TJHOO

Do you carry a bag or do you stow your tools/tube/food etc in your rear pocket?

Having toured yrs ago solo, I always have used a bag. After getting back into cycling last year was surprised to see so few folks using bike bags now. Usually riding with groups now.

I ususally carry:
-Cell phone
-tube x1 or 2.
-multitool kit
-CO2 x2
-tiny patch kit
-3 tire levers
-ID
-keys
-latex gloves (keeps cell dry if rains, good to have if someone has a bloody accident)
-whatever food necessary

I guess you get used to feeling all that stuff in your back pocket?

Avalanche325

I use a Camelbak so I can't really say. I only keep gel packs in my jersey pockets.

I have seen people that have insane amounts of stuff in their jersey pockets. They could pull over and have a yard sale.

badkarma

I carry a saddle bag with patch kit, extra tube, tire levers, and a multitool.

SilentShifter

I have a saddle bad with just about everything. I refuse to be unprepared so I carry all that I can

-license
-phone
-spare tube
-patch kit (in case the replacement tube fails)
-tire levers
-multi tool
-Co2
-basic first aid (antiseptic, ointment, bandage)

TJHOO

I'm thinking a ziploc bag in the back pocket may be more rain resistant than saddle bag??

SilentShifter

Probably.

I would just use a mini ziploc for something like my phone/money and stuff it in the saddlebag. I don't like any 'extras' in my pocket except for nutrition.

rjg001

I use a saddlebag and carry a tube, levers, CO2, cell phone, keys, ID, multi-tool, patch kit and $20.00. I hate carrying all that stuff in my pockets and I just prefer to keep it in the bag where I know where its at rather than leaving it all somewhere else when I'm not on the bike. With the bag it all stays there all the time except my phone and keys. Only thing that goes in my pockets is food during my longer rides.

Mo'Phat

Some jerseys are just cheap wicking fabric and the elastic is horrible for keeping things in their place. Unfortunately, these are the jerseys I buy, so the only thing that goes in the pockets is my cell, id, etc.

I use a saddle bag that has 1 tube, 2 CO2 bottles, CO2 pump (taken apart), Spin Doctor Multi-tool with chain link remover, Chap Stick, and Band-Aids. I've used all this on the road many times and would hate to carry any of it in my jersey pockets.

KevinF

I put my stuff in a ziploc bag in my seat pack. Keeps various things organized nicely (money, ID, etc. in one bag, flat-fix stuff in another bag) and keeps them dry (or at least drier) if it rains.

Tom Stormcrowe

Handlebar Bag and Seat bag, both from Banjo Brothers

msu2001la

I usually carry housekeys, multi-tool, cell phone and money/credit cards/ID in my pockets.

I've never had a seat bag or anything, but I'm thinking about getting one for longer rides. Carrying a spare tube, levers and a pump/CO2 is probably a good idea.

Has anyone ever seen bags/cases that fit into a water bottle cage? I usually just carry just one bottle, so that would be a good option for the second cage I suppose. I hate the way seat bags look.

John Wilke

Pockets for everything, including a rain jacket, shoe covers, dry gloves, extra bottles, what ever. I find anyting tied under the saddle upsets the handling of the bike too much (61cm with LONG seat post).

jw

GuitarWizard

Seat pack for CO2, spare tubes, multi-tool, cell phone, money, and tire levers. I use my jersey pockets for Clif Bars, GU, and if I'm carrying a 3rd waterbottle.

shokhead

Bag on all rides.

steve_wmn

I keep all the flat fix and bike tools in a bag, and all the personal items (cell, ID, keys, cash) in pockets. That way I don't have as much to do when prepping for or completing a ride. I'd hate to be 30 miles down the road without a flat kit because I was in too much of a rush to stuff it in a pocket. Also, I'd rather not unpack all my personal gear from the seat bag at the end of the ride.

TJHOO

I have 3 road bikes now, and was thinking switching from saddle bag to carrying in back pocket might simplify.

TJHOO

Velcro on saddle bag strap that wraps around seat tube rubs on inner thigh of shorts. This is fraying my shorts. Any suggestions?

yak

Sounds like the bag is a tad too wide in front? Maybe wrap a couple rubber bands around the front of it to compress it?

yak

My bag is pretty small, just the basics, tube, peel& stick patches, 2 tire irons, Co2 & 2 cartridges, $20.
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Cellphone, food, and occasionally spare tire and small pump go in pockets.

'nother

medium-size under-saddle bag with spare tubes, small-but-useful multi-tool, patch kit, CO2 kit, tire levers, keys. Food, cell phone/camera, jacket/armwarmers go into my jersey pockets for easier access.

yater

I can't believe how many guys carry house keys on the bike. Why not stash them somewhere?

'nother

I keep them with me so I know where they are. If I stash them I'm more likely to forget, or more likely someone will figure out the stash location and have access to my keys; might as well just leave the door unlocked (been known to do that, too). Keeping them in the bag they're a lot less likely to fall out than they would if in a jersey pocket or something. And it's not like they weigh any significant amount to be weenied out about.

caligurl

i have an under the seat bag for my spare tires, CO2, patch kit, etc....

i hate to have stuff in my rear pockets.... normally the only thing back there is my ipod...

but then... i also have a little handlebar bag... (i know..... how VERY un-OCP of me!)

Hop on Bike

I can't stand to have pockets jammed or weighed down, so I carry only energy gu/bars and headband in jersey pockets. I use the Specialized small wedge bag which holds levers, tube, multi-tool, cell phone, ID, cash and two house keys (on the rare occassion that my wife is not home during my ride). I have mini-pump that mounts on frame under bottle holder and it has a patch kit in the cap.

rickkko

I have a fairly small seat bag that I keep tire fixing stuff, id, $, and my koffee caps.

On a recent ride with my friend he proudly showed me a tiny, tiny seat bag he'd just bought implying it was lightweight and only big enough very minimum amount of stuff.

When we ended the ride I had to laugh as he pulled way too much stuff out of his jersey pockets, ya' know, much stuff he could've stuffed in an bit larger seat bag.