What’s in a Bikepacking Repair Kit
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- Sooner or later, everyone experiences a mechanical out on the trail. We know putting together a repair kit can be daunting, but having the right items packed can make or break your trip. In this video, Neil offers a detailed look at his repair kit and shares some thoughts on how each item could help you out of a jam...
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Repair Kit
Topeak Race Rocket pump (amzn.to/3vXf5GT)
Tube
Spare spokes
Zip Ties (amzn.to/3f8HL9U)
Topeak Alien 3 multi-tool (alnk.to/g34mIxX)
MSW Co2 and Chuck (alnk.to/deqf1v5)
Wolftooth Pack Pliers + 2 quick links (alnk.to/esPxTdO)
Stans 2oz bottle (amzn.to/3w0KcRW)
Stans valve core remover tool (amzn.to/3co4o8B)
Stand alone 4mm Alan key wrapped with tape and thread
Wheels Manufacturing derailleur hanger
Spare brake pads
Duct tape
Crazy Glue (amzn.to/3lQ3ftm)
Spare cleat with bolts
Small parts Box
-Chain link
-Plug tool (alnk.to/1XPKfl1)
-Spare plugs
-Brake screw
-Patches
-Curved needle x2 (amzn.to/2QF4P5Z)
-Valve core
-Bolts for nearly everything
Spare shifter cable
Sleeping pad patch kit (alnk.to/3y4z4H9)
Tent pole crutch/splint wrapped with thread and tape
Lighter
Dumond Tech OG formula in an eye drop container
Gerber pliers/pocket knife (amzn.to/3vYrtGq)
Mentioned Links:
BIKEPACKING REPAIR KIT & TOOLS: ESSENTIAL AND AUXILIARY - (bikepacking.com/gear/bikepack...)
FIELD GUIDE TO TUBELESS TIRE REPAIR AND SETUP - (bikepacking.com/plan/tubeless...)
THE BEST MULTI-TOOL FOR BIKEPACKING? - (bikepacking.com/gear/best-mul...)
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Walking your bike home is a great learning experience.
Just did that about 5 miles after two flats left me out in the desert lol. All you can do is be more prepared next time.
A Schrader to Presta adapter. Small, lightweight, and allows you to use gas station air pumps on your Presta valves.
That's a must just for a functional bicycle IMO. Presta pumps are awful.
A note for people who are unaware what he means by "I want to keep my tubeless setup, setup tubeless" Sometimes you need to pressurize the tire quickly to get it to seat on the rim properly.
One of the best overall selections of tools and repair supplies I've seen in a video, or even in books on touring/bikepacking.
As mentioned by others, if you break a drive side spoke with j-spokes, you'll need a cassette removal tool.
Put your sealant inside a plastic bag, I've had a whole bottle empty out into my tools, really a mess.
Depending on your cranks, you may need a beefy hex wrench to remove or properly tighten them.
Loctite can be essential to keep bolts in place. I carry it in my repair kit on tours.
Good to make sure you have a multitool or separate wrench for every bolt and nut on your bike.
Most multitools with a chain break will also have a spoke wrench, but good to check.
Rag for wiping down, wiping hands, and laying on the ground to keep parts and tools out of the dirt and not lost.
Several tips I've picked up / learned the hard way:
I carry a universal derailleur hanger in addition to one dedicated to my bike. I went on a tour around Catalina with some friends, and on the initial climb out of Avalon on day 1, my buddy snapped his hanger and didn't have a replacement. Thankfully another friend had one of those universal hangers and saved the day. It's not a perfect solution, but it's better than riding a 75lb single speed.
I recommend everyone check to make sure their multitool will actually work on every bolt on their bike. One of the caliper bolts on my Piolet is so close to the seat stay, that I'd be screwed if i needed to adjust it with my crank bros tool, so I carry an extra 5mm.
A little grease would be handy to carry if you're going to be out in the bush for awhile, or you might end up packing a headset with vitacilina in the middle of baja like I did.
