Off Road Bicycle Touring
 

Hi
On Friday this week I am travelling to the beckon Beacons in Wales, to do a practise D of E Gold Expedition on bikes. I have loaded up my bike and it’s fairly heavy. I have left a copy of my personal kit list below and was wondering if I could leave anything out of it. For more information I am going on a four day three night off road expedition and will be camping and carrying everything including food for those days. Also if you think I have left anything out on the kit list please could you tell me.
Thanks

Shared and provided by the school:
• Tent
• Cooking Stove/fuel
• Whistle
Cycling:
• Bike
• Lights
• Pannier rack & panniers
• Water bottle and 3.0L camelback
• 1x Lock and keys
• 3x Bungees to tie things on to the bike
• Toolkit (Multi tool, Puncture repair patches and glue, Spare tube, pump, tire levers)

Clothing:
• Helmet
• Buffs X2
• Waterproof jacket
• Micro fleece
• T-shirts X2
• Full finger cycling gloves
• Underwear X4
• Cycling Shorts X2
• Waterproof socks X2
• Normal Socks X1
• Walking Shoes

Personal:
• Toiletries (mixed body and shower gel)
• Compact towel
• Small First Aid Kit
• Cutlery
• Waterproof stuff sac
• Small sleeping bag

Essentials:
• Pen & Paper
• lighter
• Zip Lock Bags (To Waterproof things)

Other:
• Ipod Touch
• Headphones
• Phone
• Power Monkey

Your list is a little heavy on the clothes. Weight is always an issue off road. See if you can get some ideas from this site: http://www.bikepacking.net/ check under personal setups.