ADVENTURE TOOL KITS

[anton88]

Following our recent Salisbury Plain trip, I am reviewing my tool kit. Mudwhiz had a puncture, but luckily, each of us had something that could be used to fix his bike.

Also Lootch lost some bolts for his pegs - but with some inginuity, he got going again.

Just thinking what should be carried for longer trips:

Heres what i take on longer trips:

Tyre levers
Rim protectors
Front and rear inner tubes
Puncture repair kit
Tyre weld
Roll of Duct tape
Zip ties
Adjustable spanner
Spoke spanner
Small tool kit - with sockets/allen keys and multitool pliers.
Always take my mobile and camera
Spare spark plug and plug spanner
Have a small keyring torch



Am adding/thinking of adding the following:

Rope (for stuck in the mud moments :oops:)
Small set of adjustable ratchet ring spanners
Possibly a small cigarette socket powered tyre inflator (after fitting a socket to bike)
Maybee a selection of bolts and nuts (good idea Bob :thumbleft: )
Should get some spare bulbs :oops:


Anything else i should add (most of this is already stored in my sumpguard/toolbx) so i only need a bit of room in my topbox or tail pack)


To some, this may seem over the top, but i'd like to be able to fix my Bike on the trail if i ever got stuck/or be able to help out if someone else was stuck - cant see the breakdown service coming to the middle of a muddy quagmire in the middle of the Plains :!: :?: :lol:

[FatFergie]

this sounds really wet, a pair of disposable gloves, takes up no space but saves you putting your filthy greasy hands into your brand new €100 gloves after you've had that puncture. you can put them on before you start or just use them to keep your gloves clean!

[anton88]

this sounds really wet, a pair of disposable gloves, takes up no space but saves you putting your filthy greasy hands into your brand new €100 gloves after you've had that puncture. you can put them on before you start or just use them to keep your gloves clean!

tis a good idea, and gloves dont take up much room.

[Jenna]

a couple of feet square of plastic tarpaulin in a very bright colour... nothing worse than having to strip some bits of a bike and have the circlip or spring clip f~'K off into the long grass or mud on you!!

[Whealie]

Fuses. No point in having a cigarette lighter pump if the fuse blows unless someone on another bike has a lighter scoket too (as luckily happened to me in Italy).
Fuses are also very small and light.
I have spare tubes cable tied to the frame under the side panels on my RD04, along with tyre levers and a can of lubricant.

[Maverick]

this sounds really wet, a pair of disposable gloves

Yeah can you believe it not one person had a single wet wipe on him to clean my hands with afterwards :cussing: :mrgreen:

[Simon]

Fuses. No point in having a cigarette lighter pump if the fuse blows unless someone on another bike has a lighter scoket too (as luckily happened to me in Italy).
Fuses are also very small and light.
I have spare tubes cable tied to the frame under the side panels on my RD04, along with tyre levers and a can of lubricant.

What a brilliant idea! :notworthy:

[Jenna]

ooo be carefull!.. nothing more funny than seeing a big butch guy in pink marigolds :lol:

[matthelliwell]

Following our recent Salisbury Plain trip, I am reviewing my tool kit. Mudwhiz had a puncture, but luckily, each of us had something that could be used to fix his bike.

Also Lootch lost some bolts for his pegs - but with some inginuity, he got going again.

Just thinking what should be carried for longer trips:

Heres what i take on longer trips:

Tyre levers
Rim protectors
Front and rear inner tubes
Puncture repair kit
Tyre weld
Roll of Duct tape
Zip ties
Adjustable spanner
Spoke spanner
Small tool kit - with sockets/allen keys and multitool pliers.
Always take my mobile and camera
Spare spark plug and plug spanner
Have a small keyring torch



Am adding/thinking of adding the following:

Rope (for stuck in the mud moments :oops:)
Small set of adjustable ratchet ring spanners
Possibly a small cigarette socket powered tyre inflator (after fitting a socket to bike)
Maybee a selection of bolts and nuts (good idea Bob :thumbleft: )
Should get some spare bulbs :oops:


Anything else i should add (most of this is already stored in my sumpguard/toolbx) so i only need a bit of room in my topbox or tail pack)
:
Well some sort of pump would be a good addition to your original kit! I've just ordered a small foot pump along with the tyres levers recommended by someone on here.

Also some wipes to clean your inner tube before you try and patch it (and your hands afterwards).

Tyre lube/washing up liquid?

Emergency contact details somewhere obvious.

Phone number of Salisbury Plain police.

[FatFergie]

I've never had much success with wet wipes, you store them somewhere safe and when you finally need them they've dried out!
A bicycle pump is an alternative to an electric or foot pump, very light and easily stored, hard work though!

[Dee Duble Yuh]

Or you could just take an AmEx card.

[anton88]

Just found this, which might be handy for people travelling abroad ? :

http://www.africatwinclub.it/dizionariomotoEnglish.htm

[anton88]

Went out shopping this morning, and bought these for £4.99 :D

http://www.xrv.org.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3641

Adjustable to fit nuts from 9mm up to 32 mm, made by JML and bought in FOCUS DIY

Perfect for undoing that rear wheel axle nut if ever punctured whilst out on the trail :thumbleft:

[Slimie]

It'd be a shame to duplicate every piece on every bike, can anyone think of a system to spread the kit around a selection of riders? Or am I just complicating things 'cos it's never the same folks out each time?

-Simon

[Cie]

No Simon,

I think you have a point. Sure, we all need the whole shebang when we're on our own, but if we go out together, then it would make sense to get organised.

We can have a go at the National Meet I suppose, are you coming btw?

I've been looking into towing over the last couple of days, and was in B&Q earlier, looking into a solution. They have some 10mm rope, but also have 20mm and 40mm straps. I think that the strap will pack up a lot smaller than rope, although I've no idea about their individual strengths.

