- Bicycle
- All bikes have fenders and mounts for front and back flashing led lights
- All bikes have a rear rack. I use a Jandd rear rack for heavy items on the Leader
- Handlebars are wrapped in carpet cushion with hockey tape and electrical tape
- All seats have gel seat covers (except the Brompton)
- Backpack frame for carrying oversized items such as 2 foot by 4 foot plywood, a cat cage and florescent bulbs
- Homemade T-shaped handlebar holder (functions like the Handlebar Holder by Park Tools)
- Homemade long board carrier
- Burley (for cat cage and cedar chips) and Wike (for sewing machine) trailers
- Laundry knapsack for oversized items such as toilet paper, paper towels and kleenex
- For 10 to 60 mile rides
- Kool-Stop Tire Bead Jack (for road bike tires)
- Two tubes
- First aid kit
- Work gloves to protect hands while changing tires or replacing spokes
- Chalk for marking location of hole in tread and tube
- Spoke wrench
- Spoke nipple
- End of pump hose to easily drain air from tubes
- Small piece or plastic to protect handlebars and seat when bike is turned over for repairs
- Spare spokes wrapped in canvas and attached to rear rack with two-sided velcro
- Disposable plastic gloves to move snakes, turtles and other creatures off the road
- Lightweight bicycle lock
- Mini pump
- Multi-tool
- Knife
- Small adjustable wrench
- If I carry replacement pedals, I take a 15 mm wrench to act as a lightweight pedal wrench
- Long two-sided Velcro straps to hold additional stuff on the rear rack
- For greater than 60 mile rides (usually overnight)
- Tube patch kit
- Rags and grease remover for hands, face and legs
- Panniers for clothes and food
- Personal
- Yellow reflective vest for night riding plus flashing front and back LED lights
- Waist pack (always carry)
- Tire levers
- Piece of plastic wrap and long twist tie or elastic to protect cycling computer
- Small pen or short pencil
- Personal telephone numbers
- Telephone numbers for Humane Society/Animal Rescue for all regions I'm travelling through
