October 30, 2024 – What I Packed on the Bicycle Tour

Bike: 29” Surly ECR

Brown Tarp

• Manfrotto Tripod (Optional)

• Combination cable lock

• DIY Bucksaw

• One-person backpacking tent

• Thermarest ground mat

• Hatchet

• Full-size bicycle pump

• Sleeping bag

Rock Bros Pannier #1

• Compressible memory foam pillow

• Compressible rain jacket

• Small bag for clothes and toiletries

• Toiletry bag

  • Barbasol shaving cream

  • Gillette razor

  • Soap and shampoo

  • Tooth brush

  • Tooth paste

  • Waterproof adhesive tape

  • Ointment for cuts and infections

  • Fingernail clips

  • Dental floss

  • Clothespins

  • Small flashlight

• Clothes bag

  • Two pairs of socks

  • Two pairs of elastic nylon shorts

  • Thermal leggings

  • Thermal long-sleeve shirt

  • Two pairs of padded bicycle shorts

  • Two pairs of jockey boxer briefs

  • Three button-up water resistant shirts

  • Small hand towel

Rock Bros Pannier #2

• Dry bag for dirty clothes

• 10L dry bag for maintenance and bicycle tools

  • Army survival knife with blade sharpener and case

  • Bike maintenance bag

    • Bicycle lubricant

    • Small can of Q-tips

    • Assorted tire boots

    • Assorted tube patches

    • Two pairs of master links

  • Bicycle Tool Bag

    • Cassette removal tool

    • Origin 8 multi-tool

    • Chain-breaker tool

    • Patch kit with sandpaper, patches, and rubber cement

    • Metal tire irons

    • Assorted nuts, caps, and ferules

    • Spoke wrench

  • Fire starting and maintenance bag

    • Magnifying glass

    • two-three lighters

    • Razor

    • Assorted needles

    • Roll of string for sewing

    • Ferrocerium rod

    • one to two nails

    • Four safety pins

  • First aid kit bag

    • Small roll of alien tape

    • Muscle rub

    • Skeeter topical analgesic

    • Cotton bandage

    • Tweezers

    • Eye drops

    • Tissue paper

    • Rosebud salve

  • 6” pair of channel-lock pliers

  • #36 bank line (30-50 feet)

  • Two to three spare tubes

  • Optional: container full of 120mm and 35mm film

ROS Saddlebag (left side)

• Optional: camera bag

  • Toy pinhole camera

  • 35mm Canon AE-1 Program

  • 50mm lens with caps

  • Extra battery for 35mm camera

  • Film and containers

• Gecko dry bag for gadgets and journal

  • Assorted cords and adaptors for gadgets and phone

  • Bible

  • Headlight with elastic headband

  • Two to three Anker power banks

  • Journal