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Bawitdaba



Joined: 22 Sep 2006
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Location: Pine Plains, New York

PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:03 am    Post subject: Whats in your toolbox? Reply with quote

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?
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Forest_biker



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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 Wink
cell phone (only when riding solo)
small camera and bendable tripod (you never know what your gonna see!) Shocked
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



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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g60dude



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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bike this



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beer, and some corn... Twisted Evil Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just find people like Forest, g60 & Bike This to ride with and then I know they'll have everything I might need Laughing
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Forest_biker



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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 Laughing


......except a derailleur hanger and new fork for Greg!!


..ZINGGG! Very Happy
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tom church



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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tom church



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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Kevin



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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robdamanii



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tom church wrote:


Do you ride with a workbench strapped to a pannier as well? Laughing
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tom church



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



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