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I find packing really stressful. There is so much riding on what you take and don’t take with you. You are scared that you’ll forget something absolutely critical. But, at the same time you don’t want to take anything you don’t need or won’t use because that’s just going to make your life harder \u2013 not easier. Every extra ounce costs effort & time. Combine that with the practical limits of what you can actually fit, strap, bolt, tape, dangle from your bike and you’ll soon find yourself a bit gear obsessed. I found myself up at night adding random things like pack towels and toothpaste to my list for the umpteenth time, while debating whether or not I really need to pack 4 or 6 extra rechargeable AA batteries?\n<\/p>\n
Luckily I’ve done this before so I had a little bit of an idea of what should or should not come along on a bike tour. For example, last time I learned that I don’t need to bring dress shoes, nice jeans and a nice button down shirt. You’re on a bike, my friend\u2026 you don’t need to worry about looking nice when you’re not riding it. You do, however, have to be prepared for whatever weather you may encounter. In my case, I’m going to be riding during warm-weather days and be camping through some very cold nights, so I needed a bit of a range of gear to stay comfortable.\n<\/p>\n
I am by no means an ‘ultralight’ anything, so I don’t even pretend to keep the weight down on my gear to a minimum. Below is the full gear list that I’m taking with me for the month \u2013 this is laid out how I intend to organize my gear while riding. Packing all of this so it can go on an airplane a matter for a later post.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n Bike Clothes:<\/em> Electronics, miscellaneous:<\/em> \n\u00a0<\/p>\n Off Bike Clothes:<\/em> Toiletries:<\/em> Miscellaneous camping gear:<\/em> \n\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\u00a0<\/p>\n I find packing really stressful. There is so much riding on what you take and don’t take with you. You are scared that you’ll forget something absolutely critical. But, at the same time you don’t want to take anything you don’t need or won’t use because that’s just going to make your life harder \u2013 … Continue reading Day -2: Touring Gear<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,293,244],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california-to-texas-2013","category-crazyguyonabike","category-pedal-wheels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396\/revisions\/2415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/010113_2342_Day2Touring2.jpg\")
Saddle Bag – <\/span><\/strong>“Fix Me, Fix the Bike”
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Left Rear Pannier <\/strong>– “Essentials, Non-essentials”<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n
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Right Rear Pannier <\/strong>– “Comfortable Evenings”
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Left Front Pannier <\/strong>– “The Kitchen”<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n\n
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Right Front Pannier<\/strong> – “The Bedroom”
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