How do Store your Tools in your Panniers???

Small Zip-Locks bags?
Fanny/Waist Packs?


I have used small Zip-Lock bags and Fanny/Waist Pack and I like both and I cut off the
Straps to the Fanny/Waist pack

Oh, You are not asking.. really..

Roll it all up in a shop rag.

Kept em in a trunk bag. Kept em in a ziplock bag in a pannier. Kept em in a small wedge frame bag.
Whatever works to keep em out of the way and secure.

I like panniers with lots of pockets... Those with a single compartment aren't appealing (although waterproof might be nice).

I either dump them into a side pocket or rear pocket. Loose.

I don't use panniers, but the only tools I carry is a small multi-tool, 2 plastic tire levers, and 2 tubes. I just stuff them into a small pocket on my seat bag where there are quick to access.

I don't. I put them in a 48 Oz. Nalgene including my spare tube and Topeak Mini Morph (got lucky that it fits). Nalgene is 7 Oz. and very waterproof and floats...I have it on top of my rear rack when using no panniers and in the panniers when they are on.

It does take some skill to get items in/out of the Nalgene.

I use a net bag. I have very little to carry as I have tried to build the bike so it will only need a few allen keys, and some other small stuff.

bought a set of inexpensive tupperware-style plastic
containers with tight fitting lids. small enough to
fit easily in any pannier pocket, just large enough
to hold the stuff in whichever category.

makes finding things a bit easier, don't have to root
around the bottom of the bag to find small items.

all of a certain type of stuff is kept together organized.
different color duck tape on the box for easy id.

waterproof! i hates rusty tools.

little boxes for:

1. tools (wrapped in anti-rattle rag)
2. spare parts + consumables
3. first aid kit
4. cash and passport (in h-bar bag)
5. electronical stuff: charger, spare batteries,
flashlight, blinkie

My touring so far hasn't required every inch of space I can utilize on my bike so I've been able to keep my seatbag on my bike with tools in it but my rear panniers have both a zippered pocket on the top and an outside pocket on the side so if necessary, I'd put the tools/stuff in a ziplock and in one of those two pockets if I couldn't bring my seatbag.

I don't store tools in panniers because I want them to be more easily accessible. I keep them in a small handlebar or seatbag.

3$ Walmart SemiWaterproof Nylon Pouch

...or Camelbak.

But I'm with you. The last thing I want to do is to go rummaging around in a pannier for tools. In all likelihood, they are going to end up at the bottom and you'll have to dig out everything else in the bag to get to them.

cool

I never store any critical tools in packs, because I often take short rides without packs. Spare tube, patch kit, tire levers and multitool are always in a saddle wedge. Depending on length and destination, I'll store an extra tube, lube, universal cable, cassette tool, spokes and wrench etc. in a ziplock in the bottom of a pack.

I actually go so far as to consider the little seat wedge, spare tube(s), and tools to be part of the bike rather than part of the gear. They are on the bike at all times whether on tour or not.

I don't use the panniers for the tools. I have plenty of seat bags and, on a couple of occasions, I've used the side pockets of my rack bag. I wrap my tools in a small, gym sized towel to cut down on rattling and to provide an area to lay the tools or small parts upon to help prevent my losing them.

Brad

my Camelbak is military no pockets

looks like this but in black

With my touring bike and my mountain bike I keep a multi tool and all the little necessities in a small canvas tool pouch from the home center.

For a while, I used a small Sea to Summit dry bag that was then clipped to the rear rails on my saddle. It was out of the way, but quite accessible, and kept my tools dry, which oddly, I find to be a priority because, while I might not use them often on a tour, I want them functioning when I do, not all covered in rust and non-functioning. Some of that philosophy has come from randonneuring, where you keep riding even when it's raining!

Other times, I've put it in the rear or side pocket of the pannier I am using at the time. That was I know where the tool bag is. More lately, I have used a ziploc bag which is lighter, almost as effective with water protection, but a little more flimsy.

I use a seat bag for tools/tube/patch kit, etc. A plastic garbage bag for my sleeping bag rides on top of the rack, and the old-school '70s Cannondale rear panniers hold everything else. Wallet, film camera, keys, first aid kit (and cellphone now I guess) are in ziploc bags in the handlebar bag. I always carry the seat bag with tools, and the other bags as needed.

I treated my nylon seat bag with silicone spray boot dressing, and it also has a closed-cell foam liner. In tens of thousands of miles of riding, my seat bag has never had an issue with water - even when riding without fenders in the rain!

I use a tool roll up and put it in an extra water bottle cage. That makes it handy, but also easy to switch from one bike to the next all season.



Marc