In my Orbea rucksack
Not as full as usual but:
17in laptop+power cable,
various usb cables,
wireless dongle thingy + little aerial,
business cards, business cards from my last job, business cards from the job before that (so three years old),
bills + bank statemements all mulching down nicely, some some of which transplanted from previous back in 2006,
Eurobike lanyards 2006, 2007, 2008,
IceBike, 2007,
Fishers, 2009, (just lobbed about three years of Cycle Show ones),
BikeRadar launch party invite,
memory sticks x3,
2 dead inner tubes,
Park multi-tool,
Argon 18 brochure,
notebook,
biro,
bits of silver paper.
Passport! (wondered where that was),
wallet,
cheque book,
rear LED,
beanie hat,
E-cell emergency capsule,
Claq
bundle of old dvds a mate gave me to use as bird scarers on the allotment (two years ago)
Kryptonite New York lock – to keep it all safe
I’ve got two other bags for other occasion pre-filled with comforting levels of old crap – ready to go at a moment’s notice. Organisation is the key in these matters!
As you say Shaun fabulous resitance training – especially if you’ve popped into Sainsburys on the way home too. Any bike feels light when I take this bad boy off – so a very cheap and effective way of giving an instant performance upgrade.
Late breaking… just found two brake blocks… no, make that three and two bottle cage bolts in the pocket that should have a rain cover in it but doesn’t so I don’t to there much.