Bikepacking Gear List - robinridesthedivide

Tailfin Carbon Cargopack, with Through Axle mount. 12ltr Changed this from the Aeropack, which was great. The cargopack has stretchy pockets; great for maps and snacks

Bags 922g

Alpkit Stingray full frame bag Was custom made, but did not need to create a template as the same company made the bike

Bags 300g

Alpkit Alpkit Fuel Pod Rear 1.0ltr

Bags 85g

Tailfin Top Tube Bag 1.5ltr I chose the flip option and am very pleased that I did. It's wasterproof and very easy to access

Bags 187g

Tailfin 16ltr Rear Panniers x2 My attempt at not carrying too much. Larger ones would have been great but I know I would have filled them!

Bags 1,140g

Swift Industries Zeitgeist Pack 12ltr What a great bag! Sometimes I wish it opened the other way around.

Bags 590g

Tailfin Fork Bags 3ltr x2 Just big enough for my cook kit on one side, my XL sleeping mat on the other

Bags 310g

Fjallraven Hoja Snack Bags x2 Perhaps not perfect; these did the job OK.

Bags 190g

Apidura Packable Backpack 13ltr

Bags 110g

Tailfin Packing Cubes SO useful to keep things organised. Even more so if you wish to leave the Cargopack attatched to the bike.

Bags 154g

Sonder Broken Road Large frame, Titanium

Bike 2,300g

Rockshox Sid Ultimate Fork: 100mm. Added weight but I was SO pleased to have it.

Bike 1,300g

Gears: Pinion C12 Gearbox Love the gearbox, hate the twist-grip

Bike 2,350g

Original Wheels: 29″ Sonder Aluminium x2 These are the ones that I had hassle with, losing the freehub just north of Lima

Bike

Wheels: DT Swiss EX511 rims, 29", 32H x2 With a DT Swiss 350 DEG IS 6 bolt disc rear hub, Sapim D-Light double butted black spokes

Bike 1,700g

Instinctiv Shiftbox Adaptor This worked fine. I hated the shifter though (designed for tentacles, not finders) so added two dropper post levers for Up & Down

Bike

Tyres: Vittoria Mezcal XC TNT 2.35″ x2 Seems to be the default GDMBR tyre. Had to replace my rear in Rawlins as the tread got very low

Bike 1,500g

Vittoria Air Liner inserts x2 Just in case; want to avoid those pinch flats!

Bike 250g

Drive: Gates Carbon Belt CDX 115t No oil, no rust; shrugs off mud. The only time I thought about it was when folks mentioned it,

Bike 95g

Dynamo: SON 28 15x110 IS 6 bolt disc hub, 32H Was it worth it? I'm not sure. I'm certain it was good know that I always had lights.

Bike 460g

Grips: WTB Comfort Zone - Clamp-On Was using chunky silicon grips but changed to these on the route to try and deal with hand pain. Bought the fancier Ergon ones,too, but they have metal ends which I found to be uncomfortable.

Bike 200g

Handlebar: Jones H Bar Loop 710×2.5 SG Very happy with this, especially the 2.5" additional height,

Bike 670g

Pedals: Wolftooth Waveform Very happy with these; am now very happy to not be clipped in.

Bike 384g

Rectifier: Cinq Plug5 This ended up being a spare rectifier, as I bought a Sinewave front light.

Bike 50g

Saddle: Brooks B17 - Carved The classic.. I tried a LOT of saddles. We came to an arrangement and got on OK.

Bike 520g

Seatpost: Redshift Shockstop Every little helps. Prefer this to the Can Creek one I used previously.

Bike 683g

Grips: Ergon SQlab 411 2.0 Innerbarends Did not use these much but they were nice to have. Also hung my water filter bag off them!

Bike 60g

Adidas Five Ten Freerider Pro Shoes So very comfy.

Clothing 800g

OR Sun Hoodie Apparently you're not allowed to cycle the GDMBR without one 🙂

Clothing 265g

Darn Tough No2 Micro Crew Socks x3 Don't leave home without them. Amazing. 63% Merino

Clothing 240g

Patagonia Micro Puff Hoodie My favourite item of clothing. Packs down small; always useful.

Clothing 305g

Alpkit Kepler Merino Boxers

Clothing

Alpkit Kepler Merino Leggings For sleeping

Clothing

Alpkit Kepler Merino Longsleeve For sleeping

Clothing

Cascade Merino Wolfpack Snood You need something to deal with the ATV dust

Clothing

Gore Endure Gore-Tex Rain Jacket Hi-vis yellow. Nice that the hood goes over my cycling helmet.