Anyone have any experience on this with bikes, which is better for towing/bike extraction, rope or strap?

[peterb]

Nick a lorry strap from work, nothing better

[Cie]

Not nicking it and keeping my job would be a lot better!

A lorry strap would be overkill as well, I want to pull a bike, not a truck!

[Slimie]

Not nicking it and keeping my job would be a lot better!

A lorry strap would be overkill as well, I want to pull a bike, not a truck!

I've got a length of rope that I bought at the Dinghy Show, it's probably 10mm in diameter and very flexible - no trouble to carry in a tank bag. I'm sure that if it's OK for a dinghys halyard it'll be fine to tow a bike out of trouble!

But...I'm desperate to try it - who's gonna stall deliberately next time we're out together so I can try out my rope??!!

-Simon

[barftone]

Don't forget a tube of instant metal for all sorts of bodges. Saw a guy mend a oiling holed engine casing with some a couple of years back.

[Chad]

No Simon,

I think you have a point. Sure, we all need the whole shebang when we're on our own, but if we go out together, then it would make sense to get organised.

We can have a go at the National Meet I suppose, are you coming btw?

I've been looking into towing over the last couple of days, and was in B&Q earlier, looking into a solution. They have some 10mm rope, but also have 20mm and 40mm straps. I think that the strap will pack up a lot smaller than rope, although I've no idea about their individual strengths.

Anyone have any experience on this with bikes, which is better for towing/bike extraction, rope or strap?

strap or webbing tends to be a tad stronger if not damaged in any way so thereas not a lot in it really ive got a small set of ratchet straps that gave the added benefit of plastic coated hooks also when rolled up they take up much less space than rope :D

B+Q were doing sets of five for around a tenner not so long ago :D :D :D

[Cie]

Bought something I intend carrying as a tow strop from Homebase today, £6

http://www.xrv.org.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4530

[Mudwiz]

Towing - a subject v. close to my heart!

I use some old climbing rope sections - about 9m length seems perfect for extractions and road tows.

The bits that are trickyer and make heeps of differance to the effect is how/where to connect rope to bike. (My little off roader has short thin ropes tied front and rear permanently, and I carry a 2000kg krab to make it quick and easy! When riding alone, I carry between 30-50m rope and 3 pulleys to make a simple block and tackle - allows self extraction, but weighs a ton!)

For road tows - tie any where on the towing bike, and hold in the clutch hand of the towed bike - you wont need clutch, bike in neutral, but you might need front brake, so you can drop if the juggernaught effect gets to you!

Extraction needs somewhere strong and high on the towing bike, and position on height/side of front forks on towed bike depending on where/how you need to lift the bike. The best assistance here is to pull the towed bikes front wheel round, sort of "hand roll" the bike forward, but watch your fingers!

Tapes don't stretch at all, which is good in an ideal world, but I've found no one has that sort of clutch control etc, esp. when muddy and tired!! Old climbing ropes don't stretch much either!! (But much more than tape.)

I find a 9m 9mm rope will fit near the rear light on a TA, along with the (New!) tyre levers and the bike pump!

If any body wants to play "tow me" most of my rides include a bit of it here or there!!

[jvaughan]

In all seriousness .. a pack of Condoms (non lubricated) also is worthwhile.
If you need to take a wheel or anything off, they are handy to put nuts / bearings etc in to keet together.

Also, from my days with the TA .. they also can be used to carry up to a litre of water (hence why you dont want lubricated)

[Chad]

In all seriousness .. a pack of Condoms (non lubricated) also is worthwhile.
If you need to take a wheel or anything off, they are handy to put nuts / bearings etc in to keet together.

Also, from my days with the TA .. they also can be used to carry up to a litre of water (hence why you dont want lubricated)

:shock: :shock: so the nuts go in the condom as well how the hell do you manage that :shock:



interesting idea though :D

[Whealie]

so the nuts go in the condom as well how the hell do you manage that
According to my wife you could pull the codom right down and over my nuts and still have room for a litre of water (and she says she'd prefer the water).

[Chad]

so the nuts go in the condom as well how the hell do you manage that
According to my wife you could pull the codom right down and over my nuts and still have room for a litre of water (and she says she'd prefer the water).


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[DaveS]

brilliant whealie! :lol:

[boboneleg]

Just found this, which might be handy for people travelling abroad ? :

http://www.africatwinclub.it/dizionariomotoEnglish.htm

Hey Anton,

that list is superb, I have printed it off for future trips abroad. I only carry one tube - a 21" front as you can always stuff it into the rear if necessary.

cheers, Bob.

PS.......the only things I'd add is a small compass and a foil ' space blanket '.........if you get wet and injured in winter it could be a lifesaver.

[Mudwiz]

Has anyone mentioned a v. small first aid kit? I see no point getting the bike rideable again if bits of the rider are still hanging off! I carry a foil blanket (as Bob does), some mega pain killers (left over from prescription stuff....), steri strips, micropore, and some other little bits and peices, very much a "first" aid kit, if a bigger one is needed it will not be possible to ride on any way!! (The duck tape and cable ties can also be pressed into service, that beats bandages any day!)

[jvaughan]

Has anyone mentioned a v. small first aid kit? I see no point getting the bike rideable again if bits of the rider are still hanging off! I carry a foil blanket (as Bob does), some mega pain killers (left over from prescription stuff....), steri strips, micropore, and some other little bits and peices, very much a "first" aid kit, if a bigger one is needed it will not be possible to ride on any way!! (The duck tape and cable ties can also be pressed into service, that beats bandages any day!)

just take a petite nurse with you :)

[Maverick]

just take a petite nurse with you :)

Which page of the touratech catalogue is that item then, and do they come in blond :shock: