Tony Wright said:
Also how do people now carry all the bits I used to carry in a saddle
bag (spare tube/repair kit, small tool kit, towel and glucose tablets
and now I imagine mobile phone)?
Would also recommend, even if you use mudguards, a small plastic
sandwich/freezer bag for putting the phone in if rain is on the cards.
Mine got thoroughly soaked on a trip to Bolton Abbey a few months ago -
fortunately it did dry out and work properly once more after an
afternoon on a window sill above a radiator - since when I've when I've
always wrapped it in a plastic bag for riding in the wet!
Other posters have already mentioned wedge packs as the successor to
the saddle bag, and some quite roomy ones are available which all of
the above should just fit into (e.g. Altura Stream, medium size).
David Belcher