{"id":151,"date":"2012-12-10T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T18:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:24:53","slug":"edc-for-the-bicycle-commuter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/2012\/12\/edc-for-the-bicycle-commuter.html","title":{"rendered":"EDC for the Bicycle Commuter &#8211; Tools and Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/walloftvs\/8261925014\/in\/photostream\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Bicycle commute EDC\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8202\/8261925014_7e846444cc_z.jpg\" alt=\"Bicycle commute EDC\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"1\" width=\"75%\" \/>\n<p>I ride my bicycle to work and for many of my errands year round and as such the potential for a mechanical is always in the back of my mind.  Fortunately a few simple tools are all that are necessary for most repairs.  The other key repair element not pictured is a telephone &#8211; because 9 out of 10 times you can just call a friend to come pick you up!<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"1\" width=\"75%\" \/>\n<ul>\n<li>adjustable wrench<\/li>\n<li>tire levers<\/li>\n<li>multi-tool<\/li>\n<li>tube patch kit<\/li>\n<li>tube<\/li>\n<li>pump<\/li>\n<li>snickers<\/li>\n<li>sunglasses<\/li>\n<li>flashlight<\/li>\n<li>paracord<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"1\" width=\"75%\" \/>\n<p>What items are you carrying that differ from mine?  The gear pictured above differs when I&#8217;m on a trail ride, a road ride, or an overnight tour and lighter options of much this kit exist. I find a balance of weight, functionality, cost, and other factors come into play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ride my bicycle to work and for many of my errands year round and as such the potential for a mechanical is always in the back of my mind. Fortunately a few simple tools are all that are necessary for most repairs. The other key repair element not pictured is a telephone &#8211; because &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/2012\/12\/edc-for-the-bicycle-commuter.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EDC for the Bicycle Commuter &#8211; Tools and Supplies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,13,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling","category-day-trips","category-educational","category-gear"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}