Custom commuter accessories for a Brompton

My husband rides a folding bike for his commuter. This makes finding accessories for commuting very difficult. He bought a rack-mounting Carradice bag intended for folding bikes but complained that it's boxy nature caused things to bounce around. To help with this I made him a divider which is positionable with velcro (like the interior of camera bags), and a tool roll which isn't a roll but rather shaped to fit the bag.
The first question was what he would want in his tool roll.
The intended purpose of the kit is urban riding so suggestions included:

• spare tube
• tire irons
• adjustable wrench
• phillips screw driver
• allen wrench multi-size thingie
• patch kit
• pump
• latex gloves for grimy repairs
  
• pepper spray
• knife
• small first aid kit (alcohol pad and a little jar of liquid skin)
• batteries
• a clifbar (never know when you will get hungry or get a hole in your tire and need some foil)
• zip ties

As you can see, we went with a sub-set of those suggestions for the tool kit.


Because of the shape of the bag we decided to make it a flat envelope, rather than a roll. It secures, as you can see, with black velcro. The red tabs help lift it.

Next was the divider. It is merely a piece of plastic foamboard cut to fit and enveloped in fabric which had pockets pre-applied. By adding velcro on the sides of the divider and inside the bag we are able to position it wherever he needs. Now he has a slim tool section and the rest of his bag free to bring me home more wine!