Preparation:
Equipment (July 24, 2010)
With slightly more than a week before I fly to Ireland I have managed to get all of my equipment together. My bike is in the shop getting a final tune-up and the store will box it up for the flight on Monday August 2nd. Once I get to Ireland, I will pack it up in the various pannier bags. I did not have the nerve to actually try riding my bike with all this heavy stuff, no need to lose motivation at this late stage. I'll post a picture once I get on the road with everything packed.
Once I completed my purchases, I spread all my belongings out and here it is:
This is a list of the equipment I will be carrying/wearing/attaching to my bike.
Bike
* Koga-Miyata World Traveller touring bike
* Arkel panniers (2 rear, 2 front, handlebar bag)
* Spare tire tubes, tools to fix flat tires and minor maintenance, helmet (with rain cover)
Clothes
* Gore tex rain gear (top and bottom)
* Patagonia long underwear (top and bottom) for the mountains and winter weather
* 2 convertible pants (zipper to change from pants to shorts)
* 2 pair of cycling shorts
* 2 short sleeve mesh cycling shirts
* 1 long sleeve shirt and 1 long sleeve turtleneck
* 1 fleece sweater and 2 t-shirts
* 4 pair of wool cycling socks
* 1 pair of waterproof socks
* 1 pair of cycling gloves and 1 pair of cold weather gloves
* 1 pair hiking boots (for my 30 day hike on the Camino de Santiago in Spain)
* 1 pair cycling shoes and 1 pair of sandals
* Dry bag (waterproof bag fits on rear rack and can carry hiking boots, sleeping bag, tent)
Camping
* Big Agnes 2-man tent/fly/groundsheet
* Big Agnes sleeping bag, fleece bag liner, thermarest pad and thermarest pillow
* MSR Whisperlite International gas stove and 20 oz fuel bottle (fits on bike)
* MSR Miniworks Ex water filter (to filter questionable drinking water)
* Walkstool (chair to sit on while cooking/cleaning bike/reading)
* GSI Java Press and coffee mug (for my morning coffee, you can camp and still be
civilized)
* Cooking set (2 sauce pans with lids and a frying pan), dinner plate, bowl
* First aid kit (Adventure Medical Kit)
* Travel towel in case, swiss army knife, cutlery (1 knife, 1 spoon, 1 fork), cleaning
supplies,
plastic case for coffee/olive oil, spices, 8" knife, plastic cutting board.
* Shaving kit with toiletries
* Headlamp (for reading and to keep my eye on things that make noise at night outside
my tent)
* 1 gallon plastic water jug
Electronics
* Asus Eee PC (10" screen and 14-hour battery life), power chord
* Canon Power Shot G10 Digital Camera, power chords and battery charger
* Amazon Kindle (to make it easy and light to read travel books and pleasure reading)
* Ipod and stereo speakers (speakers fit in handlebar bag to avoid wearing
headphones while cycling)
Other
* Leather bound journal for making notes - thank you Diane Gilfeather)
* Travel Diary (thank you to Catherine Visaya)
