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12/25/2020 9:31am
What tools, spare bits and 1st aid do you guys generally carry while riding the trails? Pics would be helpful.
Is this a "trail ride" or are you carrying extra gas for a marathon?
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Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Acerbis makes a decent fender bag. In my camel back I just fill it with water, and snacks.
Zip tie the zippers closed. I’ve had bags come open during very long rides.
Purchased some stubby wrenches from harbor freight that I keep in the upper top pocket. I was having some rear brake issues on a recent ride as my fluid was toast. Had to stop and make adjustments about 5 times through the day.
You wouldn't believe how much easier it was being able to access tools and I was done in a matter of minutes.
https://youtu.be/0_L8XQoFLoY.
I also have a front fender pack that I keep a 21" tube as that will work on both wheels.
Be sure to safety wire the pack, zip ties don't work believe me I learned the hard way.
First aid and toilet paper tho.... athletic tape is the human version of duct tape.
I’d also love to see exactly what the hard enduro guys are carrying on them. Perfect environment to destroy everything under the sun, yet you need to stay light enough to perform. I’ve seen a look in to Sherco’s set up, but it’d be cool to see more.
What if you ride far from civilization and don’t have bros?
I pack a very similar set up to what Titan posted. If I was in the market to start fresh I’d just order one of those and be done with it.
I bought it when I was on a Kawi and bought the kawi kit...now I'm on a Yamaha and they sold me the axel wrench/tire iron that fits the yamaha (I left the Kawi one in the pack for an extra tire iron, and in case I'm riding with someone that needed it...it's light, I don't even notice).
Great product!
2 ASV tool-handles(2” & 3”) that has 1/4 drive heads on it.
A shortt length of chain.
Various fastened that’re known to fall out of certain bikes or get stripped.
Compact 1st Aid Kit (in pocket of riding jacket)
4 Motion Pro Al lever-wrenches that fit most axle-nuts.
Sometimes a model 26 (in the Mountains between Redding & the coast where there are “grows”)
I ripped off the chain guide on a rock once...nothing I could have done at home to prevent that.
There are a million things riding that could go wrong that have nothing to do with proper bike maintenance.
Chance favors the prepared.
Pit Row
I heard it kills The Virus!
1) Giant Loop rear fender bag
2) Klim water pack with tool storage
Typical tools:
Chain link breaker & spare master link
Common sockets & ratchet
Flat Head
Spark plug & socket
Small strap incase bike gets stranded, can pull it with another
At the truck, i'll keep fluids and some more tools. Most rides aren't more than a 20 mile loop with cut out options so typically don't feel the need to carry more than is need for simple issues, and anything further i'll tow the bike to the main road and pick the bike up. 95% of the time, i ride with my wife so always an out option to get help.
I posed the same question to my buddies and here is what one carries. In a Klim back fanny.
-aluminum tire irons
- 1/4” ratchet w/ long and short extension 7mm,8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 13mm sockets
- small channel locks
- socket screwdriver with all the little bits inside
- 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17mm shorty wrenches
- assortment of metric nuts, bolts and washers
- duct tape
- Teflon tape
- jb weld
- safety wire
- zip ties
- shorty Allen wrenches
- CO2 cartridges and co2 pump
- water proof pill capsule with Aleve, aspirin, muscle relaxer and pain meds
- survey ribbon
- $50 in $10 bills
- registration
- condom (optional but recommended)
-weasel seamen.
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