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Items to Carry
I've divided these into essential and aspirational
Essential are those needed if a bike shop is readily available. Aspirational are those items that may be needed should you be touring with no easy access to any spares. Naturelly there is interpretation, these lists are a guide.
| Comment | Illustration | Will this STOP you? | Likely (in my opinion) | |
| Wheels | ||||
| Tyre Levers | You'll need a minimum of three | YES | 5-Probable | |
| Glue and Patches | All sorts of varieties available | YES | 5-Probable | |
| Inner Tubes | Of the appropriate size | YES | 5-Probable | |
| Spokes | Suitable for your bike. A great place to keep them is to tape them to your rack | NO | 2-Occasional | |
| Spoke Repair | An ingenious fibre repair https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/spokes/fiber-fix-emergency-replacement-spoke |  | NO | 2-Occasional |
| Spare Tyre | Check the size of your tyre, folders are available | YES | 2-Occasional | |
| Tyre Boot (If cut the sidewall) | Can use a dedicate tyre boot, a piece of old cut tyre (cut into suitable lengths with the bead removed) or a piece of thick plastic | YES | 2-Occasional | |
| Tubeless | When running tubeless, spare valve core, small container of sealant for top ups. Dynaplugs (worms) for repairing puncture holes. | NO | 3-Possible | |
| Chain, sprockets and gears | ||||
| Gear Cable | Make sure you can fit it | NO | 2-Occasional | |
| Chain Breaker | Often present on multitools | YES | 4-Likely | |
| Spare links | Just make sure you have the right widths, 9,10,11 etc | YES | 3-Possible | |
| Spare Chain | If don't take links. Suggest 5 sections | 1-Unlikely | ||
| Luggage | ||||
| Pannier clips | They do occasionally break | NO | 1-Unlikely | |
| Spare Bolts | For racks etc | NO | 3-Possible | |
| Brakes | ||||
| Spare shoes/pads | If on a longer tour, very occasional fail | NO | 1-unlikely | |
| Brake cable | Make sure you can fit it, especially if internally routed | |||
| Outer Break sleeve | If you have internally mounter brake/gear cables (go through frame) carry on of these. In an emergency you can zip tie to the frame and use this for the cable | NO | 2-Occasional | |
| Brake fluid | If hydraulic brakes and a bleed kit | NO | 1-unlikely | |
| 7mm spanner to bleed brakes | If hydraulic brakes | NO | 1-unlikely | |
| Other Bike Parts | ||||
| Seatpost bolt | It's happened to me, it cracked and I had to ride the saddle down | NO | 1-unlikely | |
| Chainring bolts | NO | 1-unlikely | ||
| General | ||||
| Spare Cleat for SPD's | They do fall out and unless you have toe clips | NO | 1-Unlikely | |
| Bolts for Cleats | They do fall out (M4 or M5?) | YES | 2-Occasional | |
| Derailler Hanger | Hundreds of different types, very difficult to obtain One that claims to fit all and useful in emergencies https://www.weirdosonbikes.com/product/emergency-mech-hanger/ |  | YES | 1-Unlikely |
| Zip Ties | Always useful | NO | 3-Possible | |
| Electrical tape/duct tape | Always useful | NO | 4-Likely | |
| Specific Tools | ||||
| Freewheel Remover | If you want to get at spokes if broken, lots of different types | NO | 2-Occasional | |
| Pliers | These are superb for removing fine pieces of wire and they are small https://www.knipex.com/en-uk https://www.knipex.com/en-uk/products/pipe-wrenches-and-water-pump-pliers/knipex-cobra-high-tech-water-pump-pliers/knipex-cobra-high-tech-water-pump-pliers/8701125 |
| 2-Occasional | |
| Multitool | So many uses | |||
| Allen Keys | The large one to tighten the cranks are very useful | |||
| Others | ||||
| Toe Straps | So many uses and small | |||
| Voile Staps | Useful https://www.voile.com/voile-straps.html |  |
