Blog June 8, 2019 Commuting on a bike is awesome, but you do get stuck stuffing everything you need for an entire day into a single bag. Linguist Laura Welcher shares how she does it with Cool Tools. Welcher’s bag is a Detour Ballard Market Pannier, a pannier that easily turns into a backpack. Here’s everything that’s inside: Beauty kit Pop-up hair brush Bare Minerals Mini SPF 20 Concealer and Baby Buki mini kabuki brush. Bare Minerals Lip Liner, Eye Liner, Liner Brush Clinique Mascara, Mirror Compact Aveda Lip Glaze Artstar mini hair clasp Bobby pins in assorted colors Hair elastic (doubles as a way to keep the Mini Altoids tin securely closed) Plastic spray bottle (empty — fill with water as needed for quick hair fixes) Health kit Emergen-C packet Mini Altoids Tin Band-aid bandage Neo To Go single-use packet Gas-X Thin Strip Claritin Asthma inhaler (did I mention if there is a cat in the room, it will find me?) Spare contact lenses Advil Liquid-gel ibuprofen OB tampon Toothbrush, travel tube of toothpaste, and a little bundle of dental floss Bike tools Novara “Never a Bad Time to Ride” reflective velcro pant leg strap Plastic bike tire lever Mini tire patch kit Crank Brothers bike multi-tool Spare AAA batteries for rear bike light Other tools: Buck Metro Knife, Mini Multi-tool Related posts: The Best Mountain Bikes for Your Budget Ultimate Guide to Biking and Cycling Everything Else Clif Shot Bloks Hammer Vegan Recovery Bar Drinkables: Teabags in individual wrappers (plastic wrappers are the most durable), packets of Starbucks Via instant coffee BD Safe-Clip needle-nipper Copaxone Autoject Prescription and doctor contact info, 1-800 number for advice. Individual alcohol prep pads Yaesu VX-8DR HT Radio Garmin 620 sports watch with heart rate monitor Nuun Energy hydration tabs Washcloth Run Guard anti-chafe stick, travel size Deodorant, travel size Tifosi Slip sunglasses Nathan water bottle AC charger, earphone mic, charged extra LI-ON battery Nifty Mini-Manual Diamond SRH519 LaFont Topaze prescription lenses and Jellies readers Key chain with too many keys Overstuffed wallet MacBook Air laptop Thule Gauntlet padded waterproof laptop sleeve Free folding map of San Francisco bike routes from the SFMTA. Planet Bike rear red blinking light, Serfas USB Headlight Mizuno Impermalite women’s lightweight performance shell Cards: Clipper, BikeLink, ZipCar, Commuter Check, SF Bicycle Coalition Membership. It’s a ton of stuff with very specific uses, so head over to Cool Tools for the full explanation of why she brings what she does on a daily basis. If you have a great go bag with a useful organization scheme and great features, let us know! Lifehacker Go Bag Show
