13 pounds!

[Trekhawk]

I'm not carrying textbooks and papers but I feel like I've got to be hauling at least 10 pounds of clothes, tools, gear, lights, lunches, cartons of milk for tea, etc. I keep telling myself speed is not the objective when I commute

Yipee - see I knew there was someone else out there who put milk in their tea.

Trek -starting to feel like an alien tea drinker - hawk.

[nuthatch]

Trek -starting to feel like an alien tea drinker - hawk.

The wheels don't roll without tea in the engine!

[CorsairMac]

ROFL - I even drink milk in my iced tea! 'specially those wonderful flavoured teas by Bigelow like the Summer Fruit!! Shiny!!!!

as for V's 13 lbs - so have you signed up your bike for the RoadBears bike club yet?? I think with 13 lbs of commuter bike stuff your bike would qualify.......YOU won't....but your Bike will!

[nuthatch]

So how heavy's your bag, Corsair? Are you a minimalist commuter or a kitchen sink'er?

[CorsairMac]

So how heavy's your bag, Corsair? Are you a minimalist commuter or a kitchen sink'er?

I prefer to be a minimalist but as the weather chills - I will NOT be cold at work so I'll be carrying sweaters along with turtlenecks in my backpack. and on the days I'm changing out jeans it gets even heavier. Last winter I had to loosen the straps to get the pack on! I probably don't wanna know what it weighed!

[nuthatch]

I just had to pull mine off last night and weigh it before I unpacked it - no milk in there so it only weighed 8 pounds. I told myself to quit being a candya** and be glad I wasn't a teacher!