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Bawitdaba
Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 265 Location: Pine Plains, New York
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:03 am Post subject: Whats in your toolbox? |
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I was just wondering as I sit here sipping my morning tea from my friend John. Do I really have everything I need in my bike toolbox? I tend to do most of my riding at lift serviced mountains and when I do I don't even carry a multi tool, but I do keep what I feel is an adequate toolbox in the car. After all I"m going to be down in no more than 10 minutes or so. Of course if I'm 20 miles from home on the road bike, or out a few miles on a trail I have a few odds and ends with me.
So, what's in your toolbox and what do you carry when you're riding? _________________ Everything you wanted to know about downhill mountain biking at Whiteface but were afraid to ask!!! www.downhillmike.com
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Forest_biker
Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 859
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: |
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Well, since you asked: (This is not including water and food)
This what I carry for XC riding;
2 extra tubes (I'm a pinch flat master)
Minipump
Multi tool with metric allens, a torx, flat and phillips bit
tires levers
spare derailleur hanger
zip ties
spoke wrench
chain breaker (no quick links for me and I run 8spd)
2 extra brake pads
small amount of TP
cell phone (only when riding solo)
small camera and bendable tripod (you never know what your gonna see!)
small amount of duct tape (sidewall repair, maybe first aid)
small led headlamp (only when riding at night, just in case lights fail)
sharp pocket knife (which I always have)
This is my basic load, which changes depending on the season.
It sounds like alot but it's not very big at all. |
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Tim845
Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 3684 Location: Poughkeepsie
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Like the above, I also carry an oz. of chain lube (oddly, automatic trans fluid works great!), and a patch kit.
And a $5.
Tape and zip ties go around the pump.
A few Advil. _________________ Pedal, b*tches!! |
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g60dude
Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 1303 Location: Mid-town Lake Katrine
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Lets see............
Multi-tool kit
Tube
Mini-Pump
Guu
Clif Bar of some sort
Chain break tool
camera
A plastic bag full of toilet paper. (ya know, just in case)
band-aids
And now that it is fall, most of the time there is a battery to power up my HID in my Camelback. _________________ greg
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bike this
Joined: 13 Nov 2006 Posts: 1166 Location: YKYO
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Beer, and some corn... _________________ Shut up and ride.! |
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lilmort
Joined: 18 Jan 2007 Posts: 98 Location: BBmtB bound
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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I just find people like Forest, g60 & Bike This to ride with and then I know they'll have everything I might need _________________ HOVERING ABOVE THE TIRE TREADS...& SOMETIMES BENEATH! |
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Forest_biker
Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 859
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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lilmort wrote: |
I just find people like Forest, g60 & Bike This to ride with and then I know they'll have everything I might need |
......except a derailleur hanger and new fork for Greg!!
..ZINGGG! |
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tom church
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 533 Location: Beacon
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:09 am Post subject: |
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tom church
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 533 Location: Beacon
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Seriously...I bring a good Pedros Allen Key set, a pedal wrench, an adjustable wrench, tri-flow, park grease, floor pump, 4th hand (cable puller), and cable cutter. I also have plenty of zip ties! |
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oh_blinding_light
Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 240 Location: People's Republic of Rosendale
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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I cram all the following in an underseat tool wedge bag:
Gerber cool-tool (hex wrenches, chain tool, screwdriver, etc.)
sog paratool (way more tools than a leatherman, the can opener may be a bit over-the-top)
innertube
patchkit
tire levers
crank brothers mini-pump (painful for inflating a tire, but small)
hyper-cracker freewheel removal tool
spoke wrench
SRAM 9 speed power-link
planet bike superflash (modded to be wide angle, hangs off the back of the bag)
2 quarters for phone calls
$20 for cab fare
alcohol swabs in sealed packets (handy for wiping grease off fingers before lunch)
matches (much easier than rubbing two sticks together)
Seems like every time I leave anything on the above list at home, I wind up needing it.
O.B.L. _________________ Nimium est melior! |
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Kevin
Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 1414 Location: Kingston
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: |
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oh_blinding_light wrote: |
planet bike superflash (modded to be wide angle, hangs off the back of the bag) |
How did you do that? It's hard to believe that the end user can make it even better than it already is, but I'm willing to hear ya out. |
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oh_blinding_light
Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 240 Location: People's Republic of Rosendale
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Using a small flat blade screwdriver, working along the edge of the light, you can pry the clear red plastic cover off the base. It takes a while, be patient. It will come apart. There's a slot near the switch that you should avoid, as levering on the base there can crack the printed circuit board.
Once the cover is removed, it's pretty easy to pry the clear acrylic lens apart from the red cover. The lens develops a very narrow beam of light. This makes the light look very bright if the beam is shining right at you, but pretty dim if you are just a little outside the beam.
I replaced the acrylic lens with a lens that has a wider beam pattern. You could use one of these: http://www.ledsupply.com/l2-op-025.php
I used one from deal extreme (a hong kong based surplus web site), but their web site seems to be mucked up this morning. Hmmm ... now it seems to be working: https://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13983
5 wide angle lenses for $4.28 including shipping. I think I paid about half that a few weeks ago. Has the financial meltdown lowered the value of the dollar?
You may need to file a bit off the base of the new lens to get it to fit.
You glue the whole thing back together using the cement/solvent used to "glue" plastic plumbing pipes together. You want the stuff called multi-purpose since it bonds PVC, CPVC, and ABS plastics. You can usually get a small bottle at your local hardware store for about $3. Just stick a Q-tip in your cement and run it around the edge of the lens hole, then pop the lens in. The cement will bond the lens to the cover in less than a minute. Run some of the cement around the edge of the red cover, snap the bottom piece back on, and your done.
The first one I did took about 30 minutes but most of that was figuring out how to pry the case apart.
You wind up with a flasher with a much wider, and slightly dimmer, beam.
O.B.L. _________________ Nimium est melior!
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robdamanii
Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 349 Location: Darth Bailer
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:23 am Post subject: |
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tom church wrote: |
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Do you ride with a workbench strapped to a pannier as well? |
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tom church
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 533 Location: Beacon
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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