said?

seypat

Yes, but that's where the First Responders I've talked to said the med info/emergency numbers needs to be. Any other location is useless because it gets separated from you in accident. If it's in one of your jersey pockets, there's a good chance they cut your jersey off to perform assistance. I used to wear a tag on the laces of one of my shoes. I was told not to do that either because the shoes might/will get separated as well. Best to not have an accident, but's that out of one's control. Even worse, that medical condition like the allergy I have won't show up until the first time you're exposed. I discovered mine wihen I had a medical procedure in my 30's. You're screwed either way.

Which comes back to your car/house keys, etc. Anything like that you need to leave at your car/house if you can. Otherwise, whoever has to retrieve you car will be combing the accident scene or having to use your spare. The running team I belong to has a key basket/container that you deposit your keys into and retrieve post run.

SJX426 

My typical rides are < 30miles so I only need one bottle of fluids. Thre grey container has a couple of CO2, head, expired license, tire levers, small screw driver and patch kit all stuffed with paper towls to avoid rattles and to wipe my hands.
The spare tire is under the saddle. Phone, garage door opener and cleat covers in the jersey.
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msu2001la

Like others, I carry my phone + house key + ID/credit card/cash in a zipped case that fits in one of my jersey pockets. I used to carry my phone "loose" in jersey pockets, and throw my keys/ID in a plastic bag in another pocket, but always worried about my phone sliding out. The case solves that as fits more snugly in my pockets.

My saddle bag is minimal and just has flat-repair stuff and a mini multi-tool. I never open it unless I have a problem out on the road.

seypat

When you find a product/company that works, you stick with it. FOMO can get you in trouble, especially on excursions like the ones you take.(And hopefully will go back to taking in the future) Being out in the middle of BFwherever and something isn't doing the job can teach some tough lessons.

freeranger

Don't laugh, but I've heard fanny packs are back "in style"! Actually, maybe I'm a "fred" but I've used one for years. My bike bag has tools and things like a patch kit, CO2, tools, etc. that I would use on my road as well as off road bike. My wallet, keys, energy bar, things that don't stay permanently on a bike go into the fanny pack. Now, I don't wear bike "kit", just a wicking t-shirt and shorts so it really isn't so much on "display". Not that as a senior, casual rider, that it would bother me anyway!

ManyBikess

Why would you take your wallet on a ride? Take an ID and/or a CC and leave it at that.

spclark 

Habit?

As in "Don't leave home without it!"

I take mine, but I don't do longish rides. Wallet's where it typically stays, back right pocket of the shorts I'm wearing at the time. Phone's usually in left front one, single car key's opposite. What tools I carry (9 and 10mm wrench, CO2 cartridge & head) are under seat in a smallish zippered carrier thingy, spare tire's Velcroed to top tube, Zefal's between BB and top tube at back.

She Who MUST be obeyed gets upset if I'm gone longer than 90-120 minutes so my rides are usually under 25 miles at a time.

spclark 

Liking that seat post I am, got serious greens over whole kit.

mstateglfr 

Because it's easy to just toss my wallet into the zipper case that also holds my phone and fob. I don't have a big wallet so it fits perfectly.
This way, I never forget my ID or card and always have them with my wallet for the 99% of my life when I'm not riding.


If someone still uses a huge leather trifold wallet with a bunch of business cards and pictures of their kids, then it makes sense for them to only rake their ID and a card when riding.
...but anyone that still uses a trifold leather wallet that's filled with business cards and family pictures is quirky enough to not even see things have changed since the 90s.

mschwett 

phone on the bars, use one (an iphone mini) as my bike computer. don’t bring a wallet, no need. keys in the flat mesh pocket of my cycling shorts (rapha core cargo), along with a credit card and $50 bill for a ride in unexplored territory, maybe some fruit strips. i don’t really like jerseys and jersey pockets.

Garfield Cat

I have seen more fanny packs lately too. I have been using it as well. If I'm just out for a ride with nothing special in mind, then the "lumbar bag" is actually ideal. My water bottle holder is on the seat tube and I removed the other one, on the down tube. One water bottle and that's enough for shorter rides.

What else does it serve? When I step away from the bike, I take the Garmin Edge with me and everything else is already in the lumbar bag, except for the rear light. Whenever I see another rider stopped for a flat (puncture) or something, I come to a complete stop and ask if the rider needs assistance. The lumbar bag carries enough things that allows me to "share". Whereas, other riders, just ride by.

Mountainsmith

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chaadster

I often use my Mountainsmith Tour lumbar pack to carry stuff on-bike.