Originally Posted by
bmike
So right now my kit with Fargo is 48 to 50 #s without food or water (including my backpack with empty bladder). That does include tools, tubes, cages, bike lube, 3 season clothes not worn, and a rain jacket. It also includes enough calories to get me 50 or so miles, and my Nuun tabs, GPS, phone, charger, 2 sets of batteries, 8 oz of fuels for the stove, etc. and my Dinotte on the bars and Fenix LD20 for my head.
I've worked to get it to 50, without getting any crazy new gear. The Tarptent Contrail took a pound out of my hammock setup. If I ditch my Big Agnes pad for a new Thermarest 3/4 I'd cut some more. And I guess I could start drilling out my brake levers, finding a carbon seat post, get carbon spacers for my stem, get cuben frame bags, a cuben contrail, and a Ti frame. But that a rabbit hole I don't want to go down.
And I need to go tubeless. That would cut some more, but that depends on which tires are mounted.
you can totally knock that down.
if you just put a piece of masking tape on each item, and use a pen to make a hash mark on it when it used, this will quickly give you a reference as to what is actually being used.
things like a stove vs calories... that can be a tough one, especially in consideration of weather. more than likely you can simply ditch the stove and cookset all together.
lights... I just started using a Light and Motion Solite 150. its about 150gm. works well for a helmet light and definitely a rocking in camp light.
bike parts, thats an easy one, being that we are all bike geeks. I'd leave the bike part of the equation for last.
3 season clothing? unless you are actually in wet cold weather, i'd think twice about packing this stuff.
rain jacket? I know it sounds kind of crazy, but I'd think twice about this one too.
for years I've used a Showers Pass Elite 2.0
it doesn't pack down all that small.
I wouldn't hesitate carrying it, and wearing it, if for sure I was dealing with rain on the daily.