How do you carry your shit?

[ddocky]

I use an Osprey Raptor 14. The outer pocket allows me to carry a jacket (used it maybe twice) or pads, inner holds lunch and Tubolito (never used, too expensive to loan) and sometimes a first aid kit. Tool pocket has multi tool, spare links, zip ties, 2 CO2, inflator, tire iron, tire boot, Dyna plug. And for those back country days, occasionally a pump. And keys, and my wallet and my phone.

The whole thing is soul suckingly heavy before adding 2L of water. I'll move the tool pouch, tube, wallet/keys/phone into a fanny pack for short rides. Does anyone cary pads or coats with fanny packs?

Every year I add one more item to handle flat tires. I've flatted once (loose valve?) and could not remember how to use the inflator so...yeah. But I'm paranoid about having to walk out on a 25 mile ride.

Isn't everyone worried about scratching their frame with the strap on holders?

[californiagrown]

Isn't everyone worried about scratching their frame with the strap on holders?

Tools not jewels. Also, if you are that finicky about frame scratches and resale value i would have to assume you have ridewrapped your frame... in which case the frame is protected from the strap.

that said, heel rub, a fucked deraileur, and general bike riding/crashing has worn away paint into the carbon material on my bike, but the tube/tool strap area has zero signs of wear because its locked down tight and doesnt shift or rub.

[adrenalated]

Does anyone cary pads or coats with fanny packs?

Isn't everyone worried about scratching their frame with the strap on holders?

I wear kneepads. Drop them around my ankles for long climbs. I can carry any jacket I need either stuffed into the fanny pack or Voile strapped to the top tube or handlebars (I've variously carried a rain jacket, a windbreaker, or a synthetic puffy this way depending on the season).

I run out of talent way too often to be worried about frame scratches from stuff strapped to it.

[XXX-er]

ride wrap or for very much cheaper a 25$ roll of 3M and a steady hand will take care of scratches

[Stuntmonkey]

I just did ride wrap on my hightower - if you're wrapping the seat stays and chain stays etc then get the wrap wrap or just wrap the portions you want to cover with the 3M. The ride wraps main benefit is the sizing is precut and the shapes around bolt holes and pivot points are done for you, so its super easy.

Next time I would probably just do 3M.

[XXX-er]

yeah but ride wrap is way mo money than a 4" roll of 3M

On my Bullit i did 1 piece on the top of top tube/ 1 piece each side of down tube/ sides of swingarm, you don't cover every bit of the frame but you do cover the area's that are gona get the hits,

I make little patterns out of paper or cardboard for the right shapes, take my time and it doesnt look too bad

[singlesline]

I wish they had something in between the 95% full "tailored" kit and the universal-fit 65% "covered" kit that requires trimming/cutting.

I'm happy to pay for custom cut pieces for a frame (and for someone to experiment and think about how to best cover key areas), but the tailored kit is overboard...like I don't need to wrap every surface of my suspension linkage. In fact, I think the tailored kit leaves you with too many seams which will just start to look worse over time, especially the small, finnicky ones that are most likely to start peeling/collect dirt.

The "covered" kit isn't worth a damn since it is trivial to cut those same shapes from a roll of 3m film...the kit is basically just 7 big rounded rectangles and a few small cable-rub scraps. You can do that with scissors just as easily.

80% coverage of the key areas with large precut parts would be great. Skip the small or complicated-shape pieces and leave a few generic scrap pieces for any uncovered cable-rub areas.

[North]

For velcro pouches Wolftooth (and probably others) make a bracket that attaches to water bottle mounts. My bike has mounts under the top tube above the shock, so I store the bag there. Doesn't touch frame.

For ridewrap I did my own using 3M or Xpel can't remember. Incredibly tedious because I wanted lots of coverage. Proud dirtbag/penny pincher and I told myself I'd buy the tailored kit next time and skip the super extraneous pieces.

[Andeh]

On my last bike (GG) I covered most of it with RideWrap, and proceeded to scratch places where it wasn't covered. Also, scratched through the RideWrap in some places (like where water bottle would make contact with front triangle). I got fuckall for money selling the frame even with all that hassle, so both my new bike and ebike are raw dogging it. They are mountain bikes and abused accordingly.

[skaredshtles]

<snip> so both my new bike and ebike are raw dogging it. They are mountain bikes and abused accordingly.

[summit]

both my new bike and ebike are raw dogging it. They are mountain bikes and abused accordingly.

