Tools YOU never bike without
01-02-07 | 05:50 PM
#51
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From: Denver
Bikes: 1973 Italvega Nouvo Record; 1965 Hercules; 1982-83 Schwinn Mystery MTB
Originally Posted by vinnydelnegro
thank you for saying this 165. i get a bit tired of all these folks that have been here for years and have discussed almost everything already. i'm sure it gets old to see the same stuff over and over, but isn't it just as easy to skip the thread if it's something you've already seen? anyhow...it's definitely not as bad as my "bike girls" thread. sometimes i'm just too lazy to do a search before i post.
01-02-07 | 06:25 PM
#53
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From: duluth
Bikes: '07 Pista, '09 Fantom Cross Uno, '8? Miyata, '67 Stingray, '0? Zoo mod trials, Tallbike, Chopper, '73 Schwinn Collegiate, '67 Triumph Chopper, '69 CB350, '58 BSA Spitfire, '73 CB450
Originally Posted by LóFarkas
How often do you snap your shains, people??? I've biked about 30,000 miles in my life and never broke a chain. I don't think I'll ever carry a chain tool unless I go touring to Afghanistan.
I bust a link every couple hundred/thousand miles. Our whole city is a giant hill, and I like riding a high gear ratio. I keep a good chunk of chain in my bag because the last time a link broke, I wrapped a good portion of the chain around the cog/hub and it jammed into the dropout, ruining about 10 links.
Fixie + hills = lotsa wear, add in winter and it gets multiplied by 10. Being stranded due to a broken link in 5 degree F weather isn't fun.
01-02-07 | 06:30 PM
#54
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From: Denver
Bikes: 1973 Italvega Nouvo Record; 1965 Hercules; 1982-83 Schwinn Mystery MTB
Originally Posted by ianjk
Try to ride where I live
01-02-07 | 07:00 PM
#56
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From: Van BC
The same boring kit everyone else uses, a flat kit and multitool thingee for managing allen bolts. Also I carry my light set around along with a flourescent geek vest in case of extremely bad visibility and traffic, and also because I am p-whipped.
01-02-07 | 11:40 PM
#57
a crank puller!!!???
FFS wow
so ok yeah i got the usual kit as most of you
with the following daily exceptions:
- a first aid "mini kit" (bandaids, alcohol wipes, breath mint)
- a small tube of "pills" (antihistamine, codeine, Tylenol 500's, pez)
- one box of swan matches
- a smoke bomb
- and one of these for the long "where the hell am i" rides
FFS wow
so ok yeah i got the usual kit as most of you
with the following daily exceptions:
- a first aid "mini kit" (bandaids, alcohol wipes, breath mint)
- a small tube of "pills" (antihistamine, codeine, Tylenol 500's, pez)
- one box of swan matches
- a smoke bomb
- and one of these for the long "where the hell am i" rides
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01-02-07 | 11:51 PM
#59
motor?
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01-03-07 | 12:25 AM
#61
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From: PHX
Bikes: 70's Schwinn Suburban. Univega Conversion. Early 90's GT. KHS Flite 100 (in the making).
Just the normal gear.
tire levers
15mm wrench
patch kit
chain tool
spoke wrench
Wu-Tang Clan, 36 Chambers on cassette.. You never know.
tire levers
15mm wrench
patch kit
chain tool
spoke wrench
Wu-Tang Clan, 36 Chambers on cassette.. You never know.
01-03-07 | 01:21 AM
#62
hunter, gatherer
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i used to have a 20 rolled up inside my untaped bars 'just in case' because i don't often have much money on my person..
i also kindof figured that if anyone was scoping out my bike really hard they miiight see it grab it and run before spending time ripping anything else off..
then i got really broke and remembered about it and spent it
i also kindof figured that if anyone was scoping out my bike really hard they miiight see it grab it and run before spending time ripping anything else off..
then i got really broke and remembered about it and spent it
01-03-07 | 10:08 AM
#64
yeahh, becky
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From: DC
Bikes: 1990 Kotter Albuch, 2005 Empella Spaar Select Cross, 2007 Ridley Aedon
Originally Posted by wroomwroomoops
Can you give me a use-case for that bottomless wooden chair on roller wheels?
01-03-07 | 06:12 PM
#67
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From: Denver
Bikes: 1973 Italvega Nouvo Record; 1965 Hercules; 1982-83 Schwinn Mystery MTB
Originally Posted by wroomwroomoops
Can you give me a use-case for that bottomless wooden chair on roller wheels?
01-03-07 | 08:42 PM
#69
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From: Ohio
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy, Fuji World, 80ish Bianchi
I prolly can't afford this tool:
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
01-04-07 | 09:28 AM
#72
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From: Longmont, CO
Originally Posted by jchou701
what tools do you guys ALWAYS have to have before leaving the house?
is there a common one that almost everybody has?
is there a common one that almost everybody has?
15mm wrench
Allen/chain too (Alien tool is my choice)
couple tire levers
Spare chunk of chain
tubes
pump (I have a silca frame pump that fits nicely on my bike)
usually always have my bag so the stuff fits in there, if not I just stuff it in the back pocket of a jersey
01-05-07 | 12:29 PM
#74
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From: Sandy, UT
Bikes: so many
Recreational rides:
My phone and a buck fifty.
If I'm going to work or riding where there's no bus I take:
1 tube
allen wrenches
cresent wrench (if I need it for the bike I'm on)
pump
My phone and a buck fifty.
If I'm going to work or riding where there's no bus I take:
1 tube
allen wrenches
cresent wrench (if I need it for the bike I'm on)
pump
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01-15-07 | 11:08 AM
#75
Weekend warrior
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From: Arlington, VA
Bikes: 2005 Cannondale R700
- Patch kit w/ tire lever and presta-schrader adapter
- 15mm stubby ratchet/wrench from Craftsman (freaking perfect)
- Lights
- Extra chain links and chain tool
- Park Tools IB-1
- I need to either get a super-compact pump or a CO2 blaster ASAP.
- 15mm stubby ratchet/wrench from Craftsman (freaking perfect)
- Lights
- Extra chain links and chain tool
- Park Tools IB-1
- I need to either get a super-compact pump or a CO2 blaster ASAP.