I don't carry a separate flashlight in the bag, sometimes I have a "tactical" (strike bezel) flashlight in my pocket, and I always have my helmet which has a 1/2 watt light mounted on it. There's also a flashlight in a flashlight holder on the handlebars, but the helmet mounted light works best. When touring I'll also have a headlamp in my gear for around camp and a small tripod lamp (sometimes the magnetic Gorilla-pod one, which I can attach to my steel frame during repairs if I needed to).

I have a canvas and leather barrel-shaped tool bag that I used to hang off the back of the saddle, but my commuter now has a Carradice quick release bag support on it that usually has a Zimbale 18 liter bag (with a Carradice cape roll mounted on top). So the tool bag bounces around between inside the Zimbale and the Ortliebs that I run on the front rack some days.

In the tool bag:

loose:

- spare tube (two when on tour)
- exam gloves (in addition to a thin pair always in my back pocket)
- drop cloth *
- bike multi-tool (currently a Filzer I-Tool Grande from M.E.C. after having lost my Alien II)
- multi-tool (usually a Gerber, but I lost it with the Alien, using a cheap back-up for the moment). This is mostly for the pliers, but occasionally I need the other tools on it at work.
- (extra) handkerchief
- on tour I'll have a spoke tool in there too

inside a military surplus tool roll inside the tool bag:
(keeps things tidy, easy to find, and non-jangly/clangy when I go over Seattle's rough streets)

- handful of zip ties
- permanent marker & a ballpoint pen (mostly for marking where punctures are in tubes)
- two tire levers (one steel core (Soma?), one Park Tool, each have their strong suits**) thinking about adding a third tire lever for when I run the skinny tires.
- 8mm ratcheting box end wrench
- 10mm ratcheting box end wrench
- tire boot (Park Emergency)
- fiberfix emergency spoke kit (holdover from touring season - same tool bag***)
- patch kit with another Presta/Schrader adaptor stashed in it.
- masterlink
- for some reason I'm dragging around a small crescent wrench too, I'm considering leaving it behind since I switched seatposts and shouldn't need it for the pedals (pedal extenders means a normal pedal wrench doesn't cut it).
- something I'm forgetting maybe

Just finally upgraded to a quick-release rear wheel so I'm not carrying around a 15mm wrench anymore as well. Nice to drop that weight.

My pump (a Topeak Road Morph mini to get my MTB's city tires up to 90 & 120 PSI) is loose in either the Zimbale or Ortliebs, being a little too big for the tool bag.


* old surgery drape that is waterproof, I sometimes put this down either to kneel on, sit on, or lay out my gear on it. It's about a little over a foot on each side.

** The Park tire levers' shape makes it easier to get under the edge of the tire, but sometimes I need to exert so much force I'm afraid I'm actually going to break it. This is when the steel cored lever comes to the fore, although with my tires/rims it almost always takes both.

*** in-town I've never not been able to limp home on a broken spoke. Before I picked up the Fiberfix kit I once broke three spokes between Bellingham and Seattle, but still managed to nurse it gently along with a fairly heavy camping load on the rear rack. Different wheels these days, only spoke I've broken was one in front, in-town, most likely due to my overtensioning it. Glad I haven't had to try out the Fiberfix on tour yet.