In My Pack....

Most of us carry a backpack but what we carry in them seems to vary enormously. I use a Deuter super bike large pack that weighs about 3kg without food or water so on a long day ride with a sandwich, energy bars and 3 litres of water it can easily total 7 kg, approximately half the weight of a lightweight bike! It has a couple of large interior pockets and an elastic helmet strap; however the most useful feature as a reflective rain cover which I use constantly in order to keep everything dry and mud free.

On every ride I carry:-

Paclite Waterproof jacket

Lightweight windproof gilet

Glasses with 3 colour lenses

Spare tube (slime!)

Multitool Alien DX

Chain links, spare pin, sram power link, disc rotor wipe, brake pad spring

Puncture kit and levers

Magnet (or don’t you drop anything)

Co2 inflator with spare cartridge

Zipties

Small cloth

Latex gloves

Emergency lights

Wipes, tissue, giant plaster

Money

Padded phone case

Reading glasses

Occasionally I include a shock pump, mini pump, and spare gps batteries