If you're packing chain lube, bring a brush or rag to remove filth from your drivetrain, and clean excess lube after application.
All good tips, thanks!
The super glue is great for fixing pinhole leaks in sleeping pads also. My punctures have always been small enough to fix with it.
Super glue is a good addition to a first aid kit as well. Seals cuts in your skin surprisingly well.
Thats what super glue was originally designed for during the Vietnam war.
They make a product called liquid bandage that works even better on skin and contains first aid antiseptic. Comes with me on all outdoor activities and works really well.
Nice rundown. I carry a couple latex gloves for the repairs where u have to get down and dirty without getting down and dirty.
Ive got those for sure, they are just in my first aid kit. To be honest, those gloves will be used for warmth before any other use for me.
Me too
Nitrile ones are better as latex can totally disintegrate over time 😉
100% ! nothing worse than transferring muck to your bar tape …
A really comprehensive ‘Everything you need and how to pack it’ from the maestro himself!👌🏻Thanks Neil👍🏻
I’m so happy I found this channel. This video, as well as the others I’ve viewed from it are so helpful and well done.
I’m planning on taking my first bike packing trip soon and these videos are helping me feel and be more prepared. Thank you.
Glad you found us Kevin, never hesitate to reach out for questions! We will be doing a bunch of very helpful resource videos this coming fall and winter!
Nice - pretty much what I carried on my mountain bike pack plus a few extras for around camp. Gravel riding just puts them on the frame. I would add an old toothbrush for cleaning the chain and other drivetrain stuff. Headlight is probably covered elsewhere, but much needed as you only breaks when it’s getting dark! Thanks for a good list and sensible approach to keeping yourself running.
One thing I learned the hard way this summer is that the last thing you want is your sealant bottle leaking out into your bags. I'm pretty sure it's worse than having your chain oil leak, because you will be able to clean the oil off most things, but clothes that have sealant on them will be forever sticky with that sealant (at least the Orange seal that I use) no matter how many times you wash them. So make sure you have the sealant bottle stored watertight!
Yep, had the same happen. Quite a mess.
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Super job Neil, very helpful
I carry about 1/10 of that stuff on rides because I've never done even an overnight yet...health issues (pulmonary embolism), but hopefully cleared in June for strenuous activity (I'm 61). Putting new 44's on my Topstone tomorrow (hope they fit). When I moto-camped I'd always have my inReach with me, especially important when no cell service because you can still text and email.
A recent ride saw my dropper cable freeze and I had to bodge a Voile strap fix to keep my saddle up. I normally carry a Reverb collar but had left it at home... I wrap Voile straps round a Sam splint in my guide pack.
This is super helpful as I'm refining my setup for future trips. Looking forward to more!
I've suggested a spare derailleur hanger in elsewhere in the comments. Good luck with your future trips :)
So far the best multi tool I have seen is Topeak Ratchet. Very small and very capable.
Keep the awesome content coming! If I were to add just one item it would be a hotel key card, which is super light and small for scraping mud off tires and shoes.
Just found your channel recently. I’m digging the very helpful content. Keep it coming! Perhaps I’ll run into you someday as I’m in MN as well. Cheers.
Thank you for making this video. 🙏
Excellent and thorough review for a repair kit. I would add a shrader valve. My front shock failed due to a shrader valve gone bad. Had I a replacement, I would not have had to lock out the fork for the remainder of the ride and likely not crashed and broke my scapula and fracture dislocated a finger with 100 miles to go. Fiinger reduced in the field by myself. Finished the ride, but something as tiny as as shrader valve could have saved the day.
Add in a Jockey wheel. My first big multi day trip we were climbing out of a town on the second day when a buddy had his jockey wheel break into many pieces. Thankfully I had a single tacx jockey wheel in my spares and It bolted in despite not quite the right spacers. Trip saver.
Those little biodegradable towel tablets that are compressed into a tiny little puck and turn into a shop towel with a couple drops of water are incredibly helpful
Yeah, good idea.
