My complete bicycle touring gear list
This is my complete bicycle touring gear list and it contains all the stuff I will take with me on my adventure ride from Mexico to Argentina. This gear also includes some of my hiking gear – mentioned before in my PCT gear list – as I want to go hiking along the way. Most of the hiking or camping gear I own for a long time and it has prooved its reliability. In total my bicycle touring gear list weighs about 23 kg. That’s without the bicycle which adds another 18 kilograms to the total weight.
“There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard.”
Jerome K. Jerome
| Touring Bicycle | Thorn Nomad MK 2 – individual setting |
| Rear Panniers | Ortlieb Back Roller Classic Rear Panniers |
| Handlebar bag | Ortlieb Ultimate Size M – 7l |
| Rack Pack | Ortlieb Rack Pack 49 l |
| Map Bag | Ortlieb Map bag for Ultimate |
| Helmet | UVEX i-vo cc |
| Tent | Nemo Hornet 2 person tent |
| Sleeping Bag | Western Mountaineering Apache MF |
| Sleeping Bag Pack | Sea to Summit Ultra Sil Dry 20l |
| Sleeping Bag Liner | Cocoon Travel Sheet Silk |
| Sleeping Bag Liner (used by my cycling partner Brad – so one’s enough!) |
Cocoon Mummy Liner Expedition Black regular |
| Sleeping Pad | Therm-a-Rest Neo Air X-Lite W’s + Pack |
| Headlamp | Petzl Tikka R+ |
| Camera | Olympus Tough TG-4 |
| Notebook | Macbook Air 13’’ 256 GB, 8 GB |
| Notebook bag | Samsonite Airglow Sleeve 13’’ |
| Phone | iphone SE 32 GB |
| Phone case | Otterbox Defender |
| eBook | Kindle Paperwhite |
| charging cords | cords for electronics |
| USB Travel Charger Adapt. | Anker Power Port 4 for US |
| Travel Adapter for Apple | Apple travel adapter |
| USB travel mouse (never used and dropped soon) |
Sabrent travel USB mouse |
| External Portable Battery | RAV Power 7800 Ah |
| External Harddrive | WD Passport for MAC 2 TB |
| Stove | MSR Whisperlite multi-fuel |
| Small bottles for sauce, oil | 2x Nalgene bottle 60 ml |
| Pot | Primus LiTech trek kettle |
| Pan | Primus LiTech Pan |
| Cup | Sea to Summit Delta Mug blau 473ml |
| Spoon | Esbit Titan longhandle spoon |
| Spork | Sea to Summit Delta Spork grau |
| Knife | German Army knife |
| Small knife | Victorinox |
| Water Filter | Sawyer Point One Squeeze |
| Water Filter Back-up | Micropur Forte 100 L |
| Water Bag | Platypus Softbottle 1 liter |
| Water Bottle | Nalgene Every day wide-mouth 1l |
| Toiletries | Toothbrush, toothpaste, personal toiletries |
| Towel | PackTowl Nano Gr. S |
| Towel II | MSR Packtowel Personal Pacific Blue XL |
| Trowel | MSR Blizzard Snow Stake |
| Toilet Paper | wet toilet paper |
| Handsanitizer | Liquid Hand Sanitizer |
| Shoes | Brooks Cascadia |
| Rain Jacket/Hardshell | Haglöfs Ratio Q Jacket Gr. S |
| Rain Jacket | OR Helium II Jacket Woman |
| Rain Pants | Üla rain skirt |
| Pants | Lundhags Traverse WS Pant |
| Insulating Jacket | Arc’teryx Atom LT Hoody |
| Longsleeve Top | Ortovox Women Fleece Light Melange Jacket M |
| Longsleeve Merino Shirt | Longsleeve Merino Shirt |
| Cycling Shorts | GORE Element Lady Tights short |
| Cycling Shorts | GORE Alp-X Lady Shorts |
| Cycling Shirt | GORE Element Lady Digi Heart Shirt |
| Cycling Shirt II | Haglöfs Shirt |
| Sports Bra | Icebreaker sports bra |
| Underwear | 2x Craft Active Comfort Boxers Women |
| Socks | 2x Darn Tough |
| Sleeping Socks | Smartwool W’s PHD Outdoor Medium Crew |
| Pajama Top | Woolpower Zip Turtleneck 200 |
| Pajama Bottom | Odlo Evolution X-Warm Pants |
| Gloves | Seirus All weather Gloves + Icebreaker Liners |
| Warm Hat | Mammut Merino Beanie |
| Scarf | Buff |
| Hat | Gaastra Cap |
| Mosquito Head Net | Sea To Summit Nano Headnet |
| Sunglasses | Oakley sun glasses |
| glasses | Personal glasses |
| Backpack | Osprey Exos 58 |
| Raincover | Osprey UL raincover |
| Hiking Poles | Leki micro vario carbon |
| Hiking Poles Snow Basket | Leki Big mountain basket |
| Gaiters | Dirty Girl Gaiters |
| First Aid | personal meds, blisterpads, Ibuprofen, Buscopan Plus, Band Aids, Bepanthen creme |
| Repair-Kit | fire starter, duct tape, repair kit mat,
Parachute Cord 5m, clothes line elastic |
| Compass | Suunto M3-G |
| Money I | Passport sleeve, passport, Vaccination certificate |
| Money II | Money bag, money, credit cards |
| Stuff Sack (Food) | Sea to Summit Ultra Sil Dry Sack 13 l |
| Stuff Sack (Clothing) | Sea to Summit eVent compression sack + Therm-A-Rest Stuff Sack Pillow |
| Stuff Sack (electronics) | Sea to Summit Ultra Sil Dry Sack 2 l |
| Watch | Suunto Vector HR |
What gear will you take on your next bicycle touring trip?
Hopefully my bicycle touring gear list is helpful to you and makes it a little easier to decide for you what to bring. Every single item in my list is well selected and I hope it will last me for my whole trip from Mexico to Argentina!
Did I miss anything? If you have any suggetions please let me know!
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