Touring Equipment

You can't make them smaller than their actual size. :]
But whether you have the patches inside the tube, outside the tube, on the top or bottom of the tube...same with the glue and levers, attached or not...they'll still take up the same space silly cucumber.

Personally I wouldn't take glue AND patches....I'd stick with self adhesive patches if you want to travel light and conserve every bit of space.

Personally, I wouldn't skimp on something that's already the lightest thing you're carrying and could save you from an embarrassing walk in the pissing rain to a phone booth/taxi rank etc. Getting ride of one of the racks would be my goal. Lose the big stuff.