Update on my kit: I still have some room for improvement.

Bikepacking Kit Notes Silver Lake Fall 2014
Kit notes (no food or water included in weights)

Fargo naked with Revo and Redeye lights, dyno wheel, etc. 29#

Fargo 35.2# with GPS, hydro hose, Revo, Redeye, Lezyne pump and frame bags notes below


Front harness and rear saddle bag 14#

Front bag 8#
Sleeping pad, sleeping bag, pillow!, personal stuff, water purification, toiletries, headlamp, showers pass crossover tucked into harness (need to change this - lost it after this photo)

Rear bag 6#
Tarptent Contrail, cook kit (Snow Peak 700 pot, double wall mug, fuel canister, Gigapower stove, matches, silicone bowl, Ti spark, bear line, carabiner, stuff sack), camp clothes (MUSA knickers, boxers for camp, Patagonia puffy jacket).

On bike frame bags, feed bag, gas tank and jerry can 6.2#
Frame bag
Arm warmers, gloves, folding camp saw, knife, Fenix LD22 vest and woolie, tent pole, tent stakes, spare tube, empty bladder, sawyer mini inline with hydro bladder

Jerry can with tools, multitool with pliers, 1 brake, 1 shift cable (tucked into sides of bag stiffener), der hanger, patch kit, fiber spoke, tire levers, spare master link

Feedbag with hand sanitizer (no food for weights, but generally my road food goes here)

Gas tank with Canon G12 camera and batteries (4aa and 4aaa)

Total Kit without food / water 20.2#
Total rig without food / water 49.2#

On person - wallet, cellphone, SPOT tracker, cycling cap


Kit can drop by 1-2 pounds with sleeping pad and bag changes. Clothing was minimal, but we were expecting temps in the 30s, so extra woolie, knickers, and Patagonia puff were a must for off bike. Long fingered gloves were a luxury on this trip.

Small changes can help - headlamp can stay home if I get a headstrap for the Fenix light for camp use. No need to bring water drops and the Sawyer in VT - but the boys didn't have purification stuff so I carried those too.

Folding saw could have stayed home, its heavy and takes up space - but we wanted a fire... didn't need it - but I've used it 3/4 times I carry it.

Canon G12 can be upgrade to something smaller. The spare batteries generally stay in my gas tank bag and get swapped into the SPOT and GPS during normal riding.

I generally carry a battery backup for the iPhone / GPS. Didn't carry it this time and leached off of Greg's. Would have been out of power on the phone in the morning had he not had his (need to rig the USBwerk to the Fargo....!)

The pillow was pure luxury! Normally that stays home.



Jones Bar on the Fargo by mbeganyi, on Flickr



Fargo on Chandler Ridge by mbeganyi, on Flickr