How many accessories attached to your bike?

[Richard D]

Added to my bike after purchase (assuming winter trim):
Front mudguard
Rear mudguard
Rear rack
Carradice quick release
Saddle cover (it's attached to the bike and lives under the saddle)
Top tube bag
Saddle bag/panniers
Bottle cages (2)
Front lamp bracket
Bike computer bracket
Bike computer
Front lamp 1
Front lamp 2
Front lamp 3
Front lamp 4
Rear lamp 1
Rear lamp 2
Rear lamp 3
Rear lamp 4 (and yet, even with all that lot some twonk STILL contrived to hit me one night)
Bell
Chain catcher
Cadence/speed sensor & magnet

I was wondering why I am struggling to keep up with the whippets on their carbon bikes on Saturday morning rides. Though in order to lighten the load, I usually take off a couple of the lamps.

[rickd]

Added to the bike after purchase:

Rack
Rack pack
Rear light
GPS / Bike Computer
Bell

Bike came with mudguards

I have two quick release front lights I install when required.

[rmurphy195]

Rear rack with bungee.
2 x rear lamps,one fixed with built-in reflector, one detachable
Bell (Nice big brass one on one of the bikes!)
Mudguards (are these really an accessory? I consider them essential!)
Bracket for detachable "Be Seen" front lamp, plus "spare" see-by lamps swoppable across bikes
Bikecam
Front reflector
Reflective tape on pedals (SPD's)
2 bottle cages
panniers
rack pack
Pump
Computer

[Giles Pargiter]

Postby pjclinch » 8 Jan 2018, 9:33am
I don't regard things like a rack and mudguards as "accessories", as a primarily utility cyclist who tours a bit I regard them as completely fundamental to the point of (most) bikes. Fair enough if you're a roadie and anything bigger than a banana is anathema, but it's worth considering the distortions inherent in the UK market compared to the continental one and how sport is the driver here rather than practical transport. In the UK, for example, it's work to buy a kids' bike with rack and mudguards. In NL it's work to buy one without them.

Pete.
Often seen riding a bike around Dundee...

Entirely agree, so apart from those vital components, which include a roadside repair kit and pump that easily inflates the tyres fully:
A bell - I find it a very useful aid to politely warning pedestrians of my approach on shared use paths etc.
Bottle cages - for my convenience.

[AdamS]

Even a bell could reasonably be classed as part of a bike rather than an accessory. In the UK a bell is required to be fitted to every new bike sold and a bell is one of the international requirements for bicycle traffic under the Vienna Convention

[NUKe]

OK its Recumbent but the grasshopper
mudguards
side stand
bell
dynohub
front and rear lights (dynamo powered)
rear battery blinky
rear Rack and under seat
rucksack attached to back of seat
flag and pole
GPS computer

[Mick F]

Bell
Garmin Montana or Garmin Edge 20
Dyno hub
Lights front and rear
Bottle cages x2 and on or two bottles or none.
Saddle or seat post

Not much eh?

[andrew_s]

Added to the bike after purchase:
headset, wheels, stem, handlebars, brake levers, brakes, bottom bracket, chainset, etc etc

since it was first ridden, I've added bar tape, mudflaps, a replacement GPS, a replacement bell, and swapped the tyres a couple of times (for reasons of ice/rolling resistance).

[Steve398]

Not a lot in comparison with many on here -

Under seat saddlebag with the normal stuff - levers/tube/puncture repair/gas bottles/multi-tool.
2 back lamps
2 front lamps
Mudguards
Cage and bottle
Waterproof mobile phone holder....

But give me time and I'm sure I can add a few more!