How much stuff have you got strapped on your commuter?

[Origamist]

Camera and torch (stem mounted): http://www.flickr.com/photos/16114972@N00/5421279317/
Carradice SQR on seatpost
Two torches on right seat-stay

 

[Mad at urage]

Well, in the past my commuter-bike has had two bags of sand and one of cement strapped to it, as well as the usual pump, tools, spare clothes etc (and I stopped off at the dingy-club on the way past for an hour's sailing).

Do people really get worried by weight on a commuter? It's not a race track out there!

 

[subaqua]

pump bracket. cycle puter. front and rear lights. oh and a mudguard on the rear.

all the other stuff like locks, tools, pump and innertubes etc are in my rucksack and that doesn't count

 

[Fran143]

4 lights, 1 computer, set of panniers and a rear bracket.
In panniers:

Flashing armband
Waterproof cape
Secret stash of juice and sweeties.

 

[Supersonicscientist]

Absolutely nowt ,I've managed to get everything (a flask and a sandwiches) into a daysack as well as the lifeline kit ,don't take work home with me they don't pay overtime so sod them if it can't be done in an 8 hour day then someone is doing it wrong ..

 

[gambatte]

rear pannier,
bracket on rear pannier to let me have 2 Smart superflash rear lights 6" apart
2 Smart superflash rear lights
1 pannier when required (offside)
small pack under saddle with 'emergency kit (multitool/tubes/levers/CO2/powerlink etc)
hand pump
Cycle computer
accesory bar with 2 Smart 1W front lights.

 

[potsy]

2 Hope Vision 1's
1/2 watt rear + back up light
seat post rack
panier
computer/speedo
pump
raceblade guards
frame bag with spare tubes, levers etc.
Bike-eye mirror
Bracket for bar bag
bottle cage

 

[phantasmagoriana]

My commuter/hack/everything bike is an old steel (501) hybrid with mudguards and rack. It's not light, but it felt decidedly zippy when I finally took my Snow Studs off and replaced them with 700x32 Marathons a couple of weeks ago. It has:
2 Smart front lights
2 Smart rear lights
2 panniers (only really need one for my stuff, but I might want to stop at the shops on the way home!)
In panniers: lock, puncture repair kit, multitool, mini adjustable spanner, waterproofs, pump, etc...).

Following a couple of unplanned deflations in quick succession last week, I've been commuting on my alu-framed (no guards, no rack) road bike with rucksack instead of panniers. What a difference - rather than trying to manoeuvre round the other bikes in the bike shed, I can just lift it over them!

 

[laertes]

Two front lights, a bell, and a little computer. A seat post for a child seat. Full mudguards. I leave my clothes at work and use a little backpack for the rest, don't need panniers, fortunately.

 

[Arfcollins]

Front light
2x rear lights
Comuter
Airzound
Rack
1x pannier, containing:
Cheese and tomato sandwich with humous
Banana
Apple
Lunch box
Work shirt
Waterproof jacket
2x tubes
P******* repair kit
pump
allen keys
screwdriver
cable ties
and...
11.5 stone of finely honed muscle and deeply tanned skin on a manly frame a pale, flabby commuter.

 

[joebingo]

Front and Rear Light x1 or sometimes x2
computer
Mudguards
Water Bottle
Pump
Saddle bag containing:
2 spare tubes
repair kit
allen keys
tyre levers
brake pads
Rack
1x Pannier with clothes and shoes, sometimes a lock.

 

[Bodhbh]

Cheating a bit, as I'm commuting on a tourer which I can't be bothered to strip down till it gets used again. It's a aluminium MTB and in current form comes to 18-19kg, so guessing must be fair few kilos of junk:

Front lowrider rack
Rear rack
Barbag clip mount, occationally the barbag
Computer
Large pump + luggage strap and spare bungees holding it to frame
Front lights + battery pack + couple of LED flea type back up thingies
Rackmount light + backup seatpost light
2 x mudguards
3 x bottle cages
3-4 plaggy bags jammed under the seat
Seatpost mounted cable lock
Hoseclips to lock q-releases on both wheels + seatpost clamp
Large rear pannier, containing:
Touring toolkit including neednose pliers, chainbreaker, ducttape, spare minipump, penknife, assorted spanners, allen keys, puncture kit, etc.
Headtorch
Sealskin socks, possibly a waterproof if not already using as a windstopper
Wolly hat
2-3 bungee cords
Whatever book currently reading during lunch
Work clothes
D-lock if planning on stopping someplace on the way home.

 

[palinurus]

Lights: rack-mounted and fork-mounted (Dynamo)

Lights: Seatpost and handlebar-mounted (Battery)

Rack, 'guards.

Bungee cords on rack in case of additional loads

Bit of inner tube cable-tied to offside chainstay to attach trailer hitch without scratching paintwork.

Computer

Bottle cage

Bike Snob seal of disapproval sticker.

Pannier with my stuff in (one only). Stuff beyond that required for work being tools (tubes, levers, multitool inc. chain tool, 15 mm spanner, spare chain links, pump), electrical tape, cycling cap in case of rain/ hailstorm etc., windproof, cable ties.

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

20 year old steel frame Peugeot Surfer MTB (more like a hybrid nowadays) with rusty old handlebars, but still works fine.

Two front and two rear lights (Both sets Bikehut Megabright)
Airzound
Bell
Bike bottle shaped tool kit
Actual bike bottle with water
Bicycle pump behind bike bottle mount
Pannier rack
Offside pannier/rucksack computer bag with 17" laptop, huge power supply, cables, pens, papers, maybe books.
Another rear/side light on the offside pannier.
Nearside cheap pannier with complete change of clothes, spare inner tube, spare gloves & socks, spare batteries.
Ageing fat guy on top (well not so fat these days actually since cycling)

 

[mumbo jumbo]

- Blackburn rack
- Mudguards

- 1 (sometimes 2) Ortlieb rolltop pannier bags continaing:
D lock (does nobody else take a lock?!)
Spare tube
Multi-tool
Overshoes
Whatever I need for (or am bringing back from) work - generally clothes and often quite a lot of files / paper
- 1 rack mounted light
- 1 seatpost mounted Blackburn light
- 1 seatpost mounted Mongoose trailer bike fitting
- Cadence sensor (still on there but knackered)
- Computer plus sensor
- Exposure Joystick front light

(4 further helmet mounted Backupz lights)

I only have one bike. Taking the pannier bag(s) off at weekends is a joy!