Originally Posted by DrIsotope

I leave the driveway for every ride as if I were leaving for a mini-tour. Never know how far I'm gonna go, never know what I might need. Full saddlebag weighs about a pound, and I don't care. A pound of prevention might as well be gold compared to having to find someone to pick me up on the side of the road 40 miles from home because a fastener came loose.

I wonder what it's like to ride so infrequently over such short distances as to never have to carry anything on the bike. Alas, I will never know.