Gear Lists!
07-10-06, 04:00 PM
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The Rock Cycle
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Gear Lists!
As a less experienced tourer, I'd love to see the gear lists of you veteran road warriors.
Thank you!
*Maybe this thread could be made a sticky?*
Thank you!
*Maybe this thread could be made a sticky?*
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Gunnar Sport
Specialized Ruby
Salsa Vaya Ti
Novara Randonee x2
Motobecane Fantom CXX
Jamis Dakar XCR
Gunnar Sport
Specialized Ruby
Salsa Vaya Ti
Novara Randonee x2
Motobecane Fantom CXX
Jamis Dakar XCR
07-10-06, 04:15 PM
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Bikes: Two Robin Mather custom built tourers
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This is by no means complete or final, but it's our work in progress: https://travellingtwo.com/42
07-10-06, 05:44 PM
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Lentement mais sûrement
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There are a few threads on this. Here's mine, for a 18 day trip with some hiking, lots of photographing and expected temperatures just below freezing (at night):
https://www.borealphoto.com/articles_...cking_list.htm
https://www.borealphoto.com/articles_...cking_list.htm
Last edited by Erick L; 08-01-06 at 01:32 AM.
07-10-06, 11:41 PM
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40 yrs bike touring
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Bikes: Bruce Gordon Ti Rock N Road [1989], Fat Chance Mountain Tandem [1988], Velo Orange Neutrino (2020)
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Even after 30 plus years of touring I continually meet overloaded bike tourists struggling with their bikes climbing/walking passes on and offroad. Maybe carrying 80 to 100 # of equipment is a badge of honor like with cars and houses-bigger is better. No thank you. I learned early on my first tour that what I thought that I needed was very different from what I actually needed to be dry,warm and comfortable under all conditions.
At the first post office I mailed home some 20 pounds of excess equipment. What a difference that made in my daily enjoyment on tour. Thirty pounds of gear or less became my goal.
These lessons really helped me when biking at 5000 meters/16500 feet in South America in the dirt and rocks of the Andes. At altitude any extra weight made a difficult ride almost impossible at times.
The Divide Ride was much easier for me with a base equipment weight of 20 pounds plus food and water. In turn there was less stress on the bike components particularly the wheels. I had no mechanical problems at all. This is another advantage of reduced equipment weight.
Over the years I have slowly upgraded my equipment list as lighter and better items appeared. There is so much excellent equipment available today at a fraction of the weight and bulk of the same type of item 30 years ago.
Try distinguishing between what you want to carry and what you really need to carry to be warm,dry and comfortable. Less is truly more at least in my experience bike touring.
My List: Summer touring Sierra Nevada/Rocky Mtns/ temps to 30F
Bike/racks/2 Frnt panniers/fenders: 30#
Rear Rack Top Drybag Stuffer: 1#
Tools/spare tubes: 3#
First Aid: 8oz
Toiletries: 8oz
Cookkit/stove/utensils/cup: 1#
Down quilt: 12 oz
Tarptent: 1# 12oz
Thermarest Pad 3/4: 12oz
bivy: 6oz
Down Vest: 6oz
Clothing: 5#
SW Radio: 8oz
LED light: 1oz
knife: 1oz
towel: 4oz
compass: 1oz
fuel bottle: 1oz
H2o bladders: 4oz
camera: 8oz
rain gear: 10oz
At the first post office I mailed home some 20 pounds of excess equipment. What a difference that made in my daily enjoyment on tour. Thirty pounds of gear or less became my goal.
These lessons really helped me when biking at 5000 meters/16500 feet in South America in the dirt and rocks of the Andes. At altitude any extra weight made a difficult ride almost impossible at times.
The Divide Ride was much easier for me with a base equipment weight of 20 pounds plus food and water. In turn there was less stress on the bike components particularly the wheels. I had no mechanical problems at all. This is another advantage of reduced equipment weight.
Over the years I have slowly upgraded my equipment list as lighter and better items appeared. There is so much excellent equipment available today at a fraction of the weight and bulk of the same type of item 30 years ago.
Try distinguishing between what you want to carry and what you really need to carry to be warm,dry and comfortable. Less is truly more at least in my experience bike touring.
My List: Summer touring Sierra Nevada/Rocky Mtns/ temps to 30F
Bike/racks/2 Frnt panniers/fenders: 30#
Rear Rack Top Drybag Stuffer: 1#
Tools/spare tubes: 3#
First Aid: 8oz
Toiletries: 8oz
Cookkit/stove/utensils/cup: 1#
Down quilt: 12 oz
Tarptent: 1# 12oz
Thermarest Pad 3/4: 12oz
bivy: 6oz
Down Vest: 6oz
Clothing: 5#
SW Radio: 8oz
LED light: 1oz
knife: 1oz
towel: 4oz
compass: 1oz
fuel bottle: 1oz
H2o bladders: 4oz
camera: 8oz
rain gear: 10oz
