Carrying your Tools and Inner Tubes

Iain is one of regular readers and questioners and he has a good tip for carrying those bits and pieces on his bike, its very similar to the bottle cage bag from Sci-Con that we reviewed not long ago. We have another look at the Sci-Con bag and Iain’s suggestion of an old bottle cage

Question: Hi guys,
I read the newsletter about changing tyres, I have a great tip that I learned from a cycling friend. At one point in time I had a little bag under my saddle crammed with all the things to get me back on the road when I unfortunately and Inevitably get a puncture, this was not big enough so I had to go for another triangular shaped bag that fits in the corner of the frame under the saddle, this worked well for a little while until it began to become loose and was also scratching the frame.
The solution: What my friend had was simply a large water bottle filled with tools, two tubes, a repair kit and levers. Now I have the same, just fit a second water bottle carrier on your frame.

Hi Iain,

Iain wrote into us to ask if it was better to build up a bike or buy a complete one, what did you do in the end?

Your suggestion is a good and cheap way of transporting your inner tubes and tools on your bike. We like the idea, but the Sci-Con Tubo bag is much neater, it looks tidy and has a zip closing to keep all your stuff secure and dry. Check out the Sci-Con web-site for more information on all their tail bags as well as the Tubo bottle cage bag.

Bag & Bits

Thanks again for the idea Iain, how is your bike? Anyone who has some tips they would like to pass on please don’t hold back, send them in.

Tubo Bag