Daily tool kit/emergency stuff

[dcd87]

I was wondering what people carry with them on a day to day basis if they use their bikes everyday?

I like to be a little bit prepared should I breakdown or am involved in an accident. I have served in the army and like to know I have a few things in case I get stuck.

In my top box/panniers I always carry:

Two cans of tyre weld
First aid kit and a trauma pack
Under seat tool kit and a basic socket set with torx bits
Hi viz long sleeve vest/top
A wooly hat and an extra piece of warm kit.
Couple of chocolate bars.

Am i a bit OCD and OTT?

 

[JJH]

I wouldn't say ott but say why don't you wear hi-viz then you would need to carry one. No need for 2 cans of puncture repair goo. I carry a repair kit with those little gas canisters. As for carrying tools I don't but when I had a 800 gsa I carried exactly the tools needed to repair a puncture and remove wheels. I made up a special kit in a old car tool rool and carried the lot in a tool tube. Only tool I carry now is a multi tool Lidl or ALDI. JJH

 

[Burbs]

Torch, cable ties and puncture kit with co canisters and crossed fingers!!

 

[beemer pimp]

Val

2 bikes , twice is happy

 

[(RIP) trickytree]

Flask of coffee and a packet of ginger nut biscuits.

 

[Chicken]

Credit card & phone

 

[beemer pimp]

+1 for 2 above

Val

2 bikes , twice is happy

 

[beemer pimp]

Lock and chain might be handy if you need to hop on the bus ...

Val

2 bikes , twice is happy

 

[dcd87]

After doing bike safe and IAM and the proof that wearing hi box on a bike doesn't make you less likely tonne hit when on the bike. The hobbit is for if I end up stood on the hard shoulder/layby etc.

 

[JJH]

I'm ROSPA and they seem to like hi-viz. any way each to his own. JJH

 

[Steptoe]

I carry nothing in my day to day riding, never have in 42 years of riding

 

[JJH]

I carry nothing in my day to day riding, never have in 42 years of riding

Ever been a time you wished you had? JJH

 

[littleade]

Mobile and RAC number.....

 

[Wreford Miles]

I carry nothing in my day to day riding, never have in 42 years of riding

Yes but you can fix a bike with debris found in the gutter...


I carry stuff to fix a puncture and tools in case someone knows how to fix my bike but has no tools

 

[duckspeed]

AA app on the phone

 

[Wapping]

After doing bike safe and IAM and the proof that wearing hi box on a bike doesn't make you less likely tonne hit when on the bike. The hobbit is for if I end up stood on the hard shoulder/layby etc.

You pack a hobbit?

As to the rest of your gibberish, I can well understand why you might.

 

[JonF]

Puncture kit, basic tools, cable ties, head torch, knife. Bike's used every day, and I've been glad of this little tool kit a fair few times.

 

[Bungy]

Puncture kit, basic tools, cable ties, insulating tape, head torch and multi-tool. I only carry a stop and go plugging kit for riding into work but it is needed as nails and screws are all over the place. Mind you i've repaired more cars than bikes with it. I carry rats tails as well if touring long distance.

 

[robc]

Same here. Puncture plugs with CO2 cannisters, basic tools, cable ties, tape and bungees. All of which have helped me get home in the past. Last week, for example, the bike refused to start at work. Turned out the battery I fitted two weeks earlier had one of it's terminal bolts work loose. 6mm allan key = tank up. 10 mm spanner + pliers from the multi tool got the problem solved. Back on the road in 10 minutes. If I had to wait for the RAC it would have been a couple of hours at least.

Regards

RobC

 

[ebbo]

Main thing is being able to fix a puncture. Forget the goo, get a Stop n Go kit, works for me every time. Fixed yet another puncture last week, this time in the MX5, damned nails.