How do you carry your shit?

[bagtagley]

Plugs have limits and are useless for sidewall tears. Tubeless doesn’t eliminate the need to carry a tube unless you like walking your bike or being a tube mooch.

[AlpiNord]

Sounded like a stretch.

[climberevan]

For long and hot+humid days a properly fitting roadie kit is hard to beat for the comfort. It’s the in between loose fitting, club cut road jerseys that are terrible. Those are the ones strangling you and flopping all about.

This. The stuff has to be tight for it to work properly. I have never lost a phone or anything else from my jersey pockets on mountain bike rides. If your shit is falling out of your pockets, your jersey is way too big.

[AlpiNord]

My first thought was a ‘Cast-like’ system for sliding off a kit from bike to bike.

Another was simply using side access bottle cages to secure a pouch or even an old water bottle with tools inside. There are a lot of water bottle cage kit options with a quick search.

This got me going off on a tangent exploring mounting ideas. Currently messing around with 'cage base' option to strap stuff to the side or instead of the cage:



On one of my bikes, I have a 3.5mm offset and then another 3.5mm for the cage. I'm not sure what would be a universal thickness that would work for others, but I'll post up the .stl file later after verifying fit, etc., for anyone who wants to try printing this idea. There are lots of bike mount options on various 'printables' sites. I'll weigh this after done printing, but it looks like it would be about 20 grams @ 25% infill.

[nortonwhis]

If im riding anything less than 4 hours I take nothing but a bottle of water. Cushcore front and back means hard to get pinch flats. I've rarely ripped sidewalls and don't mind bailing out and riding on the Cushcore to get home. Generally don't have to use tools on trail so dont bother bringing them. I do want an edc setup though.

[muted reborn]

Even if not crashing, it’s all floppy and heavy.

One one hand yer right, on the other hand you all are pretty fussy.

[J. Barron DeJong]

If im riding anything less than 4 hours I take nothing but a bottle of water. Cushcore front and back means hard to get pinch flats. I've rarely ripped sidewalls and don't mind bailing out and riding on the Cushcore to get home. Generally don't have to use tools on trail so dont bother bringing them. I do want an edc setup though.

Much past an hour and a single bottle isn’t cutting it for me, so longer than an hour I’m wearing a fanny pack with a second bottle. Much longer than two hours and I’m wearing a hydration pack.

[Andeh]

For people puzzling over with how to carry hydration, I used to bring quite a lot of water with me until I started using hydration (Nuun) tablets in my bottle. That let me effectively halve my water consumption. I only use about 1 bottle per 2 hours now. For several hour rides I use 1 bottle with a tablet in it and a vest with a 1.5L bladder, plus some Shot Blox. I alternate between the bottle and the hydration pack, which stretches out the electrolytes.

[AlpiNord]

For people puzzling over with how to carry hydration, I used to bring quite a lot of water with me until I started using hydration (Nuun) tablets in my bottle. That let me effectively halve my water consumption. I only use about 1 bottle per 2 hours now. For several hour rides I use 1 bottle with a tablet in it and a vest with a 1.5L bladder, plus some Shot Blox. I alternate between the bottle and the hydration pack, which stretches out the electrolytes.

Interesting. Nuun Sport or Energy?

[Andeh]

Interesting. Nuun Sport or Energy?

Sport. And FWIW, I prefer the ones without caffeine. Best flavor IMO is the strawberry lemonade.

[Self Jupiter]

Ultima replenisher is cheaper than Nuun, tastes ok. I prefer the lemonade flavors.

[Dromond]

I do agree that electrolytes help. A big part of feeling dehydrated is actually from the lost electrolytes, and in very hot weather when drinking a lot of water it gets even worse.

[MiddleOfNight]

+1 in the 'F packs' camp. Anything under 5h I'll do with 2 cage bottles and a snack or two in the jersey. Tube/co2/wrench strapped under seat, a few tools in head tube.
Something long like wriad there's no way around a pack for me - need too much food/water.

Interesting about electrolytes. Just tried this on wriad, drank the usual amount of water but added LMNT in cage bottles, averaged about 8oz (1/2 pack) every 2 hours. might have been too much water? Felt like I retained it .. felt kinda bloated like a water balloon by the end. But the next day I was actually not very wrecked - so there's something to it .. gonna be about finding the right ratio.

[AlpiNord]

NUUN and the like seem over priced vs something like Emergence-C packets. How are they substantially better?


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[Andeh]

Yeah, before I started using electrolyte tabs, if I went for longer rides (3-4 hours) and drank a bunch of water, I'd get like a hangover headache later. And it wouldn't go away until I had a bunch of salt (electrolyte drink, chips, etc.) and took ibuprofen. I'm sure there's a lot of factors at play (also heat acclimatization, just general conditioning), but it definitely seems to be a factor for me. And for like $0.75 or whatever it works out to per bottle, it's far from the most extravagant thing I spend money on mountain biking.

