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Gear

Bike Stuff
Custom Vanilla Touring bike (Elicia)
couplers, disc brakes, 26″ wheels (Elicia)
Tubus front and rear racks (Elicia)
26″ transerv tires (Elicia)
26″ mtb tires (Elicia)
Pedals that are both platform and SPD (Elicia)
Bontrager Privateer w/drops, discs on front, V-brakes on rear, time/look pedals and cleats (Andy)
26″ slick tires (Andy)
26″ mtb tires (Andy)

Things to carry things in
Backpacks
Arkel small front bags (both of us)
Ortlieb waterproof classic rear bags (Elicia)
Arkel large rear bags (Andy)
Vaude handlebar bag (Elicia)
Topeak Handlebar bag (Andy)

Gear type stuff
A really good helmet
2 small cable locks
a bike computer, very basic
front and rear lights (used them once so far)

Sleeping
down sleeping bags
thermarests
thermarest chairs (awesome, awesome, awesome)
homemade lightweight sleeping bag liners
Orion tent, rainfly, and groundcloth

Water
Ketadyne hiker water filter
Sweetwater viral drops
Emergency water purification tablets
3 one liter bottles each
3 liter camelbak (Andy)
2 liter camelback (Elicia)
plus a rotation of plastic bottles as needed

Stoves
MSR Whisperlight international (runs on unleaded fuel!!! Awesome!!!)
4 fuel bottles
a bag of things to fix the stove with
1 cartridge type stove
1 fuel cartridge
2 windscreens

Cooking
little cutting board (best thing EVER)
small knife
vegetable peeler
spork
big spoon
fork
folding spatula (almost useless)
scrubbie
2 liter pot
1.5 liter pot
fry pan
lid for pot
2 coffee mugs (Portland style)
bag of spices: cumin, curry, salt, pepper, ginger, and whatever else seems good
bottle of cooking oil,soy sauce

Clothes and stuff for Elicia
(not complete-do you really want to know how many bras I brought? If so, ask.)
4 chamois
2 jerseys
armwarmers
knee warmers
tights
thin wool long sleeve shirt
1 pair of town pants
1 wool town tee-shirt
super cute wrap dress
3 pairs of bike socks
1 pair thick wool socks
1 pair sandals
1 pair hiking shoes
1 pair biking shoes
swim suit
Sarong
thermal zip jacket
wool gloves
down jacket
fingerless gloves
full finger gloves for biking
2 wool hats
rain pants
rain jacket
booties

Random crap
plug for sink
clothesline
sun lotion
books
guidebooks
journals
mini-water color set
first aid kit w/ antibiotics, anti-diarrheal meds, tums, ibuprofen, band aids, Brave Soldier ointment, alcohol wipes, etc.
Zip lock bags (hard to find, and we never seem to have quite enough)
pens
buttons and blinky lights to give away to nice people we meet
camp towel
lotion
Chamois butter
vitamins
electrolyte tablets

For Fixing things
huge needle
little needle
upolstery thread
thermarest repair goo and patches
nylon repair tape
seam grip
100 patches
8 tubes
a variety of nuts, washers, and bolts
extra disc brake pads
extra pads for Andy’s other brakes
cable
kool tool
tire levers

Technology
Digital SLR camera w/telephoto lense
2 2k cards
120k mini hard drive
battery charger
various adapters
headlamps

Things we bought along the way
Nail clippers
nail brush (also great for scrubbing laundry)
another wool hat
clothespins
laundry detergent
more pens
new camelbak (Elicia’s developed a leak)

One Response to “Gear”

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