On 7/2/06, Terriann <ecotopia@...> wrote:

I'm new to the list, coming from a lifetime of cycling (20+ years) on
street bikes to purchasing my new Trek 7.3FX. I'm an avid lightweight
backpacker that is trying to blend the two worlds into "bike-packing"
or touring. In this process I now am the proud owner of a Burley
Nomad and am practicing on learning how to tow with and without a load
in preparation of doing some, if not all, of the John Wayne Pioneer
Trail later this summer. I'm hoping the members of the list can help
me. I'm looking for gear lists WITH WEIGHTS for multi-day tours.


Many thanks and smooth riding,

Terriann

 

Hi Terriann,
 

Here is a typical list for me with weights. This gearlist is good for me (comfortable) down to about freezing. I've used it on the John Waine Pioneer Trail. I've done some ultralight backpacking and find that the gear can be pretty much the same for backpacking and cycling, except that with cycling you will need a few tools and bike maintenance/spares etc. The below list is about 15 lbs including the weight of the panniers.

 

Sleeping:

 

Six Moon Designs Europa tent (2 man) 37 oz

BMW (Nunatak) Arc-X down quilt 16 oz

BMW torso lite inflatable pad + Gossamer gear Nitelite torso pad 14 oz (60 inch total length for the combination)

Thermarest small pillow (modified) 5 oz

 

Total 4.5 lbs

 

If I'm going solo, I'll use a single person 23 oz tent (drops the weight about a pound)

 

Cooking

 

Snow Peak gigapower cannister stove 2.5 oz

Cannister (110 size), full 7 oz

Snow Peak 600 mug with foil lid 2.9 oz

Snow Peak titanium spork 0.6 oz

Snow Peak 150 double wall mug 1.6 oz

 

Total 14.6 oz (o.9 lbs)

 

I'll sometimes sustitute a small Esbit stove and use a smaller Snowpeak 450 mug/cup.

Total weight for that setup is about 6 oz

 

Clothing typically not worn while riding, but used for sleeping or lounging around, ie "camp clothing"

 

Montbell thermawrap jacket 9.5 oz

Patagonia silkweight longjohns 7 oz

Smartwool lightweigh merino wool top 8 oz

Mt Hardware beanie 0.8 oz

Possum down socks 1.5 oz

Rainshield O2 hooded rain jacket 5 oz

Golite reed pants (waterproof breatheable rain pants) 4 oz

 

Total 2.2 lbs

 

Misc items:

 

Small ditty bag with miscellaneous toiletries/medicines, first aid kit, etc 16 oz

lighting (2 photon microlights, one red one white, with clip) 1.0 oz

For late winter/early spring or fall with shorter days I'll add a Petzel Zipka headlight 1.7 oz

Canon S230 digital camera 7 oz

Sangean radio with pillow speaker 7 oz

Cell phone 3 oz

Swiss army classic pocket knife <1.0 oz

 

Total 2.2 lbs

 

Tools

I carry a basic toolkit with allen wrenches, spoke wrench, tire levers, patch kit, chain breaker, small adjustable wrench, plus a couple of tubes, etc. I'm not sure of the exact weight but it's about 1.0 lb.

 

That's about 11 lbs total, not including the clothing I'm wearing plus a few miscellaneus items, and of course any water or food carried.

 

With a tent on top of a rack, everything else easily fits in a pair of Ortlieb sportpacker plus panniers (front panniers). The panniers weigh 3.6 lbs so the total weight of the above setup *including* panniers is under 15 lbs.