Bicycle Tool Roll

I have a Rivendell Bike Tube (except unfortunately mine's not the vegan version - I got it before they offered that one) on the front of my bike. I love this bag - it's exactly like they say (paraphrased): "once you put it on you'll never find a reason to take it off." That's exactly how it's been for me. I put it on my bike when my bike was some different bike. The bag stayed on the handlebars when the handlebars moved to my new ride - a Raleigh Touring 18. I store my tools, my poncho, granola bars and trail mix, phone, wallet, keys, whatever needs storin' and accessin' in that bag. I also usually ride with panniers but I've found that the front bag is the one that I use because I love the easy accessibility.

I installed the bag over a year ago, and amazingly it only occurred to me last week that I could use something to keep my tools from rattling around, being unwieldy, getting things dirty and occasionally breaking shit in my bag. So I sat down at the ol' Sailrite sewing machine that we have at work (for some reason) with some heavy-duty cloth and whipped out this marvel of engineering:

 

 

 

 

I think the bike strap holding it all together is the essence of "hey, like, i'm pretty great because not only did i like make this bag myself but i also like used this strap i had hanging around to hold it together and even the strap is bike-related because that's the kind of guy i am. the kind of guy who makes things and has bike parts laying around."

In retrospect, I might have designed in some things like loops to hold the strap, and maybe some velcro. Oh well! Maybe I'll do that in a hundred years when this one wears out.