What do you tour with?

All I can think of is to get a slim, portable air pump, patches and glue and maybe a couple of wrenches and a can of chain/cable lube.

What else is there and what wrenches would you want to carry?



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Depends on the bike. I did a long tour back in the mid 70's and took enough tools to rebuild the bike...way more than I needed.

Now I usually travel with a good multi-tool, patch kit, spare tube and whatever is needed for the specific bike if it happens to have odd sized fasteners on it.

Aaron

I carry a fair number of tools. I carry a wrench for bolts, leatherman juice 2 multi-tool/knife, hex wrench multi-tool, S&S coupler wrench.

I carry extra tubes, patch kit, tire levers, frame pump, tire boots.

I carry extra spokes for both rims, hypercracker tool.

I also carry an replacement for every bolt on my bike (see this thread for why: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-a-replacement).

Ray

I use an empty peanut butter jar (Jif creamy of course) and fill it like in the pic. When not touring I just keep 2 extra tubes, a multitool, patch kit and rubber gloves in there.

That's a clever wee set up i like that.but what's the empty jar for (on the left of the picture ) and the white peg.

Thanks guys. I've been really concerned about the spokes since I had planned on getting the Mercier Galaxy with 32 spokes, but keep thinking the extra $200 would be worth it for the Windsdor Tourist since it has a space for spokes built on the frame (I had wondered where to put extra spokes) and it comes with 36 spoke rims.

I weigh around 225lbs and want to carry a 7x7 coleman tent with 2 gallons of water, a good tool kit and other stuff and it keeps worrying me hearing about all the broke spokes.


I've heard alot of talk about what tools people here keep, but I've seen no mention of compressed air. Do you keep the little CO2 cartridges with an adapter to fit the valve stem or is there a slim, portable pump you can fit in the saddlebag?

I don't waste my money on the CO2 cartridges. I use the Topeak Morph series pumps, they have a gauge and fit in a bag and also come with a bracket that will allow frame mounting next to a water bottle rack. I currently use a Road Morph G, but the Mega Morph looks interesting.

Spare spokes can be stuck inside the handle bars, I used to carry 4 or so on each side. You remove the handle bar plug and shove them up in there, they will be a bit curved when you pull them out, but that goes away when they go under tension.

Aaron

I actually carry both a pump and a CO2 when touring a bike with pneumatic tires. There's nothing worse than being in a rush or being in an awful mood for whatever reason, and having to pump a tube. I only carry one CO2, because it's rare that I use it, but there are times where they've saved my sanity. I recall a stretch this summer where I got 6 flats in a single 80 mile day. The 6th one, I just used CO2, because I was furious. Damn radial wires.

Hi,
I weigh as much as you and I tend to carry too much gear. A 7x7 tent sounds heavy. Check out Tarptents online https://www.tarptent.com/products.html or the Eureka Spitfire 1 $80US. 2 gallons of water? Too heavy. Fiberfix kits are cheap light and small. This site will surprise you: https://www2.arnes.si/~ikovse/weight.htm It gives me a reality check. Take cash and buy stuff when you need it. Gives you a chance to interact with locals.

The jar is what holds all the contents (see the second photo).

You're right a 7x7 may be too much, A $50 coleman 7x5 sundome 2 should do it. As far as water, when you hit west Texas/NM/ and east Cali, by the map it looks to be as far as 50 miles before some exits or rest areas. And thats no guarentee the exits have a store with potable water, so I'll carry up to 2 gallons (12 lbs) for survival. I sweat alot and drink alot as well.

I'm not too sure about taking a backpack, but it comes with a 2L hydration bladder and also taking 2-3 20oz water bottles at least, and that is right at a gallon (6lbs)