Things I take with me:

• Tools! I don’t use a multi tool, I just pieced together based on my own hardware. Stuff needed to change wheels, adjust seat, hardware for rear rack, pedals, etc. Basically anything that could happen along side the trail, I carry. Also changed all the hardware out on my bike to hex keys. Easier to carry a pack of those than a set of screw drivers that inevitably have me cursing trying to not strip out that one damn Phillips head hah

• Tire pump, spare tube, levers (shoutout to pedros for not snapping on tight tires)

• Derailleur hanger, chain breaker, spare quick link. Learned that one the hard way

• Basic first aid kit. Basically wet wipes, gauze, tape, neosporin, and a couple tylenol

• Lock(s)

• Fenders/mudguards

• Rack + bag + panniers

• Backpack w/ waterproof cover

• Depending on season, top/bottom waterproof gear in the backpack. Shells wrap up pretty tight, can damn near fit both of them in a pencil case

• Phone charger

• Caliper keepers (plastic shim you shove in the brakes if you take your wheel off)

• Bell – seems to be received better by the local pedestrians than yelling on your left

• Good pedals are under-rated. I have the kind with pins on them. Keeps me planted in street shoes

At home:

• Chain cleaner + blowtorch to (carefully) easy dry

• Adhesive heat shrink, wire cutters, soldering iron, etc

• Derailleur alignment tool

• Other misc tools for getting into the guts

• Loctite, anti-seize

• Pedal pullers

• Spoke tension gauge and associated nipple wrenches

• Torque wrench

• Rubbing alcohol

• Brake bleed kit

• Tubeless tape

• Multi meter

• Some stands/objects so I can flip my bike over and set the handlebars down so I don’t moosh the display

• Tap/die set

• Shoe dryer, clothes rack, and a box fan to get everything dried out

• Spare length of cable + sheathing

• Side cutters and wire cutters. Wire cutters for copper wire, side cutters for cable