Packing List

We'll be carrying everything on our bikes for 3 months! The list below total about 85 pounds of gear.

• Ace bandage
• Adjustable wrench
• Airline tickets
• "Alien" bike tool
• Bag balm
• Bandanas, 1 each
• Baseball caps, 1 each
• Bike tights, 1 pair each
• Books, 1 each
• Brake cables, 2
• Brochures, 100
• Bungee cords, 2
• Camera
• Can opener
• Candle lantern
• Candles for lantern, 9
• Can opener
• Cell phone
• Chain link
• Chain lubricant
• Chapstick
• Compression sacks, 2
• Cookbook, 1-pot gourmet
• Cooking mess kits, 2
• Cooking utensils
• Cooking: 2-qt. pot
• Credit cards, 2
• Cycling gloves, 2 pairs
• Cycling gloves, neoprene
• Cycling jerseys, long-sleeve, 1 each
• Cycling jerseys, short-sleeve, 2 each
• Cycling shoes
• Cycling shorts, 2 pair each
• Dental floss
• Deodorant
• Derailer cable, 2
• Duct tape, 6 feet
• Film – slide and print
• First aid kit
• Flashlights, 2
• Fleece pullover, 1 each
• Fuel bottles, 2
• Hair brush, 2
• Headlight & tail light
• Helmets, Schwinn, 2
• Hydrosocks, 1 pair each
• Insect repellent
• Locks for bike, 2
• MAC (ATM) card
• Mallet for tent stakes
• Maps from Adventure Cycling
• Matches, waterproof
• Olive oil
• Overgloves, waterproof
• Pack towels, large & small
• Panniers, front & back
• Pens, 2
• Pepper spray
• Pillows, 2
• Pocketmail e-mail device
• Polypropelene long johns
• Rain top and pants
• Razor and blades
• Ride for Chiro. tee-shirts
• Safety flags, 2
• Safety reflective gear
• Sandals, 1 pair each
• Shaving creme
• Shoe covers, waterproof
• Shorts, casual, 1 pair each
• Sleeping bags, 2
• Sleeping pads, 2
• Soap, Dr. Bronner's
• Spatula for cooking
• 4-spice container
• Spokes, 7
• Scrubber, to clean pots
• Stove, MSR Whisperlite Int'l
• Sunglasses, with 2 lenses
• Sweatpants, Polartec, 1 pair each
• Sunscreen, SPF 15
• Swimsuit, 1 each
• Swiss Army knife
• Synthetic socks, 6 pairs
• Tent, Sierra Designs 2-person
• Tent groundcloth
• Tire, spare, 1
• Tire pressure gauge
• Tire pumps, 2
• Tire tubes, spare, 3
• Toilet paper
• Toothbrush & toothpaste
• Traveler's checks
• Tube patch kits, 2
• Water bottles, 4
• Waterproof bags, 8
• Wristwatch with alarm
• Writing journal
• Ziploc bags & ties