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can you explain why you need spare batteries and a charger, especially with something like a mid range cateye which has a runtime of a few 100 hours, when it begins to dim you can replace the batteries at home, if you start carrying about things for such eventaulities surely you need a spare tyre just in case!?
also it seems like pretty good common sense to carry a pack of patches as well as a spare tube or ideally two
a pack of patches is pretty small so its not a massive inconvenience, but also the chances are that if you get a puncture on the way to work its not always possible to take the time to preperly check the tyre for whatever gave you the puncture thus increasing the chances that you will get another puncture later, so having working spare tube later will prove invaluable.
anyway, a good list but it could do with a bit of an edit given that there has been a lot of good advice inspired by it.