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Touring toolkit pics.
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My kit back in the day wasn't much different from yours. BTW, I'm envious of your adjustable spanner! Mine was a cut-down 10" Sears Craftsman to fit in my Cannondale 'Toot' seatbag... Multi-tools weren't popular 40+ years ago, so I carried a 6mm Allen, two screwdrivers - (one flat, one Phillips - although later two of each but the full-size were of 'stubby' length) my patch kit, a spare tube, spoke wrench, freewheel remover tool, chain breaker, and my full-size frame pump. Oh, and my pocket knife.
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I now have a multitool (Parks I-beam model) with a chain break. I only carry the adjustable (6" just works on pedals) when I'm going to assemble/disassemble at the termini. I carry a cassette tool on longer trips. And a small roll of duct tape, of course.
The bike always has one spare tube, patch kit, multitool, and tire boot. On tour I add another spare tube, spare spokes, a couple of 5 mm cap screws, and a shifter cable. |
Last month I posted a couple photos at this link from my most recent tour with my S&S coupled bike that has a Rohloff: Instead of re-posting it and re-describing it all over again here, just providing the link instead.
https://www.bikeforums.net/21206170-post23.html Being a Rohloff and not derailleur bike, tools were slightly different. And being an S&S bike where you have to almost completely disassemble and reassemble the entire bike at the start and end of tour to take on a plane, I bring some shop sized tools to make the assembly/disassembly easier and faster to perform. The slight weight penalty is worth it to reduce frustration. I do not have a good photo of my derailleur touring bike tool kit, but at the link above I listed the differences in tool kit parts. |
Every tour I seem to bring a different set of tools. I don't have a photo, but this is what I brought on our summer trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway:
I continue to be impressed with the Fix It Sticks tool. It works like a dedicated shop tool but is as compact as a lot of multi-tools with inferior functionality. The only downside is the potential to lose the removable bits, but with care it hasn't been a problem yet. |
Older picture, more details here. Nowadays there is also a Park Tools CT-5 chain tool in here.
http://i.imgur.com/plbdNmEh.jpg |
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