All great ideas, another top useful vid
Mini pliers are nice to have for tubeless setups because the valve can get stuck shut with sealant. You can just carefully turn it with the little pliers and you're back in business.
For dry and dusty conditions I love Squirt Dry Lube. It is paraffin based, it hardly attracts any dust at all and it's easy to apply, clean off again and due to its clean nature makes components virtually last for ever.
Only draw back is, it does not hold up to prolonged rides in the wet or mud.
For All weather conditions I really like Viking Juice Chain lube, it doesn't attract as much dirt as other wet lubes.
Both are priced very well too, for the performance they offer in opinion.
I used squirt way back when I started getting into mountain biking, I think I'm due for another try, especially here in Colorado when things are usually dry... until monsoon season.
Amen to the stand alone 4mm allen. I find multi tools difficult to use in tights spots such as caliper bolts. Stand alone 4mm is a functional tool!
I’ve owned a pair of Pack Pliers since they first came out. Really well made but honestly, I can’t think of a time I’ll need them.
If a chain breaks, I’ll only need a chain breaker tool and a quick link or two and at most a length of chain. If the chain doesn’t break, I won’t need any tools.
Great video
I'm huge fan of my topeak mini ratchet, its super versatile on the bike and around the house as it fits into very small places.
Agreed, i got the kit with the add-on chain tool. Absolutely love it and definitely use it around the house.
I always have a misc. bag of hardware too (bolts, nuts, cables, chain links). As well as this I always have some electrical tape, gaff tape (I prefer this over duct tape or gorilla tape), paracord, zip ties and some of those bendy wire ties for attaching random stuff to my frame/bags. You'd be amazed how well you can repair a broken rack with some sticks, paracord and electrical tape. I also carry a small adjustable crescent wrench in case I need to take off my pedals to box my bike for transport (works great for holding/turning any other small bolts too like on my cantilever brakes or to adjust tension on my Brooks saddle). Also can't forget an old toothbrush and wire brushes, lube, and some rags (I just cut up old pants or shirts) for regular chain and casette cleaning.
Cool informative video! One of the things I carry is a cassette lockring tool, in case I need to remove cassette or a CL rotor (that use that style lockring), which can be helpful/necessary when putting in spokes. There are some minimalist versions of there but I just took a standard park tool one and drilled a hole across the hex part so I stick the 6mm key of my multi tool and use it for leverage instead of carrying a wrench. For a chainwhip you can just move the wheel slightly away from the dropout to access the cassette but leave it on the bike while you crack it loose. Not the most practical thing of course but it works in an emergency.
Have done the same to remove cassette. Inevitably the spoke that breaks is on the drive side.
I just carry the Stein cassette tool. My touring bike is aluminum.
A very cheap addition to your kit that will take care of the worst kind of slashes: A few strips of inner tube, a sturdy needle + some fishing line and super glue.
Definitely practice and perfect using the tools in your repair kit at home . It is so much more difficult to do a repair on the side of the tral in the dirt with flies in your eyes and ants biting you .
My 1st bikepacking trip. Had a puncture on the return leg. Had a spare inner tube. Only to find out I had bought the right inner size with the wrong valve fitting.
Luckily there was a car racing garage who had a drill bit to widen the valve opening. Saved a 15 mile hiker bike
Nice. And yep there is some crossover first aid kit and your bike packing tool kit. And I like having the small conventional multi-tool along with bike specific. Every bike should have a flashlight or head lamp ‘cause when you are out there in the open, it is easier to see that fidley part with some extra light.
What crossover?
@@Liljoozy Should have been in the text reply. The discussion was crossover between ultralight backpacking and bikepacking.
A foil emergency blanket in your first aid kit. They really are the difference between life and death.
I have learnt the hard way to include a pedal bearing in my spare parts!! No bearing, no pedal!!
It can be a long walk out, or a 10 minute fix if you have the part, tools and know how to fix it.