[Andeh]

NUUN and the like seem over priced vs something like Emergence-C packets. How are they substantially better?


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I honestly haven't spent a lot of time researching. I assume they all have different balances of minerals, sugars, and carbs. I would assume that the different formulations for a brand (active vs recovery) also have different balances. Plus flavor/taste. I've tried some random free samples I got in a box with an order of parts, and it tasted so bad I threw out the rest. I like the flavor of Nuun and it's stocked at the local grocery store, so that's just what I stick with.

[singlesline]

Nuun strawberry lemonade is the way to go. Price isn’t that bad if you buy a box of 6 tunes online. Dirt cheap compared to what they sell those nasty Liquid IV powder pouches for at the grocery.

I don’t use it while riding, but I’ve found having an insulated cup of nuun-water waiting in the car after a big ride or day of skiing goes a long way towards making me feel better that evening/the next day. Usually I’ll throw in a scoop of collagen powder too (not because I think collagen does anything magical, but it is a mostly flavorless protein that easily dissolves in cold liquids).

On a long rides I’ve tried salt stick brand chewable electrolyte tablets. I don’t like mixing stuff in my bottles because the flavors linger and you drip sticky sugar water on your bike/clothes, but the chewables seem to work. Got a whole bunch for free at some gravel rides.

[carlh]

What does everyone pack tubes in for on bike carry? I pulled mine out last week and it was split so my buddy had to ride out on his cushcore.
I’m contemplating vacuum bagging one with my food saver to keep it dry and not oxidized but worried about being smushed so tight.
I would like to strap the tube to the frame then not think about it until needed and have it work.

[singlesline]

What does everyone pack tubes in for on bike carry? I pulled mine out last week and it was split so my buddy had to ride out on his cushcore.
I’m contemplating vacuum bagging one with my food saver to keep it dry and not oxidized but worried about being smushed so tight.
I would like to strap the tube to the frame then not think about it until needed and have it work.

I don't know about vacuum bagging your tubes or whether or not full-suction would be too tight, but FYI, almost all vacuum sealers have the ability to interrupt the suction and start sealing immediately.

Depends on the exact unit, but usually you hit the "Vac/Seal" button and it will start sucking--then you hit the "Seal" button to pause the suction and immediately seal the bag. Useful anytime you are sealing fragile things, things with liquids or juices (stop it as soon as the liquid starts to run up near the top of the bag), etc.

[MiddleOfNight]

What does everyone pack tubes in for on bike carry? I pulled mine out last week and it was split so my buddy had to ride out on his cushcore.
I’m contemplating vacuum bagging one with my food saver to keep it dry and not oxidized but worried about being smushed so tight.
I would like to strap the tube to the frame then not think about it until needed and have it work.

I just roll it up super tight and rawdog it under the saddle with a ski strap, along w Co2 and tire wrench. I happened across someone in need last fall, tube was still in fine shape.

Admittedly, Murphy seems to be lurking.

[jamal]

I have one of those TPU tubes, found a small ziplock that it fits in and then cut off a section of tube and have the whole thing slid into there and then have a strap/cover thing holding it into the bottom of the frame with a couple of co2s.

Strap is made by acepac. previously i had stuff on the saddle rails with a backcountry research strap.



I just have to remember to have a multitool and co2 chuck and tire lever on me somewhere. I also carry a plug kit and sometimes some glueless patches that I've been able to stick on the inside of the tire with cuts that wouldn't seal and then continue on riding tubeless.

Usually I'm just sticking stuff in pockets. Cargo liner bibs plus shorts plus maybe a road jersey gives you a lot of carrying space. Or a hip pack. I did just get a mini frame bag I thought was going to fit in the front part of the hei hei's triangle but it's not quite the right shape. Maybe I need to learn how to sew or have something custom made. It's a big frame so there's room there to have a little storage plus still fit two bottles.

[carlh]

That’s the approach that left me with a hole in my tube so looking to improve.

Loose vacuum seal seems like a good option will try that since it’s easy.

I just roll it up super tight and rawdog it under the saddle with a ski strap, along w Co2 and tire wrench. I happened across someone in need last fall, tube was still in fine shape.

Admittedly, Murphy seems to be lurking.

[XXX-er]

use a coffee bag after you takeout the beans

[Dromond]

I just roll it up super tight and rawdog it under the saddle with a ski strap, along w Co2 and tire wrench. I happened across someone in need last fall, tube was still in fine shape.

Admittedly, Murphy seems to be lurking.

Clearly it’s working for you, but for what it’s worth I’ve had a few friends end up on sad rides after finding their under-saddle spare tube had a hole.

Vacuum sealing a spare tube is a great idea!

[Supermoon]

I wonder if you just used two ziplocks or sandwich bags around it to create a slip layer if that would be enough to keep it from wearing out?

Also have to think about UV degradation as well if it’s exposed to sunlight for any length of time. Not sure how the tubes react to that.