Just a couple of days until I fly to Spain to cycle about 1200km (3 weeks) of the Trans-Andalusia mountainbike trail.
This is my provisional packing list, based on wild camping down to about freezing point.
List is excluding on bike cloths
1. Front roll/harness (2.8kg) : Msr Hubba 1p tent (only outer tent and footprint), Thermarest neo air mattress, pillow, g-tex jacket.
2. Framebag (2.6kg) :
Tire pump+shocks pump
Toiletries bag
Pan, mug, stove
Electronics bag (mobile charger, Camera spare battery+charger, usb power bank, torch +bike lights , spare batteries)
Coffee/Tea for the first week
Water bags (1x 2L, 1x 0.5L)
Waterfilter (Sawyer)
250ml fuel bottle
Loo roll/wet wipes
Kitchen set
Gloves, buff x2
G-tex pants/overshoes
3. Top tube bag ( 700g incl gps):
Mobile, camera, notebook, pen, map, shades/other junk
4. Rear frame bag ( 800g)
Tools and spares
5. 13L canoe bag on rear rack (2.2kg)
Sleeping bag
Zip off pants
T-shirt
Socks 1 pair
Sealskinz socks
Undies x2
Cumulus incredilite insulation jacket
Fleece
6. Camelbak 2L (1.4kg)
Bike lock (for now)
FA kit
2L water bladder
At 10.5kg including shampoo, moisturiser, deo, sunblock, tea and coffee for the first week I can’t complain really. This is the lightest I’ve travelled to date and I doubt I can get (comfortably) much lighter for a multi week trip.
This is roughly what it will look like on bike.
Looks good Shane,
I guess, you would rather have the zipper of the rear frame bag on the tube side instead of the wheel side, when it gets muddy…
Make it a good ride in Spain. 🙂
Yup, But I had to do it this way to keep the stiffener whole so the thing doesn’t sag onto the wheel 🙂 This was the second attempt and its a pain to make. Maybe one day I’ll make a better one 🙂
Gorilla snot? It’s tubeless isn’t it?
Didn’t get round to the tubeless conversion, I’ll have to do that in the summer.
Hi Shane,
I’ve just came across your blog after it was shared via the TransAndalus Facebook page. I’m so glad I’ve found all this information. I’m riding much of this section in June, from Malaga to Antequerra, then eastwards to Almeria, before taking the coastal section of the TransMurciana to Murcia.
Your photos on Flickr look incredible, and I’m going to enjoy your blog over the coming weeks.
Great work man. Keep it up.
Firmo
Hi Lee,
I’m not sure I’ll get round to writing up this trip soon, but here are the fb updates during the trip 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/shanecycles