Originally Posted by
notmyke
I see a lot of people mentioning the stuff (tools, tubes, etc.) they have in their seat bags; am I the only person who's dispensed with the seat bag and carries the tool / repair stuff in a wide-mouth water bottle?
Easy to move from bike-to-bike, keeps a firm cap on how much stuff I can carry (tube, glueless patches, CO2 head/cartridges(2), Pedros lever, multi-hex tool); can mount it wherever (I have both frame mounts and a behind-saddle mount) - or even in a jersey pocket if need be; waterproof; easy to check contents (e.g., if it rattles a lot, I didn't replace the inner tube yet).
I used to have a Specialized KEG that I'd use in the shoulder seasons - easy to move between the road and gravel bike, etc. etc - but it would need to get put away in favor of another solution when it was hot enough that one water bottle wouldn't cut it. I got a Silca Premio roll and the KEG hasn't been used since.