Tool kit: too much?

[ArisaemaDracontium]

I'm planning for 2-3 days on the Maah Daah Hey trail and trying to pair down my kit to fit in my existing bags.

One area I think I may be over-packing is my tool kit. Below is a list of what I have. What do you guys think is unnecessary for a short trip vs a long trip vs at-all?

6   cable ties
24   Duck tape, inches
6   spare chain links
2   cleat bolts
1   fiber spokes
1   HyperCracker
1   mini sewing kit
1   patch kit
6   safety pins
1   small bottle chain lube
2   disposable rags
1   Spare tubeless valve
1   Tube, ultra lite, 26x2"
1   Gerber multi tool with metric allen bits
1   tire lever
1   mini chain tool
1   mini pump
1   CO2 cartridge
1   CO2 inflator
3   chain pins
3   hose clamps

[MattL]

We each have to find our own comfort in the woods.  I have two kits: day trip and wilderness.  Day trip is tiny, and wilderness is similar to what you list whether it's 2 days or 20.

I would skip the CO2, maybe taking an extra tube in its place.  If you find you can't get a tubeless tire to remount in the woods, just throw a tube in.

On 2 day trip, you can probably just ride with a broken spoke, so you could leave out the spoke and HyperCracker.

I use a SRAM chain and carry a quick link and a chain tool.  I can shorten the chain with my chain tool, and replace the quick link.  In the worst case, I may have to limp home without being able to shift into the big-big combo.

[ArisaemaDracontium]

Its funny how different people look at this stuff differently.

Damage to tires and chain are really the only thing that would prevent me from moving forward. Chain pieces don't take up much space. I'm not sure if a tube or a CO2 cartridge/head is lighter/more compact, I'll check.

I'd like to keep the fiber spoke, since I'm running v-brakes, a true wheel is a little more important. 

As I was going through this again last night I decided I could probably omit:

-hypercracker (had it for 15 years and never used it)
- sewing kit
- chain lube (I guess this depends on how wet things might get)
- disposable rags
- hose clamps

[AZTtripper]

Ditch the hose clamps, and at least one of the rags, two wheels two tubes IMO.

[ocary]

A couple weeks back I broke a spoke on the rearwheel drive side at mile 30 of a 200+ mile offroad tour in extreme northeast MN. Luckily at mile 60 (end of day 1) there was a shop that had spokes of the correct length and I only lost a couple hours waiting for the shop to open on day 2

A FiberFix spoke is now in the emergency kit, along with an additional extra spoke nipple.  A sewing needle and some dental floss is going to get shoved in the same container for tire slices.


Side note re: patch kit.  Make sure the glue hasn't dried up / gone bad.

[Lentamentalisk]

Side note re: patch kit.  Make sure the glue hasn't dried up / gone bad.

I always keep a brand new patch kit on my bike. If I have to use it on the trail (I get more flats than I have spare tubes) then it becomes my shop patch kit and I buy a new bike patch kit. That glue will dry surprisingly fast after you open it.