I carry a small part of an old tyre in case of a big tire tear, that + inner tube and you can go home.
If the chain comes apart you won't need a chain tool. A quick link and a Leatherman tool will do the job. This can actually pry links apart, or remove broken bits. Dykes can cut right through chain links two handed!
Just added a spare shift cable to my repair kit
I take the same little green tiptop box with about the same bolts and stuff, funny how small the world can get!
btw, mine is held together by some wire :))
Sleeping pad repair kit 💯👍
I carry a small tube of shoe goo as well. So many uses for it.
What are some examples beyond shoes?
@@Liljoozy, I use it to cover a rip in the sidewall after I sew a tear up in a tire.
Having had one snap on a ride.... spare seatpost collar.
Fortunately one of the other bikes had pipe clips holding a water bottle cage in place.
Some note money
One of my bikepacking bikes is Di2, so spare cables, a Bluetooth dongle, and a spare junction box. Means in the event of a broken shifter the remaining shifter can be reprogrammed.
Cables mean the bike can be rewired.
few Allen keys pump, extra tube + tube repair kit, and in 10min on the road again
I started getting intimidated when you opened that little plastic box. I thought it held patches!?! Reseating a repaired plus sized tire worries me since I’m looking at some desert routes. I guess the tube if all else fails, but I’ve struggled with an air compressor to keep my tubeless tires tubeless.
I did have patches in there, but also many other items. Yeah, that can be a challenge, but more times than not your sealant will do the trick. I just ran over hundred of sharp pointy things in the desert on my most recent trip, and all that happened was a slight loss of air pressure. Trust the system.
Kevlar flexible spokes are light, compact and you don’t need to take off the cassette if you break a drive side spoke.
For your brake pads, did you just wrap them in electric tape? Is there a way to wrap them that will not adversely effect the spring?
What about a carbon frame repair kit? I've never broken a frame but it looks like you could put a bikepackable kit together that could easily save a trip. Especially if you're someplace really remote like Africa or South America. It would likely be easier to repair your own carbon frame than trying to find a welder to repair a steel or aluminum frame. Never done it just wondering.
I have 4 multi tools accumulated over the years and for some reason not one of those tools fits all the bolts on my 5 bikes but an IKEA furniture Allen wrench does?
I thought the idea for the derailer hanger was that it isn't strong. It's meant to bend right? To protect your derailer.
I also have a spare wheel, and a few extra drailers just in case :D jk great video
What chain lube is that again? Great vid!
Dumond Tech Original.
How the heck did you get the Dumonde into the Visine bottle?! Lol
Why would you want a strong derailleur hanger? It’s it’s purpose breaking?
Neil - Do you think carrying a Stein Mini Cassette tool is worth it if you break a drive side spoke? What other (light/small) options are there to pull a cassette or fix ds spokes?
That’s a good question. The Industry Nine Hydra hubs I typically use are very friendly, all you need to do is pop off the end cap, and pull the cassettes out and the freehub body comes out with the cassette. I say if you are really worried about it, I would bring a FiberFix, I bring them from time to time but I’ve had zero spoke issues in 10 years of bikepacking so I stopped.
I carry the Stein Mini Cassette tool but have not had to use it yet.
I carry the Stein tool also.
put spare shifer cable and spoke into seat tube or hadlebar,
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Will the gerber pliers take the place of the master link tool?
No. Unfortunately, the only thing that will pop loose, and set the 12 speed links is a specifically designed plier like the wolftooth
@@SnootchieBootchies27 thanks
Stinky cheese! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said that and people look at me like I’m crazy😂😂😂
Spokes can be stashed in some fun places. One bike has them stabbed through a chunk of old blue foam sleeping pad and shoved up the seat tube. For the other bike they live inside the tent
poles (just long enough). Keeps them from poking holes in things or getting bent. Always bring 2 fire starters, maybe 3 on winter trips where melting water is necessary. really get to know your bike tool, mine had a cleverly hidden valve removal tool that I discovered only after forgetting to bring one with me, and then also buying a replacement mid-trip.
