How To Pack For A Bike Ride – GCN's Guide To What To Take On A Ride
How To Pack For A Bike Ride – GCN's Guide To What To Take On A Ride
Be prepared for nearly every eventuality on your bike rides with our guide to what to take and where to carry it.
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We think that you need more of a contingency plan than a mobile phone when you’re riding your bike. It’s easy enough to be covered for most things that might happen out on the road using the three pockets on your cycling jersey and a saddlebag.
That’s right. We think that saddlebags are a good thing. Keep a couple of inner tubes, a puncture repair kit and your multi tool in there. This leaves your saddlebag free for a spare layer (raincape or gilet), a mini pump, your wallet and phone.
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CO2 pump might be better?
I don’t ride my bike through the woods. I do races and rides to the store. However I always take a water bottle and pocket knife. And depending on the weather I will take a ponco but usually never wear it. I am allowed however to ride by myself so I am alone.
Should also think about packing a foil blanket. Takes up no space but could be a life saver if stuck for some time.
i use a can of bike tire repair you just put it on the valve empty it and ride 5km and bike tire is fixed
KitKat a little bit efficient than snickers. 518 vs 488 Cal on 100 g.
In the bidon I find if you leave it intact, you can still pack it, and you DON’T need to use a plastic bag to protect things.
I have a Carradice Camper Longflap Saddlebag…and love it.
Good idea with the old bottle
Get a quad lock. Phone is on the bike. Also set up a pay wave function on your phone so you don’t have to carry cash (everywhere in Australia uses it). Also now.i have a tail light with HD camera in it I had to go to a smaller saddle bag. I only have one tube but surely it will be fine. Haha and my multi tool is a single Allen key
Why not put the money in the WALLET
Why can’t you just load up a fanny pack.
Can I use I hydration bag?
Credit card and I’d can be put on ur phone now
Lmao i only carried water and money
In a 7 hr long bike
No CO2 canisters? Seems a lot easier than a mini pump…
One day I was out riding in my neighborhood . I decided to ride over a nearby mountain into he next valley over. I just stopped at 7 11 bought a brownie and did it lol
Just got my new Platypus hydration pack after carrying a Camelback for decades. Carries all my bike kit.
Don’t cut the top right off the bottle, if you experiment with leaving 20-40mm not cut through you can just pull back to insert kit and then top will go back across to stop kit jumping out or rain/ dirt getting in ! You can also add duct tape to make look neater
For what do you need a puncture kit if jou have your 2 tubes for….. you dont need two tubes, you only need one. 🙄 commaan Gcn were not going camping
i miss matt
Enjoying the tips and tricks. Looking to start riding again in a couple months. Been 25 years since I have ridden more than a couple miles.
Wait! Can I just put all of that in a backpack?
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Why not just carry a backpack? Say The North Face Recon (older Models) 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️ yet Idk because I’m not a rider
I put my cash in my sock when i ride lol
I don’t take a rain cape every ride. But I don’t live in the UK.
What about your tubeless tyre repair kit.
A bumbag/fannypack can be worn across the back over the shoulder, you can fit a good amount of kit in one of those. 🙂
patches and inner-tubes + 2 multitools – I thought you were cyclists?
OMG WHEN THEY FILMED THE GUY ERRATICALLY BIKING IN SLOW MOTION I LAUGHED SO HARD
I have OCD I carry every but the kitchen sink,I alway’s have a book bag with all kind’s of tool’s It weighs at least six pound’s with the tool’s and pump, bunjee cord’s,tube but that’s just empty,when go grocery shopping it weigh’s at least 28 pound’s but I don’t ride without my book bag and goggles or sunglasses,lol.
i have better idea…do not take nothing and no problem
When you have to take a coffee break whilst in the middle of putting stuff in your pockets
I can’t really understand English accent that much
Just tape a Pringles can to your downtube, more space and less inventory management
In the saddle bag:1*tube, 1*multitool.1*pump mounted on the frame. Back pocket: id,visa,mobile phone, 50 bucks. 2*0,75l water. So you can travel all day long.
Stick it all in a saddle pack, who cares what it looks like when riding/training .
You sound like Gordon Ramsay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PZ0Id6nSXQ
Why the ID though
There’s one thing missing – the thing that weighs me down more than anything else – the lock, where/how do you pack that?
He sound like Gordon ramsy
1:14 and that ladies and gentlemen is not a proper way to make a start
Or you could just bring a cycle bag
how do i carry a camcorder
You just need a bigger seat bag, 0.75 liter or 1 liter and you can get all that (except the rain coat) in the seat bag, and more. Leaving yourself to use both your water bottle holders as water bottle holders.
I have a real nice water proof Axiom seat bag rated at 1 liter size, that is long and narrow in shape, so no wind resistance. It even reduces road splash up my back of wet days. I have a spare tube, patch kit, 2 CO2 cartridges, multi-tool, 3 tire levers, mini-pump, a few zip ties, hand sanitizer, grease soap, and even a small cable lock in it. I then just put my ID, bank card, credit card some cash in a small plastic sleeve, small tube of sun screen, energy bars and my smart phone in my jersey pockets. I can put my Gore Tex rain jacket (folds up real small) in my jersey pocket too if I need to take it. If I think I need to take a second tube that day, I put it in my jersey pocket too.
Just get a small back pack or water carrier
So where do you put your bike lock
Just put the money in the wallet
How can I know where the feed zones are?