Same

[XXX-er]

after a couple years of bouncing off shit I found that wherever the bike took a hit the 3M film got scratched off but left the paint was un-touched which kind of suprised me, so the 3m looks ratty but the paint is still looking fine

[singlesline]

after a couple years of bouncing off shit I found that wherever the bike took a hit the 3M film got scratched off but left the paint was un-touched which kind of suprised me, so the 3m looks ratty but the paint is still looking fine

I recently sold a hardtail that I had put 3m in a few places including the seat stays after realizing they were pretty wide and I was rubbing them with my heels.

I just ripped off all the pieces that looked ratty before I took the for-sale pictures and the thing shined right up. There were some bigger scratches on the frame in places I hadn't put 3m, but I don't recall any spots where something ripped through the film and the paint. And bikes aren't like cars where you're using huge pieces to cover panels and one little scratch to the film can mean a $$$ removal and replacement...you can just ride your bike with ratty film for a while and then slap a new $2 piece on whenever you feel like it.

I can't say for sure if it mattered, but the bike looked real nice and the first person who came to see it paid asking price without attempting to haggle...

[XXX-er]

Yeah I was suprised the paint didnt get scratched off along with the large chunks of 3M film, I don't see selling the Bullit any time soon cuz its still current so I have no plans to replace the 3M but exactly how did you get the 3M off the bike ?

I did my yeti 5.5 which looked pretty good when I sold to an MD for a very good price, to be fair in 2020 it didn't matter how much $$$$$$ you made there were no Yeti's to be had so it was a sellers market

so I've done 3 bikes for < 100 $ and IME its worth doing

[singlesline]

exactly how did you get the 3M off the bike ?

Peeled up a corner and pulled?

Maybe I used a blow dryer or I might have been doing it in the sun after washing it, but I feel like it didn’t give too much of a fight. Just pull back over itself and pull hard enough to stretch to which seems to release the adhesive. Had been on for about 3 years.

I did notice it had yellowed compared to unused stuff but you couldn’t tell on the bike.

[Lvovsky]

Speaking of strapping to frame: who sells proper Velcro straps? Stuff in stores is too long and too narrow and seems flimsy.

[Andeh]

Speaking of strapping to frame: who sells proper Velcro straps? Stuff in stores is too long and too narrow and seems flimsy.

Wolf Tooth has some nice velcro straps that have silicon backing. You should be able to purchase them stand alone, they're with some of their BRAD stuff.

[Lvovsky]

Wolf Tooth has some nice velcro straps that have silicon backing. You should be able to purchase them stand alone, they're with some of their BRAD stuff.

Interesting but pricey and needs to be mounted on their plate. Googling for ‘cinch strap’ produces this: https://www.amazon.com/18-Inch-Cinch...63127971&psc=1

Cheap enough to try out.

Wonder if I can create my own silicone backing too.

[singlesline]

Bought these a couple years ago
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07SM...b_b_asin_title

Velcro straps with metal instead of plastic in a bunch of different sizes. $12 gets you a huge bundle of them.

[smmokan]

Anything else out there similar to the B-rad system from Wolf Tooth? I’m building up a Dreadnought and it’s got mounts on the underside of the top tube- I’d love to strap a small multi-tool up there.

[benk]

Anything else out there similar to the B-rad system from Wolf Tooth? I’m building up a Dreadnought and it’s got mounts on the underside of the top tube- I’d love to strap a small multi-tool up there.

I haven’t found any. Even others I’ve found on amazon are just as expensive as the b-rad. I have the 4 bolt on the down tube and a pump bag under my top tube on a Sentinal. Fits tube, pump, patch kit, 21-price multi tool, tire lever, chain link. Other bag is for a layer/snacks/water filter

[adrenalated]

Getting things pretty dialed.



Bedrock Sinbad Stash bag under the seat carries my medkit (need to go through it but contents are essentially what Summit posted a page or two back)
Bedrock EDC Micro Frame bag carries snacks
Wolftooth 0.6L B-Rad bag carries bike repair parts (CO2s, Dynaplugs, derailleur hanger, shift cable, etc. I don't carry a tube anymore running Cushcore but you could)
One-Up 100cc EDC pump on a mount under the bottle cage with multi-tool, chain quicklink, and another CO2 inside
0.7L water bottle with electrolyte mix
5-7L hip pack with additional 1.5-2L of plain water, some extra tire patch stuff, InReach, maybe a MSR Trailshot filter, more snacks, knife, etc etc etc. A jacket can go in the hip pack or get strapped to the top tube or handlebars. A folding saw also sometimes gets strapped to the top tube.

I don't think I've carried an actual pack once this year, the above is everything I need for any ride I have the fitness for.