What's in your toolkit?

[AHicks]

I am a big fan of Slime, or whatever similar product you favor....

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Given the fact the roads in my country are pretty clean, the forests are not infested with thorn, etc, and I use either "armoured" tyres with "un-puncturable" inner tubes or tubeless tyres, the only item I always carry in my toolkit is a set of good Allen keys and the chain tool. The chain tool was never unpacked.

 

[Art Deco]

Given the fact the roads in my country are pretty clean, the forests are not infested with thorn, etc, and I use either "armoured" tyres with "un-puncturable" inner tubes or tubeless tyres, the only item I always carry in my toolkit is a set of good Allen keys and the chain tool. The chain tool was never unpacked.

Hopefully you never need to unpack it. I am just starting a kit to put on my bike. Watching some park tools videos, since I have no experience working on a bike yet.

 

[Sierratim]

Since the OP has until August to get a tool kit together, going through the posts at;

Show us what's in your toolkit

What do you carry along with you in your ebike toolkit?

electricbikereview.com

might be informative. There are additional links to other threads on the same topic so lots of info.

I personally have found this thread to be helpful in tweaking my own tool kit;

Tools for field repairs

If you go on a long bike tour, you will inevitably have mechanical problems. Bikes break, and bikes ridden hard break more often. Having said that, for most of us spending our vacations fixing our bikes rather than riding them isn't exactly what I'd consider fun, and there is nothing fun at...

electricbikereview.com

For day rides I carry a Topeak Alien II tool mounted to the seat stem and a flat repair kit in a saddle bag. The flat repair kit includes a spare tube, patch kit, tire boot, steel core tire levers, CO2 inflator with multiple 16g cartridges, and a mini hand pump. I powder the tube and keep it in a zip lock. My 700x47 tires need 1-1/2 16g CO2 cartridges to fill but these are quite a bit cheaper then the 25g and are perfect for our mech bikes. My inflator head has a shut off valve so I can save unused CO2 for next time. I carry a patch kit for those rare instances when I get more than 1 flat in a day. My record is 3...

My normal practice is to replace the tube when I get a flat and fill with CO2 to get back to riding ASAP. I patch the tube back in the shop.

Though not technically a tool, I also have tire liners installed to help reduce flats. Good protection for modest $ and just few ounces of weight. I've had these in our mech bikes for years. Waited until after 3 flats to put them in the ebikes. Some people are juts slow learners...

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Hopefully you never need to unpack it. I am just starting a kit to put on my bike. Watching some park tools videos, since I have no experience working on a bike yet.

The irony is I had a chain broken in my hub-drive e-bike before I learned about the chain-tool and how to use it. Luckily, with the cadence sensor, you can just pedal such an e-bike without the chain and it behaves as if you had a throttle Since that would not work with the mid-drive, I carry the tool just in case.