What's in your tool kit?

[lune ranger]

This is almost certainly a thread that has been bone before but...
Having applied the principles of take less sh1t and spend more cash I have my kit down to a pretty light load.
The only area that is available for serious weight and bulk loss is tools/spares. I reckon I carry more than average in this area. Can't quite shake off the need to carry enough stuff to rebuild a bike on the trail.
The thing is I ride a well maintained Rohloff geared bike, I change brake blocks etc before big rides and make sure tyre sealant is topped up. Touching wood - I rarely have mechanicals - so why do I carry cables and chain links and stuff.
What's is your tool roll?

[restlessshawn]

Leyzyne mini tool (has a chain splitter on)
Leyzne pump
1 x separate 3mm allen key (easier to adjust brake pads with)
1 x tyre lever (plastic)
1 x spare brake pads
1 x chain link
1 x spare tube
patches, glue
all in a small plastic pouch that came with something with a few wraps of duct tape on the outside

3 large and 3 smaller cable ties

smallest container of chain lube I think I can get away with

Basically just the same as I carry on any day ride. Not tubeless so no need to carry any of that shenanigins.

[chris n]

Hex/torx to suit bike
Chain tool
Spoke key
Pump
Tube wrapped in a rag
Multitool (knife, scissors, screwdrivers, pliers etc)
Patch kit, anchovies, tyre boot
Chain link or two, quick link
Tyre levers
Cable ties
Gaffer tape
Small bottle of oil (enough for one chainful)
Latex gloves

[darbeze]

Pump
Tube
Puncture repair kit
Bicycle multitool
Plier type mini multitool
2 plastic tyre levers
Quick link

On long rides I add another tube and a small container of chain lube.

Si

[In Reverse]

[whitestone]

Tools
Multi-tool (with chain splitter but I do use power links anyway) this has tyre levers on the side
Pump
Shock pump (if on FS bike)
Patch kit
Anchovies and associated tools
tyre boot
Leatherman Squirt

Spares, bits & pieces
Innertube even though I run tubeless
Emergency spoke
Small tin of various bolts
Duct tape (wrapped around something like the pump)
cable ties
Small tube of sealant
Small tube of chain oil
Power link
Brake pads

Extras If I'm feeling really paranoid!
Mech hanger
short section of chain

Things get stashed around the bike: I've a Fork Cork so the small items that I really don't expect to use unless I've had a major mechanical or crash like emergency spoke, mech hanger, etc. go inside the steerer tube. If I'm using a Jones Loop bar then cable ties go in the bottom of the bag in the loop

[Alpinum]

Sorry to drop in...


What tyre boots do you use?

[whitestone]

Sorry to drop in...


What tyre boots do you use?

Old toothpaste tube cut up and a cut up bit of innertube. Nothing fancy

[chris n]

What tyre boots do you use?

I carry a Park TB-2 and a small piece of Tyvek.

[TheBrownDog]

Topeak Alien multitool
Gerber mini-tool for the pliers and the little knife
Topeak Mountain Morph pump
Tubeless repair kit
Spare tube and some stick on patches
Park tyre boot
Small bottle of chain lube
Spare quick link
A couple of zip ties

[RIP]

Cable ties.
Gaffer tape.


Fixes all known (and some unknown) problems.

[ianfitz]

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And a lezyne multitool with a chain tool/spoke key/valve core tightener

Use a whipperman connex tool-free magic link on the bike.

[Lump]

Leyzyne mini tool (has a chain splitter on)
all in a small plastic pouch that came with something with a few wraps of duct tape on the outside
.

This is the one thing im constantly having issues with. When you open your saddle bag and everything inside is rusty/sized or covered in mud. wanting to find that one something to put all the bits in and keep them clean

[NorwayCalling]

Have a look here too: http://www.bikepacking.com/plan/five-bi ... tool-kits/

[ianfitz]

Leyzyne mini tool (has a chain splitter on)
all in a small plastic pouch that came with something with a few wraps of duct tape on the outside
.

This is the one thing im constantly having issues with. When you open your saddle bag and everything inside is rusty/sized or covered in mud. wanting to find that one something to put all the bits in and keep them clean

I use one of those backcountry research zip up pouches. Keeps everything together and clean. Worth the weight I think.

[Asposium]

Untitled by Asposium, on Flickr
Also a pump
To be fair, haven't used the brush, so could TLS it

Untitled by Asposium, on Flickr
inside the pouch case (an old make-up case)

[Scattamah]

Did you steal that axe from Barringtons bike, Andy? :)

On topic...

Scattamahs Tool Kit

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Zip ties, deraileur bracket and spare tube live elsewhere on the bike.

Greetz

S.

