What’s in your hip pouch?
Right, so some people will be asking “what even is a hip pouch?”, so let’s get to that first. A hip pouch is like a bum-bag/fanny-pack type deal, but it doesn’t have its own built-in strap. The only difference, really, is that a hip pouch doesn’t have a strap built in – you mount it on your belt. And I guess that’s the reason that the hip pouch is acceptable and the bum-bag is not.
Anyway, a hip pouch is a thing that contains the bare essentials required when you go out on a bicycle. Your hip pouch should contain, at the bare minimum: pump, hex keys, 15mm spanner, tyre wrenches and a puncture repair kit. Preferably an inner-tube. My hip pouch does not contain a puncture repair kit or an inner-tube, but it does contain the tools for me to remove my wheel (yay?) and not get my hands dirty.
This weekend, I am going to ride around Bristol with my friend, cycling inspiration and all-round cool guy; Perkins. You can tell what Perkins will be doing because it will be pretty much better than anything I try. Bike? Yeah. Hip pouch contents? Yeah. Blog reader/fanship? Yeah. Still, I’ll always be more sarcastic.
In my bag are the following things (I’m not listing a key – if you can’t tell which thing is which, you got problems).
- Some Lezyne pump that was like £30 and doesn’t have a pressure gauge.
- Train tickets to Bristol and back
- Kryptonite Evolution Mini D
- iPhone
- Hex keys
- Tyre wrenches
- 15mm stubby
- Latex gloves (I hate getting shit under my nails – yeah, I carry clippers and an emery board, too. Fuck you)
- Keys
- Bigxtop hip pouch
I don’t usually do these EDC-style posts because they pretty much always contain my camera and I need that to take the picture so that bugs me.
