The weigh-in
Feb 19th, 2008 by steevo
Front Panniers:
Ortlieb Bikepackers, 25 litres total capacity
Primus Omnifuel stove + maintenance kit
MSR windshield
Scorchbuster heat diffuser
One pot, cutting board, pot grabber
large eating bowl, spoon, fork, chopsticks
cup
Ortlieb sink (5L size)
Topeak Mountain Morph pump
Katadyn Hiker water filter
Tool kit:
multitool
8X9 and 8X10mm wrenches
Next Best Thing cassette remover
Leatherman Wave
Spoke wrench
Tyre levers
Two spare inner tubes
puncture outfit
Sleeping bag- Western Mountaineering Sycamore semi-rectangular, 480g of 750 fill-power down
Sea to Summit silk liner
Thermarest Prolite 4 mattress
Total weight: 7kg
Rear panniers:
Left side:
Carradice Super C
2 pairs socks
2 pairs undies
rain trousers
mittens
Tilley hat
travel towel
Tevas
Icebreaker Superfine T-shirt
Icebreaker Superfine long sleeve
Light fleece jacket
Sugoi liner bike shorts
Silk tights (you never know, I might be asked to perform in a ballet or something)
Rab Neutrino down jacket
Wool hat
Spare Marathon XR tyre
Total weight: 4.3kg
Right side:
Books
spare batteries (camera and CR2302s for lights and bike computer)
battery chargers
iPod
Total 5.4kg
Handlebar bag:
The large size Ortlieb bag.
SLR camera and must-have-nearby goodies
Total: 2.3kg
That’s 19kg without food, fuel or water. I’ll have to throw out that Al Humphreys book I was planning to read… ah, that’s saved a kilo!
And I’ve yet to add the tent, a Hilleberg Nallo2, 2.5kg with footprint carried in a thin nylon daypack.
Just bagged it all and ready to camp out at T5. 20kg.
nice bike ! really !
How dare you throw my book out – it is soft, strong and thoroughly absorbent! Perfect loo paper…
Great packing list; the Hilleberg’s are beaut but weren’t you considering a Big Agnes Seedhouse at one point? Nancy and I will be trying to do our next trip with 2 panniers only (spare tires and handlebar bags only up front) and the Seedhouse seems to scrunch up the best of the lot. Nowhere near as durable as the Nallo, but we probably won’t camp as much in Africa/Asia.
Just read your post from Turkey: reads like you’re itching to be on the bike! All the best for now, and take care of that cold.
Cheers,
Paul
Great setup mate, much more gentlemanly than my rolling hippy wagon. Have fun, and I’ll get you a pic of the bike before edition 2!
what a ride – love it!