[whitestone]

Leyzyne mini tool (has a chain splitter on)
all in a small plastic pouch that came with something with a few wraps of duct tape on the outside
.

This is the one thing im constantly having issues with. When you open your saddle bag and everything inside is rusty/sized or covered in mud. wanting to find that one something to put all the bits in and keep them clean

One thing I've used in the past is a plastic tube that a Hope bottom bracket came in. It has a loose threading mechanism to open/close it so it's not completely waterproof but it's handy as you can get quite a lot in there, certainly the bits you'd want to keep dryish.

Edit. I've now had a play And here's the results. More of a "what can I get in there" than "this is what I really need"



At the right hand side are the two halves of the tube. From left: indeterminate multi-tool sitting on tyre boot (old toothpaste tube); tubeless anchovies with applicator; tyre lever; spare tubeless valve; leatherman squirt; tube of repair glue; zip ties; emergency fabric spoke; metal abrasive pad for roughing up tyres/tubes; spare mech hanger; cheap gloves from garage forecourt - also act to stop stuff shaking about. Weighs about 285g

[lune ranger]

Looks like I have an average tool kit after all.
Just bought a Tubolito which had lopped a whopping 220g from my total. 29+ tubes weigh a ton.
A bit of a cull of some other stuff should help too. I'm toting a digi pressure gauge and a fairly massive Lezyne mini floor pump thing currently. Surely I could save another couple of hundred grams there too.
Right. Off to see if I can loose half a kilo!

[NorwayCalling]

Looks like I have an average tool kit after all.
Just bought a Tubolito which had lopped a whopping 220g from my total. 29+ tubes weigh a ton.
A bit of a cull of some other stuff should help too. I'm toting a digi pressure gauge and a fairly massive Lezyne mini floor pump thing currently. Surely I could save another couple of hundred grams there too.
Right. Off to see if I can loose half a kilo!

Its the one thing I have picked up over the years - sod the weight of the pump, just use one you know is quick, efficient and will work!. Lezyne mini floor pump thing is what I use (on everything except the road bike) as having "saved" 100g on a smaller, lighter one - to only then spend 15 cold and wet minutes to get to just about 30psi... at that's on a 29er..... never again!

[windjammer]

have one of these https://www.oneupcomponents.com/product ... ool-system

[PaulE]

I have one of these https://pedros.com/products/toolsfor-the-ride/tulio/ multitools to replace the rear skewer, a tube, some instant patches, a little but good Blackburn mini pump, some petrol pump gloves, 2 chain links, zip ties and gaffer tape. I'll take a second tube on a big ride too.

[Ian]

Did you steal that axe from Barringtons bike, Andy? :)

Nah, mines much lighter than that lump

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On topic;

A Topeak ratchet/ bit set 1.5mm - 8mm
Pedro's chain splitter (inc spoke keys)
Small bag of bits - 1x M4, 1xM5, a few washers, 2x cleat bolts, hex bit extender for the ratchet, a few zip ties, some instant tube patches, couple of links of chain and a spare split link
That little Leatherman tool with the pliers on
Lezyne pump with some gaffa tape wrapped around the barrel
Spare tube (or tubes, if going a long way)
Small bottle of lube.

[benp1]

I thought I'd posted to this thread but annoyingly it didn't go through

Leatherman - recently a Skeletool but sometimes a Wave
Crank Brother M19 multitool
2 Pedros tyre levers
1 inner tube (run tubeless)
Lezyne Alloy Drive pump
Small ziplock with random bits - cable ties, tyre boot, patches, spare bolts, mech hanger, duct tape wrapped around some milk bottle, anchovies with 1 pre threaded on the tool plus the little tube of solution, quick links

Sounds a lot but apart from the pump it all fits in a revelate jerrycan with some careful jiggery on the part of the tube

Usually forget to carry lube, though I bought some small bottles recently to remedy this

[lune ranger]

Looks like I have an average tool kit after all.
Just bought a Tubolito which had lopped a whopping 220g from my total. 29+ tubes weigh a ton.
A bit of a cull of some other stuff should help too. I'm toting a digi pressure gauge and a fairly massive Lezyne mini floor pump thing currently. Surely I could save another couple of hundred grams there too.
Right. Off to see if I can loose half a kilo!

Its the one thing I have picked up over the years - sod the weight of the pump, just use one you know is quick, efficient and will work!. Lezyne mini floor pump thing is what I use (on everything except the road bike) as having "saved" 100g on a smaller, lighter one - to only then spend 15 cold and wet minutes to get to just about 30psi... at that's on a 29er..... never again!

Fair point. I'm on 29+ now so pumping could take an age, I've never had to pump from flat in the field as yet.
I could at least ditch the gauge and look at replacing my Leatherman PST with a Squirt.