How do you carry the basics? Lock, purse etc

[jyyanks]

I have a small backpack where i carry a bottle of water, keys, cellphone and tissues. I'm not sure if I should ride with a backpack but I don't ride long distances anyway.

[laura*]

On a mountain bike I locked two U-locks around the top and down tubes right behind the head tube. The U portions went around the bottom of the down tube, and locks' crossbars went on top of the top bar.

These days on my folding commute bike, I intertwine one U lock with the rear rack.

[hebe]

These are brilliant, thank you so much. I needed inspiration for the new bike, which will have a rack but no basket. The plan is for my Marin to be the main grocery getter but I know that the Vita will get used too on occasion.

I normally have water bottle and pump attached to the frame on both bikes. There is a small saddle bag on my mountain bike that takes mini-toolset, phone, garmin, tissue or babywipe, emergency tenner, asthma inhaler and door keys. On the Marin, everything tends to go in the basket, though now I can use the rack more smartly - love the idea of weaving the lock through the rack and of bungee-ing a backpack to the rack. Of course, if I'm pulling the trailer I run out of power before I run out of space.

[Vanilla]

I usually have at least a basket or one pannier on my bike and tend to overpack every single time I leave the house. I'm never without my phone, keys, travelcard, small pump, tissues, baby wipes and water bottle. If I have my boyfriend in tow, he asks to carry my pannier to free up some weight on my stupidly heavy bike and I let him because I'm nice like that