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Old 05-06-11 | 07:40 AM
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MichaelW
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Pretty similar to my self-sufficient load BUT.
The Trangia comes with 1 pot. If you need 2 pots for more advanced recipies then a Trangia 27 is better. I took the smallest wooden spoon and 2 sporks. My cutting board was the thin flexy type, a useful food prep surface, I also took a small paring knife with a guard for food use. I use some plastic waterproof storage boxes for culinaries and ziplocks for pasta/rice etc. Small olive oil sprays are good and make economical use of oil.
Matches, lighter and water purification tables are light and small and useful, I take them all.
If you expect rain then put clothes and electricals in a drybag, the nylon type is sufficient, you dont need heavyweight welded construction.
Take 3 bike shorts and 1 pr normal shorts, quick drying eg polyester. You can use them as swimming, casual use or over your bike shorts if needed. I would use 2 merino or technical T shirts, 1-2 cycling jerseys but only 1 long-sleeve jersey. I prefer quick-dry synthetic slip style underwear to boxers but thats personal.
I prefer Teva sandals to flip flops, better walkability around campsites and safer.
Use a waterproof and a separate flyweight windproof. The windproof is much better to ride in, up to light showers. In the cold, you can use both together for quite good insulation.

My sleeping mat got a leak and I could never find it. I used a 3/4 mat + a small length of closed-cell foam for my feet. After the leak, I put the foam mat at the top. The foam was useful for a sitting mat and was pretty trashed by the end.

You will need a cassette tool for spoke replacement, I use the NBT2. It cant remove a workshop-tight lockring so tighten it a number of clicks (6-7) so you can remove it with the tool.

Use your shower cap on the saddle every night.

Do you need to carry a laptop? Its a heavy overhead. You can text (SMS) home to say you are OK. You can take extra memory cards for storage (hint dont put all your pix on one card) and upload at libraries along the way.
Can you combine the phone and camera charger ie a USB spec? Some solar chargers have USB power output.
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