Originally Posted by
Milton Keynes
I carry what I need in a small underseat bag, but some times it would be nice to have a bit more storage room. With that tool box, you should have enough room for tools, spare tubes, your wallet, and a sandwich.
Personally, though, if I were to do that, instead of zip tying and bungee'ing the taillight as it is, I'd have somehow just bolted it to the side of the toolbox which would make it easier to open the lid.
There is no more room in my tool box for a sandwich or anything else but repair equipment. It's packed to the hilt. It's smaller than it looks.
Inside my box I have:
1. two bungee cords: I can strap my balled-up jacket over the the top of the box if I get too hot during the ride
2. combination 15 mm wrench, for tightening pedals and for rear wheel removal
3. Bell multi-tool in a pouch, does not provide enough torque to break wheel lock nuts loose
4. spare inner tube with Slime already in it
5. spare rim liner
6. spare valve caps
7. valve stem tool
8. tire lever
9. needle-nose pliers
10. cable end caps
11. 3 plastic store bags, folded up, protects seat and hand grips from dirt when bike is turned over for repairs on the road
12. latex gloves, one time I had to fix a flat tire with goose crap all over it
13. C02 inflator if I'm in a hurry or too lazy to pump the tire up by hand
14. hand pump, in case CO2 inflator fails
15. two extra CO2 cartridges
16. rag to wipe things clean
17. tire patches
18. spare batteries for lights
19. removable tray that came with the box
Additionally, I have a fanny pack to carry:
1. my wallet
2. my keys
3. medications, asthma inhaler
4. toilet paper
5. phone
6. pen
7. bike cable lock coiled up tight