What’s in your pack?

[firebanex]

Fatbiking is a different story.

Fat biking is a different story. If I remember in a month when that bike comes out, I'll do a pack post then too.

Currently the MTB carry picture.. Osprey Seral 7 w/ 1.5L bladder.
I like having options for food so a bunch of it just lives in the bag. Also I found a bunch of trash in there, so I prolly should clean it out more often.
4 quick links. Two are Shimano 12s for my bike, one is 11s for a friends who likes to break chains, and one 12s Eagle for my wifes bike.
6mm hex in as well because sometimes I need more leverage to get an axel out.
2 Rolls of gauze, bunch of bandaids, quickclot
Spyderco Dragonfly 2 in CPM S30V
Bear Spray
Fabric pump
Frame Storage Bontrager BITS Bag: CO2, Inflator head, tire lever, 29" tube, wolftooth pack pliers, couple zip ties.

 

[Tom K.]

Two are Shimano 12s for my bike......... and one 12s Eagle for my wifes bike.

Same, in reverse. Drives me nuts that I need two different 12-speed quick links.

I took some pics of my pack setup and will post while on mtb vacation, beginning in three, two, one....

Spoiler: Minimalist-ish for sure.

No spare tube for you?!

 

[martyg]

I rarely carry a backpack. If I do a long epic above timberline, where no water is available, I do carry a pack with a liter Nalgene and a rain shell. Often times I just refill from streams, if they are available. Sometimes I carry a SteriPen.

Starting now, a backpack becomes more of a thing if I have a long climb, and descent, with appropriate warmer clothing for the descent.

Each of my bikes has an identical seat bag - tire irons, spare tube, SWAT tool. That gives me everything that I need to get home.

 

[Primoz]

You don't really need two different quick links. I can't say for Sram chain and Shimano quick link, but Sram Eagle 12s (that rainbow one) works just fine on Shimano 12s XT chain, so I would assume vice versa would also go.

 

[firebanex]

I really prefer to have the proper link for each chain, it's a touch of my type of ocd. Yes I do have a spare tube tucked into the BITS bag! Just forgot to mention it. There is a touch of duplicity in my pack because sometimes I just grab a bottle and no pack, so the frame storage and oneup EDC is all I'll have. Generally not more than a 20 minute hike-a-bike from my car on those rides.

 

[Slim]

And YBN reusable links work for both

 

[Slim]

Each of my bikes has an identical seat bag - tire irons, spare tube, SWAT tool. That gives me everything that I need to get home.

Maybe a pump or CO2 as well?

 

[martyg]

Maybe a pump or CO2 as well?

Pumps live on the bikes.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Where is your pack? I forgot to put it back in my car, so I got my 2nd flat since 2004. Pinched it right at the bead and a plug wouldn’t work (I did have that). I had to borrow a tube to finish the ride. I usually ride alone so that would have been a walk back to the car.

 

[slow-line-fast]

Basic bike tool, patch kit, tyre levers,
Plus the stuff I normally have in the mountains, warm clothes, hat, shell, emergency bivy (the super thin kind), first aid kit, sam splints, PLB unless I’m sure I’ll be on mobile network, etc.

 

[Tom K.]

I'm currently favoring this Speedsleev Ranger that I bought on a whim over a year ago, and finally figured out how to use:

It organizes a tube, 2 CO2 cartridges, inflator head, a Stans Dart plugging tool, tire lever, chain breaker, and spare link nicely, and each in its own sleeve for ZERO RATTLING. On easily, and off instantly. Small multi-tool goes in my pocket for easy access.

Previously, my go-to pack was this somewhat uncommon Sticky Pod, which fits the above stuff, then slides into a little pocket that my wife sews onto my bib shorts in the small of the back area. Also a great approach. I don't have a pic of it loaded up.

 

[Philpug]

 

[Andy Mink]

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Interestingly, what's in MY pack is what @Philpug might have in his pack if I didn't ride with MY pack! He is on his own for water though.

 

[chris_the_wrench]

I had a near catastrophe co2 emergency last week when I was about 10 miles from the nearest road, and then yesterday ran into some very ‘excited’ bears. So I took sometime today to clean out my camelbak and take stock. I frequently grab this pack for hikes too, so its multi use. I prefer to ride with just a small saddle bag, but some of our long rides/hikes get ya aways out into the bush and I like to be prepared. That SteriPen gets a work out in the summer.

 

[firebanex]

Fat biking is a different story. If I remember in a month when that bike comes out, I'll do a pack post then too.

The bike is out and has been ridden.. I'm changing up a slight bit of my packing this season and should have it figured out on Monday. Waiting on a different mount to arrive. I'm also going to make a v3 of the frame bag, but that's a couple weeks off before I have time to put it together.

 

[4ster]

I’ve just added a second Co2 cartridge, a bottle of sealant along with more bandages & handiwipes after a crash a few weeks ago.

 

[Andy Mink]

I’ve just added a second Co2 cartridge, a bottle of sealant along with more bandages & handiwipes after a crash a few weeks ago.

I wonder if sealant will stop blood from leaking?!

 

[cantunamunch]

Fat biking is a different story. If I remember in a month when that bike comes out, I'll do a pack post then too.

Currently the MTB carry picture.. Osprey Seral 7 w/ 1.5L bladder.
I like having options for food so a bunch of it just lives in the bag. Also I found a bunch of trash in there, so I prolly should clean it out more often.
4 quick links. Two are Shimano 12s for my bike, one is 11s for a friends who likes to break chains, and one 12s Eagle for my wifes bike.
6mm hex in as well because sometimes I need more leverage to get an axel out.
2 Rolls of gauze, bunch of bandaids, quickclot
Spyderco Dragonfly 2 in CPM S30V
Bear Spray
Fabric pump
Frame Storage Bontrager BITS Bag: CO2, Inflator head, tire lever, 29" tube, wolftooth pack pliers, couple zip ties.
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SIS - check
SIS/Fuel - check

I gotta get me some fruit leathers.

 

[4ster]

I wonder if sealant will stop blood from leaking?!

I dunno, let me know when you try it out. Will you be ingesting it orally, inlecting or applying topically?

 

[Andy Mink]

I dunno, let me know when you try it out. Will you be ingesting it orally, inlecting or applying topically?

Injection!