Reading this thread got me motivated to put together a nice little toolkit.
from left-to-right:
L-shaped handle with assorted allen bits & screwdriver bits
sparkplug socket (from a KTM toolkit? don't remember)
6, 8, 10, 12, 14mm sockets, stored on a carb needle puller tool
hex-drive 1/4" socket adapter
1/4" wobble extension
short 1/4" extension
Husky 1/4" and hex driver
8/10 & 12/14 open-end combo wrenches (looking for better quality replacements for the ones I'm carrying)
spoke wrench (need to buy a smaller/lighter one)
locking surgical scissors
Craftsman duckbill adjustable wrench (just big enough for the axle nuts on my bikes)
Irwin 6LN needle-nose locking vise-grips
small combo pliers
hacksaw blade (cut to same length as tire levers)
shop towel (paper)
shop towel (cotton)
nitril gloves
1qt oil containers (I keep all my tools in these)
Wachs showed me this trick a while ago and I think it's a great way to carry tools.
Roll 'em up.
Stuff everything into one of the containers.
Then slide one over other container to create a really compact little toolcase and you don't have to worry about sharp tools poking through fabric, tubes, water bladders, kidneys, etc. Plus, the containers are pretty handy for transferring fuel, or oil or whatever.
from bottom-right counterclockwise:
21" tube (carry a rear too on longer trips)
two Motion-Pro tire-levers
hacksaw blade (also shown in previous pictures, I store it with the tire-levers)
Blackburn mtb pump w/ 550 paracord wrapped around handle (because a length of rope is always handy to have)
patch kit
spare valve core (stored in a valve stem I cut out of an old tube)
valve-core tool
small amount of radiator stop-leak
spare spark plug (for whatever bike I'm riding)
liquid-steel (or equivalent) two-part epoxy, wrapped with electrical & duct tape (post-it notes stored inside tube w/ epoxy)
surgical tubing (for transferring fuel)
assorted zip-ties
master-links (for whatever bike I'm riding)
misc. hardware
electrical stuff - spare fuses, butt-splice connectors, bullet-connectors, assorted electrical terminal-ends, shrink-tube, etc.
length of 16ga hi-temp electrical wire
bicycle derailleur cable (to use as emergency replacement for any broken cables)
butt-splice connector for fuel-line
*I've been meaning to go buy some hose-clamps
from bottom-right counterclockwise:
emergency water-filter straw (carry a better one on longer rides)
lighter
flashlight (would like to replace that Mag-lite with a little LED headlamp)
pocket knife (CRKT M16T)
mini-compass (carry GPS & paper maps most of the time)
tinder / fire-starters (in that little red headlamp container)
space-pen
Fox40 whistle & magnesium flint
chapstick
pipe & smoke
earplugs
Krazy Glue (for glueing skin back together)
Visene
sanitary wipes & toilet paper
mini-saw
emergency space-blanket
assorted first-aid stuff & container (old glasses case) for first-aid stuff
Bag-of-choice to haul all this crap. I really like these DaKine packs. Pictured is the
Apex. The
Nomad and
Drafter are both nice packs too (I have one of each of them). Feature-for-feature, I think they're WAY nicer than Camelbak's packs. But the Nalgene bladders they come with SUCK (I use Camelbak bladders).
I used almost every tool, spare part and piece of survival gear that I was carrying while we were
riding up in Gifford Pinchot last weekend.