Getting ready for a 5-day bike tour so I figure that's as good excuse as any to share the tool roll I take on these things. This kit has gone through some iterations but I think it's fairly solid now. It's not ultra light but that's ok for the style of touring we do. There are some things I might do differently if I was starting from scratch (like maybe the victorinox bit driver) but it's not enough to make me want to replace anything I already have.
@redjives last year I carried with me quite smaller toolset. Maybe it's only me who thinks some stuff is bit overkil and didn't have that much issues on the road.
If I would go somewhere more remote I would bring more stuff.
@plactagonic I've seen both extremes for sure. What of this would you drop? — fwiw, this is for two people and I have needed/used most of it at one point or another.
edit to add: that includes having to disassemble bikes to bag them for train travel!
@redjives it is probably only with different bike, I just don't need the 15mm wrench because it is useless for modern bikes also the pliers are only useful for cable adjustments for me so I didn't bothered to pack them.
It really depends what bolts and nuts you have on your bike. And as you pointed out for 2 people it can be divided so you can bring more tools. I traveled with the mindset to only patch the bike so I could get to the nearest bikeshop not to do complete repair.
@plactagonic Yeah, the wrench is there for the one bike that needs it to take of the pedals for the train. At some point those pedals will get swapped. But the pliers are super useful! They work great on nuts of any size up to 24 mm. They are actually my favorite tool of the bunch, I think.
I can imagine needing to make cable adjustments. I know I've needed to do so on much shorter trips.
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