Oink – Preliminary Bike Tour Packing List

I will be using four panniers and a handlebar bag. I may swap two big panniers for my two little ones in front so I can carry more water. But for now here’s how the packing list looks:

Camping

• Two-person tent with rainfly and ground cloth
• Sleep sack (light weight sleeping bag)
• Cocoon (silk sleeping bag liner)
• Full length sleeping pad
• Travel pillow
• Knife and spork

Water

• Two two-liter water bladders
• Water filter

Clothing

• Three pairs of mountain bike shorts.
• Three techincal t-shirts
• 3 pairs of socks
• 1 pair bike gloves
• Sun sleeves for my arms
• Cotton t-shirt for off the bike
• Shorts and belt for off bike
• One pair technical undies for off bike
• Bathing suit
• Teva sandals
• Floppy hat for riding in Utah and Nevada
• Buff (for combating desert sun)
• Headsweat
• Gloves
• Rain pants
• Rain jacket

Electronics

• iPhone charger cable
• Camera
• Headlight (with mount for helmet)
• Chargers for all three

Medical

• Aspirin (blod clots)
• Compression sleeves (blood clots)
• Antihistamines (allergies)
• Ibuprofen with and without sedative (old body parts)
• Eye drops (glaucoma) – 2 small vials
• Arnuity (asthma) – two inhaler discs
• Albuterol (asthma) – one inhaler

Toiletries

• Sunscreen
• Toothpaste (lots of little travel tubes to be tossed as I go)
• Toothbrush
• Razor (Fusion – one blade will last the whole trip)
• Shaving cream
• TP
• Dr. Bronners (for washing me and my clothes)
• Wash cloth
• Towel
• Spare prescription glasses

Handlebar bag

• Chapstick
• Spanner for Brooks saddle
• Sunglasses
• Wallet
• iPhone
• Backup power source (small with USB port)
• Ottolock (small lock in place of u-lock – much lighter)

Tools

• Multitool
• Chain tool
• Piece of coat hanger (to hold chain during repairs)
• Master chain links (2)
• Cables (1 for brakes, 1 for shifters)
• Fiber fix emergency spokes (2)
• Tire levers
• Patch kit
• 2 spare tubes
• Folding spare tire
• $1 bill as a tire boot
• Wax lube (for chain)
• Oil lube (for everything else)
• Degreaser
• Rag
• Duct tape
• Zip ties
• Road Morph pump
• Swiss Army knife

By far the heaviest single item is the two person tent. I can’t camp in a one-person tent. It feels like I am in a coffin.

In any case, this is quite a load. Roughly the same as last summer, adding the water items and ditching the u-lock

If anyone has any ideas about cutting weight, please post in the comments.