Bicycle Emergency Tool Kits
The choice is bewildering indeed…
Every cyclist should be able to facilitate a roadside repair for themselves or others for any number of common roadside scenarios. At the very least - change a punctured tube and repair a snapped chain.
Along with acquiring these basic skills every cyclist should equip themselves with the basic tools necessary for themselves or other passers by to assist them:
Tool caddy (bottle cage style are far easier to look after and use)
ToPeak XL tool caddy
Two inner tubes (one in tool pouch and one in rear pocket perhaps)
Two x Inner tubes
CO2 inflator & 3 x gas bottles
Silca Basic sprung loaded trigger style (basic model)
16g CO2 bottles x 3
ToPeak Airbooster controllable CO2 inflator
Fit for purpose multi-tool (either with chain breaker or without)
Silca ‘Venti 20’ all in one multi tool with chain breaker
Park IB-3 all in one multi tool
Brooks MT 10 basic multi tool (must carry a separate chain-breaker tool)
Silca Tredici 13 basic multi tool (must carry a separate chain breaker)
Chain tool if not on multi-tool
Park CT-6.3 chain breaker (peens Campagnolo chains too)
Chain quick-link (appropriate to your chains speed)
KMC Power Link compatible with 11-speed Shimano and Campagnolo chains
Tyre boot (can use trimmed piece of old tyre wall if necessary)
Park tyre-boot (alternatively a cut up old tyre wall can be used instead)
Self sticking puncture repair kit (just in case)
Park self-sticking puncture repair patches
Rubber gloves
Black Mamba nitrile mechanics gloves
Length of gear cable with nipple to replace snapped gear cable (to allow a single selected gear to be chosen in case of snapped cable)
12” of gear cable with nipple attached to enable rear mech to be set to appropriate gear in case of snapped gear cable.
Multi size spoke key
Pedro’s multi spoke key
Tweezers to remove thorns
Flat blades precision tweezers to remove thorns from tyres
Cable ties (for any number of fix-it jobs)
Cable ties to facilitate any number of disasters
The above items form part of a basic on-the-bike tool kit which can be tailored to suit an individuals needs and style of riding / type of bike etc. Gas bottles are my personal choice of inflator respectably if group riding, however, a pump may still be chosen to be carried by those less experienced cyclists.
On the bike tool caddy, punctures, snapped chains, snapped gear cables etc etc all fixed roadside with this comprehensive emergency tool caddy