Equipment: Trying to keep it to a minimum - The Reunion Ride - CycleBlaze

Equipment: Trying to keep it to a minimum

This tour is to be short and fast so keeping gear to a minimum is the idea:

This is the current checklist. It'll change as the tour start gets closer:

There will only be two panniers. Ortliebs fitted to the rear rack.

Transport, navigation and communication
-Touring bike: Thorn Audax Mark 3 (details to be provided on separate page)
- Duffel Bag (posted ahead ...for carrying panniers as checked luggage on the return trip)
- Ground Effect Tardis soft bike bag (posted ahead...for carrying the bike on the return trip)
-Panniers (Ortlieb) + small under-saddle bag
-Bikelights front flasher & rear flasher
-Helmet
-Headlamp
-Maps
-Small compass (Silva)
-Notepad/pen/pencil
- 2 spare tubes, Lezyne pump, multi-tool, small shifter, tyre-levers, patches, chain-oil, lock & keys (Backin5 mini-U & short cable)
-Cable ties and electrical tape
-Mobile phone + charger
-Small digital camera (Canon Powershot) + spare battery
- iPad mini and charger
-Cash+credit card

Sleeping
Bibler bivvy bag
-Ultralight, synthetic fill inflatable sleep mat (Exped synmat UL-7 s)
-Short off-cut of thin, foam undermat
-3 season, down sleeping bag (Western Mountaineering) + inner sheet

Eating and Drinking
-Mini-trangia and 300 ml of fuel
-Coffee plunger
-Bowl, cup, fork, spoon, scour pad, pocket knife
-Matches
-2 water-bottles
- Coffee
- Muesli
- Milk Powder
- Muesli bars

Clothing and Hygiene
-Light rainjacket
-Walking/cycling shoes (Scarpa)
-Long cycling pants (Ground Effect)
- One long-sleeve cycling shirt (Ground Effect)
-Long-sleeve wool undershirt (MacPac)
-Light wool head sock (Buff)
-Long Johns (Ground Effect)
-Socks underpants
-Sunglasses
-Cycling gloves (Ground Effect)
-Sunscreen
-Insect repellent
-Toiletries
- Basic first aid kit
-Toothbrush/paste

WEIGHTS:
Bike unloaded (with rear rack, saddle-bag, lights, pump, bottle cages, two bottles, spare tube and levers.) 11.2 kg

Loaded panniers excluding food: 10 kg

Total loaded bike with panniers/exc food/no water 21.2 Kg

Rider (with riding clothes, shoes, helmet) 81 kg

TOTAL LOADED WEIGHT (bike+rider+load exc food) approx. 102 kg
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Colour coordination is critical to a successful bike tour. John's coffee maker coincidentally is a similar shade to my Thorn Audax.This coffee pot is new and even bigger than the one he's taken on previous tours.
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