my rack trunk needs a diet
03-26-19, 12:31 PM
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my rack trunk needs a diet
don't mind carrying extra stuff for emergencies, but it's gotten out of hand. now that spring is here I'm gonna double check all that stuff to see what I have too many extras of. I know I have 5 Co2 cartridges in there, so I can cut that down to 3. this past Fall? I found 3 chain tools!
03-26-19, 12:34 PM
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Stop the insanity!
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rumrunn, I feel your pain. I look at the stuff in my bag and wonder" what if I needed it." And it all ends up being tossed back in. I wish I had some words of wisdom...but sadly, I don't.
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I'll bet a good number of BF member take more in the way of tools and "emergency items" on 30 mile round trip rides from their front doors than I take on a two week trip in the Mountains of Montana.
And this thread would not be complete without:
And this thread would not be complete without:
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When I bought a seat bag, I intentionally got a smaller size knowing that I would fill it, regardless of what I actually needed or wanted to carry. If there is extra space, it's easy to say, "Someday I might need that (insert useless spare part or tool here)".
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don't mind carrying extra stuff for emergencies, but it's gotten out of hand. now that spring is here I'm gonna double check all that stuff to see what I have too many extras of. I know I have 5 Co2 cartridges in there, so I can cut that down to 3. this past Fall? I found 3 chain tools!
I do need to buy a new patch kit, it's small enough to be worth packing just in case.
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When I head to Montana and Idaho for two weeks this June I will bring the following to address on the road SNAFUs:
3 tubes (I'll be doing a fair amount of unpaved road riding)
Tire levers
Road Morph G pump
Patch kit
P to S valve adaptor
Spoke wrench
Multitool with hex wrenches and a few screw drivers
If I use any of that other than the pump to keep the tires inflated and the multitool to install and remove the racks and adjust the seat post and bars due to boxing and shipping it will be an oddity.
3 tubes (I'll be doing a fair amount of unpaved road riding)
Tire levers
Road Morph G pump
Patch kit
P to S valve adaptor
Spoke wrench
Multitool with hex wrenches and a few screw drivers
If I use any of that other than the pump to keep the tires inflated and the multitool to install and remove the racks and adjust the seat post and bars due to boxing and shipping it will be an oddity.
03-26-19, 01:59 PM
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03-26-19, 02:17 PM
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this is what it looked like the other day. to be fair there is a legit layer at the top which includes, wallet, raisins & a sandwich
& this chuckle is from October before an all-day, 40+ mile, remote, solo, gravel ride
& this chuckle is from October before an all-day, 40+ mile, remote, solo, gravel ride
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03-26-19, 05:38 PM
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this is what it looked like the other day. to be fair there is a legit layer at the top which includes, wallet, raisins & a sandwich
& this chuckle is from October before an all-day, 40+ mile, remote, solo, gravel ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HSCRBga0DQ
& this chuckle is from October before an all-day, 40+ mile, remote, solo, gravel ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HSCRBga0DQ
What are those fenders? It's exactly what I have been looking for!
03-26-19, 05:46 PM
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Those items , CO2 cartridges and chain tools, are heavy and naturally sink to the bottom.
03-26-19, 06:17 PM
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03-26-19, 07:33 PM
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03-26-19, 07:43 PM
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Ya. My bike bag becomes the items one would find on top of the bench. 3 phillips head, 4 screw drivers, 3 patch kits with hard glue, a tube that looks like a coiled rattlesnake, almost gone roll of duct tape. 2 locks. Ya. Kinda stupid on my part from time to time.
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before my ride yesterday, in desperation, I dumped the trunk onto my car driver's seat. then took what I deemed useful & threw it into my bag, then added the new stuff for the ride, aka: wallet, sandwich, snack. was left with a giant pile that I put in a paper grocery bag (to be sorted later)
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Rumrunn6, I don't see what the problem is. Everything fits inside dosin't it. Only when you have stuff dangling on the outside bouncing off the spokes is there cause for concern.
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my rack trunk needs a diet
To wit:
don't mind carrying extra stuff for emergencies, but it's gotten out of hand
I'll bet a good number of BF member take more in the way of tools and "emergency items" on 30 mile round trip rides from their front doors than I take on a two week trip in the Mountains of Montana.
And this thread would not be complete without [clip from Dr. Strangelove]:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vPwW7RaPO_g
And this thread would not be complete without [clip from Dr. Strangelove]:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vPwW7RaPO_g
You've got it all wrong. This is what you need :...[Major Kong – Survival Kit Contents]:
One forty-five caliber automatic
Two boxes of ammunition
Four days' concentrated emergency rations
One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
One hundred dollars in rubles
One hundred dollars in gold
Nine packs of chewing gum
One issue of prophylactics
Three lipsticks
Three pair of nylon stockings.
One forty-five caliber automatic
Two boxes of ammunition
Four days' concentrated emergency rations
One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
One hundred dollars in rubles
One hundred dollars in gold
Nine packs of chewing gum
One issue of prophylactics
Three lipsticks
Three pair of nylon stockings.
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