First time doing bike resources and tips on the channel. If you find it helpful, let us know in the comments and we'll start doing more of them. Happy rides all!
Instead of a Leatherman type tool, I carry a small locking needle nose vise grip wrench. I also carry a small ¼" drive wrench set with all the torx, allen, crosstip & flat tip bits. Don't forget to carry a tool to remove your cassette with a cut down whip chain & smallest adjustable wrench that will turn the removal tool.
That was super helpful thanks. I probably take half of that, but I don’t know what I’m doing and wouldn’t know how to use things like a chain breaking tool. Guess I had better learn since I get into some pretty remote spots on my own. Managed to loose a bolt on a panier once, so now I tighten those at the end of each day.
Glad it was handy! Chain breakers are good if you want to shorten a chain to properly fit your bike. Or sometimes if you get kinks in links but don't have a spare chain. I'd say, the more remote you get, the more repairs would be good to know. Eeesh. I'm guessing the pannier made it to your destination though?
I really liked this video. Super quick and to the point. No wasted time and really informative. You clearly have a clearly thought out kit. Awesome. Thanks for the advice.
Hi Josh pretty good kit this🙌 one thing that's a must have are CABLE TIES, I bet you have some just forgot to mention;) ...and maybe some gorilla tape too, I tend to wrap it around the pump.
Cheers Sendito! Ha, yes, we do keep them in the frame bag. Would have been good to include. Wish videos were easier to edit 😅 will put some info in the description.
Hi I'm enjoying your content especially when you where in the Peaks as it's just up the road from me, the hills got me at first as I moved here from Lincolnshire 😆one thing I do ref inner tubes is get as much air as possible out, roll up tightly then wrap in cling film to hold in place and prevent rubbing while in my bag also it stops everything smelling of rubber 😀 happy travels
Informative video with some good recommendations, but... The only traditional nut I have on my bike is for the fenders. And I have a special purpose open end wrench for that and weighs 20 grams. Almost all modern bikes would have no use of a Cresent (adjustable) wrench (yes, even racks). Unless, you can tell me where And how many allen keys do you need? A hack: If you have a Hollowtech bottom bracket, I put the disposable gloves in the hollow axle for quick retrieval and also keeps gunk out
Cheers Marc! Across the bikes we've got a few different sizes on the racks and fittings. If we had the one size then a single wrench would be easier, though our adjustable one isn't too heavy. Nice tip! We also keep our spare posts on the inside of the seat post which is quite a nice little spot!
I found the video Interesting. They make a fitting that goes over the square Phillips on your Leatherman that takes standard 1/4" hex bits. Personally if I was going to take a Leatherman I'd get the bits I needed that aren't natively on the Rebar, like Torx and Allen and I wouldn't duplicate that with fold out bike multitools unless one is doing the belt and suspenders kind of thing. One type of 1/4" bit can drive 1/4" sockets if you want to do that too with the Rebar. The Rebar natively has a Phillips and multiple flat screwdrivers so I would not buy those bits. As far as an adjustable wrench they make ones nowadays that open wider in smaller sizes and with thinner jaws than they used to. To get this effect, in my youth, people would buy an 8" adjustable wrench and cut the handle down to make a shorter wrench that still opened wide. Now you can just buy them. Thinner jaws can be had as well and fit some places normal ones don't. Carrying at least a combo 8mm and 10mm thin wrench, or spanner if you prefer, is a reasonable thing to do even if carrying an adjustable wrench. Sometimes, for some things, you need a thin wrench. It pays to look over your bicycle to see what it needs not some tool makers idea of what bikes in general need.
Yup. I ride tubeless so I don't worry too much but at the house, I have the small metal can of patch glue. It doesn't go bad. Those tubes of glue are notorious for going bad in a very short amount of time.
I feel like most people will be better off with a proper small spanner and a socket or two that might work with the multi tool? For me those adjustable ones are pretty unwieldy for small nuts and bolts. I'm also a fan of metal tyre levers as the plastic ones I've had have all become useless pretty quickly through getting bent. Some even snapped! Not really worried about cosmetic damage to my aluminum rims. Maybe there's some chance of more serious damage using metal levers, but I've never had that.
I find that across a bike, there are almost a half dozen different-sized bolts so by the time you bring sockets for all of them, the weight will rack up. The adjustable spanner is pretty lightweight anyway. Interesting to hear about the metal levers. We've mostly just used Decathlon or cheaper tyre levers and haven't had them snap. Interesting to hear how others are doing things!
@@joshandsarahride yeah, different setups I suppose. Both my bikes only need one small spanner, it's mostly hexs otherwise. Regardless, you can have hours of fun optimising your tools 😄 AND big up for the clear plastic bag BTW. Why use anything else!
