GEAR

GEAR for the Hayduke

~coming soon

• Luna sandals, Oso wings.

• Gossomer Gear, ~35L Kumo Backpack (17.45 ounces).

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GEAR for Bikepacking through Latin America

(Scroll down to see the different bag setups I used over the course of my Latina America cycle tour)

BIKE

• Advocate Cycles: Seldom Seen.
• Stans: ZTR Major, no tubes 27.5″ wheels.
• Terrene Tires: Chunk (tough), tubeless, 27.5 x 3″.
• Ergon: GP5 hand grips.
• Brooks: Cambium C19 (with gel seat cover).
• Specialized: Bennies Platform Pedals.

BAGS

HANDLEBARS:

Revelate Designs: front roll harness.

• Tillak: Kiwanda 20L drybag/backpack.
• Revelate Designs: Mountain Feedbag (2).

TOPTUBE:

Revelate Designs: Gas Tank & Jerry Can.

FRAME:

Homemade partial frame bags (2) [hand-sewn while on tour, from an old worn-out Revelate Designs SaltyRoll and Gas Tank].

SEAT/RACK:

Sea to Summit: 20L Dry River Bag.

BOTTLE CAGES & RACK

• DOWNTUBE: King Cage: Manything Cage.
• FRONT FORKS: King Cage: Manything Cage (2).
• HANDLEBAR TOP MOUNT: King Cage: Iris King Cage.
• REAR RACK: Ratking Frames/Tumbleweed Bikes: T-Rack
• REAR CAGES: King Cage: Manything Cage (2) [mounted to rack].

BIKE STUFF: tools, spare parts, etc

• Voile Straps
• Cable and lock.
• Planet Bike: Super flash taillight.
• Cateye: Enduro Cycle computer.
• Lezyne: Microfloor HVG Pump (8 oz).
• Multitools: Lezyne V10 (3.6 oz), and Leatherman PS4 (1.9 oz).
• Tire boots, tire plugs, chain lube, rag, presta to schrader adapter, gorilla tape, tenacious tape, needle & thread, shoegoo, tire levers.
• Tubeless sealant.
• Tubolito inner tube & patch kit.
• Spare brake pads, quick links, cables, spokes, valves, derailleur hanger, and a few bolts.
• Fiskers small scissors.

PERSONAL GEAR

THE BASICS…

• Giro: Hex helmet.
• Dabrim: Classic Visor (attached to helmet).
• Bike gloves.
• Luna Sandals: OSO 2.0
• Native Eyewear: Sidecar Sunglasses (and spare lenses).

SLEEPING…

• Enlightened Equipment, Convert Down Quilt/Sleeping Bag 10°F (25.5 oz).
• Cocoon, hyperlight air-core pillow (2.4 oz).
• EVA foam mat.
• Zpacks: Duplex tent, listed under shared gear.

WATER VESSELS & KITCHEN…

• Klean Kanteen, single-wall bottles, 64 oz and 27.5 oz.
• Tillak, Metolius 18 oz insulated bottle.
• Platypus, 1L Softbottle (2 @ 1.2 oz each)
• Valtcan, 450ml titanium cup, with lid (2.5 oz).
• Opinel Knife (No8), small (1.5 oz).
• Sea to Summit, Alpha Light Spoon short (0.3 oz).
• Keychain style can opener.
• 2 Mini binder clips (for keeping food packages closed).
• Baggu, standard reusable ripstop nylon bag (always kept in my stuffsack purse so I had it with me for market and resupply shopping).

TOILETRIES…

• Toothbrush (cut down).
• Uncle Harry’s Natural Tooth Powder (I keep a small amount in a plastic contact lens holder with my toothbrush, and some extra in a ziploc).
• floss.
• piece of comb.
• piece of eyeliner.
• lip balm with carabiner (2).
• ear swabs.
• toilet paper.
• nail clippers.
• Lena, menstrual cup.
• REI mini multi-towel. (0.8 oz)
• Small piece of cloth (~6 in sq) for washing my face at the end of the day.
• 3 oz bottle with olive oil (I use olive oil on my skin; it’s easier to travel with than coconut oil. It also makes a great addition to food that is prepared cold, like salads, or cold-soaked oats or couscous. It also works great as an anti-chafe and after care for chafe).

FIRST AID / HEALTH…

• Arnica salve.
• Arnica tablets.
• Betadine.
• Rubbing alcohol.
• Echinacea.
• Probiotics.
• Dr Christopher’s – complete tissue and bone repair formula.
• Electrolytes.
• Sea salt.
• Various herbs: turmeric, ginger, cloves, oregano (depends on what I can find).

CLOTHES…

• Shorts.
• Tank top.
• Northface, Sunshirt.
• Haglofs, Essens Mimic Jacket, with hood (synthetic).
• Patagonia, lightweight long sleeve zip neck shirt (3.6 oz).
• Tatoo, lightweight, full zip, polartec hoodie.
• Darn Tough, Micro crew cushion wool socks (altered to tabi).
• Smartwool, short lightweight wool socks (altered to tabi).
• Smartwool, leg warmers (they were actually arm-warmers, but I cut the tightest cuff off so I can use them as leg warmers instead).
• Seirus, Stormsock (altered to tabi).
• Thin liner socks (for sleeping).
• Underarmour, Coldgear Tactical Leggings (~6 oz).
• Patagonia, Cap 1 leggings.
• Homemade ultra-sil raingear (~6 oz), includes jacket, chaps, tabi booties, mittens [I sent the skirt home].
• Marmot, Precip rain jacket.
• Homemade softshell mittens.

• Light gloves.
• Buff, polar (1.5 oz).
• Buff, half (0.5 oz).
• 1 pair underwear.
• Patagonia, Barely Sports Bras (2).

MISC…

• Bandana.
• An assortment of silnylon stuff sacks.
• Sunhat.
• Homemade silnylon wallet and cordura stuffsack purse, credit cards, ID, and passport.

ELECTRONICS, etc

• Steripen, Ultra water purifier, UV light (4.8 oz), charges via USB.
• Petzl, Elite (mini flashlight, 1 ounce) and spare batteries.
• Petzl, Zipka headlamp.
• iPhone 8 Plus.
• Small 2 port wall charger.
• Sandisk, MP3 Sansa Clip.
• Headphones.
• Charge cords.
• Anker, 10000mAh powerbank.
• Anker, 21W dual USB solar charger [I’ve currently sent this home, but I may retrieve it later].
• Yichumy, Phone SD card reader [I use SD cards to store photos I’ve edited with my phone. It’s like an external hard drive for my phone].
• Several SD cards (stored in an Altoids mini tin).
• Sony NEX 5T camera (charges via USB).
• Spare camera battery.
• Camera brush, blower, cleaning cloth.

ART SUPPLIES…

• A few sheets of paper.
• A few colors of paint and a few pencils.
• Brushes, cut down, (2).
• Princeton, Catelyst tool (cut down).

SHARED GEAR…

• SteinCo.: Mini Cassette Lock.
• 2 personal sized cuben fiber ground sheets.
• ZPacks Cuben Fiber Duplex Tent (19 oz).
• 2 carbon fiber tent poles (5 oz).
• 8 aluminum v-style tent stakes (2.7 oz).

NAVIGATION…

• iPhone: using GPS apps and map PDF’s.
• MapOut app.
• Gaia GPS (classic) app.
• Google maps, for more urban routes where signal is available.
• Occasional paper maps & route descriptions.

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Luna Sandals

TERRENE TIRES

Luna Sandals for keeping my feet happy.

&

Roadrunner Bags for helping me dial in my bike bags.