Good set-up and agree 100% about the bolts but I feel a spare derailleur hanger is also essential, they have a horrible tendency to break. Derailleur hangers are light, inexpensive, and easy to carry. What do you think?
Oh yeah, that’s in my kit, you must have missed it. I specifically bring a stronger one from wheels manufacturing.
@@BIKEPACKINGcom Ahh. Apologies! I thought it was strange not to be included as you had such a well-thought-out set-up. Sorry for missing it. Great video. JP
Do you carry a spoke wrench?
If you have a belt drive, carry a spare belt unless you are doing day trips. These belts last a long time, but you never know what can happen and they cannot be repaired except by replacement.
Usually I bring a santino of father maronno!
extra cables?
Are you asking why I carry one?
zip tie ?
Shoe Goo.
No shock pump?
Never, those things are so bulky! I'll do plenty of messing around before the trip to dial in proper pressures so I don't need to adjust in the field. (you might find this helpful - bikepacking.com/plan/bikepacking-with-a-full-suspension-bike-video/) Worse case, I can add more via my bike pump, but it's really challenging to use a hand pump to achieve riding pressures but It will help you limp off the trail. That being said, if your lose pressures in your shock, you are likely SOL and need to see a shop asap.
What are you using the visine for
repackage chain lube?
Rubber gloves. Wet wipes.
Park Tool Bike Bicycle Tb2c Emergency Tyre Boot Sidewall Repair Patch
Holy Crap don't ask a mechanic how to pack a repair kit :P ... lots of this stuff can be left at home by riding conservatively and managing risk based on remoteness, how far you want to walk and how many km you have left. Ie Dont hit drops, hop rocks when loaded down with 1200km to go. No shame in walking rock gardens while loaded, keeping derailleur, rims and tires in check.
I slashed a sidewall last year about 10 km from camp while riding conservatively, and learned that all I would have needed to be carrying was a needle and fishing line to save the day. It's not if your bike is going to fail, it's when...
Aluminium tire levers on aluminium rim ? Bad idea
It's plastic coated.
I know people who refuse to carry any spares/tools, because they don't like the look of a bag under their saddle. They do have their cell phone to call mom when they get a flat
The voice volume in almost all videos is low
super glue can glue gashed skin back together after a crash
That multi tool has an 8mm for pedals..ok.. show us. I bet that thing will rip apart before loosening a pedal.
This is a friendly reminder to grease your pedal threads and to not over torque.
I love me some cracked open mexican Coke™
You take a derailleur hanger? That's..mad?
I'd take a spare hanger over a master link tool.
Carry at least one emergency beer for morale repair
stuff to repair the bike i guess?
Why would you want to undo your quick links for your chain while bike packing?
Dont listen to CZcamsrs, Magazines and anyone who tells you anything.
Go ride your bike, fix it when its broken.
And for the next time, if it was an easy fix bring the necessary stuff with you.
The damage profile is highly dependent on your bike and your environment, so are the requirements for fixing it.
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS: dont buy bike specific tools, all these jobs can be done better and easier.
(For example the pliers on his Leatherman, can do the same job as the masterkin pliers, the valvecore remover, the spoke- tool and the wrenches)
You are advocating to not listen to yourself???
How about fluid for your brakes
Way to minimalist, I carry a second bike in my kit
Brompton? Bike Friday? Tech Deck?
Just finished replacing the rear tire of my five year-old's bike. Check my phone and guess what I find in my YT notification box?
A new video "What’s in a Bikepacking Repair Kit" from BIKEPACKING.com?
100 bucks in cash just in case.
Tick twister because ticks are nasty little bustards.
The product placement in these videos is unbearable, sorry.
Far, I hate to disappoint you but there is zero of that in these videos, sorry.
dude lighten up! all stuff and things have names and makers; bikepacking is just presenting information of the former and the later.
Why not just carry a extra bike?