Bike and the kit
I am riding a Surly Disk Trucker. And I love it. It’s an absolute tank, super strong and stable. Here’s my bike and riding kit:
- Surly Disk Trucker 2013 (parts detailed here)
- Rear Rack: Tubus Cargo Classic
- Front Rack: Tubus Tara Low Rider
- Rear Panniers: Ortlieb Back-Roller Classic
- Front Panniers: Ortlieb Front-Roller Plus
- Handle Bar Bag: Ortlieb Ultimate5 Classic
- Lowe Alpine Nanon 50:60 backpack, to go on top of back rack
- Seat: Original WTB SST Comp
- 2 X Schwable Marathon Dureme tires, 26 X 2.0
- 1 X Schwable Marathon Extreme
- Cascadia Hybrid/Touring Fenders (Front and Back)
- Shimano A530 pedals
- Minoura bottle holders X 3
- Helmet: Bell Sweep XC
Camping
- Exped Schnozzel Pumpbag – Also serves as waterproof bag for sleeping bag and the mat
- Sleeping bag: Marmot Hydrogen
- Helinox Chair
- Sleeping mat: Exped Synmat UL 7
- Sherpa inner lining
- MSR Hubba + MSR Gear Shed extension + MSR ground tarp
- MSR Fuel Bottle, 591ml
- MSR Whisperlite Stove
- Cooking Pots: Snow Peak Trek Combo Titanium
- Quick release clips X 5: Useful to have
- Gerber Bear Grylls Knive
- MSR PackTowl Ultra light
- Livedventure Ti Spork
- Sea Summit Cup
Repair Tools and stuff
- First Aid Kit
- Warranty Papers, photocopies of passport, IDs etc…
- Lube and degreaser
- Repair Kit and Tools
- Some spare parts and batteries, all fitted in the container
- Bike Lock: Onguard Doberman Combo Cycle Lock
- Tire levers
- Puncture repair kit
- Spare tubes – always at least 2, with schrader valve
- Crank Brothers MP19 Multitool kit
- Long nose pliers + cutters
- ParkTool Spoke Wrench
- Valve converter
- Allen Keys key (#2 to #9)
- Cable ties (a bunch of them)
- Small-Medium size Wrench
- IceToolz Pedal Spanner
- Spare Parts for panniers and bike computer
- AA Batteries, Lithium 2032 Batteries
- Heavy duty tape and electric tape
- WheelsMan Emergency Hanger, in case the derailleur breaks
- Spare break pads – Avid Pad BB7 X 2
- High Duty Straps X 2, to hold the pack on the top of the back rack
Clothing
- Columbia Airgill Light long sleeve shirt
- Columbia Men’s Solar Polar long sleeve shirt
- Skins C400 Wind Stopper Cycling Jacket (for cold, windy weather)
- Leopard Trek Hoodie, for chilly nights and after a day’s ride. I’m considering getting a new fleece though…
- Asolo Goretex trekking boots, used on walking days and cycling in the rain
- Lowe Alpine long sleeve shirt
- Mont trekking shorts, multi-usage, very versatile
- Lowe Alpine Rain Jacket – for non-cycling
- Under Armour long sleeve skin top
- Macpac Mountain Bike Shorts
- North face waterproof trousers
- Reef Flip-Flops
- Zoot Ultra Tempo 2.0 shoes, super light and comfy; been having these for ages
- 2XU T-shirts x 2
- Lafuma Trekking Trousers
- Gore Oxygen GT Rain Jacket – For cycling
- Icebreaker underwear (1) and Holeproof Explorer underwear (2), mainly used after a day’s ride and non-cycling days
- Pearl Izumi arm warmers, for cooler early morning rides
- Icebreaker Merino t-shirt, for non-cycling days, try to always keep clean
- 2XU shorts, for non-cycling days
- 2XU cycling shorts, usually used as base layer with my Mont shorts on top
- Kathmandu trekking sox
- Clean pair of socks (2)
- Capo cycling socks
- Waterproof socks: Sealskinz Thin Ankle Length X 1
- Towel
- 2XU compression tights, for recovery. Super compact and light, they always helped me recover faster
- Buff headwear
- Roeckl cycling gloves
- GreenEdge cycling cap
- Netti cycling winter gloves
- Shimano MT 43 cycling shoes
- Not in images: Merino long sleeve hoody shirt, super versatile; can be used for cycling, at night or non-cycling days. Love it!
Usual cycling day clothes
Rain kit
Electronics
I haven’t listed various chargers needed to power some of these items. They’re all nicely fitting in a plastic container. Except for my laptop and my camera battery, the rest can be charged by the Powermonkey. My camera isn’t in the image: I used it to take the photo. 🙂
- Canon 7D
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM lenses
- External Drives: Western Digital My Passport, 2 Tb and 1 Tb
- Powermonkey eXplorer solar panel recharger, 2200mAh battery + various plugs in the little bag
- Laptop, Sony Vaio Z46GD + lightweight and protective case
- HTC Desire mobile phone
- Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM ultra-wide lenses
- iPod mini 16GB
- AV Labs memory card reader: saves heaps of camera battery when transferring photos to my laptop
- Garmin Egde 500 (cadence and speed sensors are mounted on the bike…)
- Lenses hood, Canon EW-83E
- Remote cable shutter
- Camera brush, to clean mirror and lenses
- 16GB Extreme Scandisk memory card X 2 + SD slot adapter
- 1GB memory card, used to store my favorite photos
- Camera strap