Clothing 280g

Gore Glidewheel Gore-Tex Rain Pants Didn't use them, not sure I'll take them next time.

Clothing 195g

Patagonia Houdini Wind Layer Tiny when packed; very pleased that I took it.

Clothing 110g

Rapha Brevet Cargo Bib Shorts x2 Pricey, but very soft and stretchy

Clothing 600g

Rapha Trail Shorts These are great; with decent pockets

Clothing 260g

Rohan Merino Cool Short Tee

Clothing 150g

Rohan Portreath Sun Shirt

Clothing 180g

Specialized Body Geometry Dual-Gel Mitts These were great, until I lost them...

Clothing 87g

MSR Pocket Rocket Stove

Cooking 73g

Alpkit MytiPot 900 Just a little larger, fitted the tailfin 3ltr perfectly; gas and stove etc fit inside this too.

Cooking 120g

100 gram Gas Canister

Cooking 190g

Alpkit Jasper Firelighter Keeps working when other forms of lighting a stove have died.

Cooking 15g

Lifeventure Silicon Collapsible Bowl

Cooking 90g

Lifeventure Silicon Collapsible Mug

Cooking 64g

TiTo Long-Handled Spork

Cooking 16g

Ziplocks! Indispensable! Great for porridge, can be squashed, no wasted space.

Cooking 5g

Front Light - Sinewave Beacon 2 With inbuilt rectifier.

Electronic 115g

INIU Power Bank, Mini 20000mAh 65W Fast Charge x2 The most compact 2kmAh one I could find. I did need the second one on a couple of ocassions.

Electronic 640g

MINIX 66W Turbo 3-Port GaN Wall Charger With US plug type. This worked well.

Electronic 120g

Rear Light - Sinewave Taillight

Electronic 30g

SHOKZ OpenSwim Pro Bone Conduction Headphones I had another pair originally but the water killed them. these are IP68

Electronic 28g

USB to 4x USBC Cable My No1 useful piece of gear! You need one

Electronic 30g

Tailfin Suspension Fork Mounts (three per side) These are the carbon ones

Hardware 245g

Velo Orange Mojave Bottle Cages x2 Tip from Mat Ryder. These are perfect for 40oz Kleen Kanteen, or Nalgenes

Hardware 320g

Haute Twisted T stem bag support

Hardware 106g

Tailfin Small Cargo Cages x2 One on each fork leg

Hardware 120g

Tailfin Cargo Straps x6

Hardware 210g

Tailfin Large Cargo Cage I use this on the bottom of my downtube, for holding a a water bottle (that normally gets covered in mud)

Hardware 79g

Drone: DJI Mini 4 Pro Love this; wish I had captured a lot more drone footage

Journaling 249g

DJI RC 2 Remote Controller Larger and heavier than using a phone, but so much better. Good battery life too.

Journaling 420g

DJI Action 5 Pro Been using these since the '2', will upgade to the 6

Journaling 146g

DJI Action Battery Case Will probably not bother with this next time

Journaling 110g

DJI Mic Mini x3 Plus charger adaptor. Wrote one off in the rain.

Journaling 50g

DJI Mini 4 Pro Intelligent Flight Battery x2 Will only take one spare when I go back

Journaling 158g

DJI Osmo Extreme Battery Plus x2

Journaling 68g

DJI Two-Way Charging Hub Not sure I'll take this next time.

Journaling 147g

Micro SD Card Case Waterproof-ish (the best one I could find.

Journaling 38g

Insta360 X5

Journaling 200g

Cycplus Tiny Pump with Gauge Noisy, and some would say this is for lazy people, but I love it

Maintenance 120g

Drive: Gates Carbon Belt CDX 115t No oil, no rust; shrugs off mud. The only time I thought about it was when folks mentioned it,

Maintenance 95g

Knipex Mini Waterpump Pliers - 125mm Small but SO handy.

Maintenance 82g

Levers/Tyreglider

Maintenance 20g

Lezyne Micro HV Pump A micro pump that thinks its a floor pump.

Maintenance 210g

Peaty's Tubeless Plugger Kit

Maintenance 40g

Peaty’s Holeshot Biofibre Tubeless Sealant 120ml pouch. Could have done with a few of these.

Maintenance 150g

T25 Torx Key Super-handy, especially for TailFin items

Maintenance 70g

Tubolito Tube and Patch Kit

Maintenance 120g

Wera Multicolour L-key set metric I just brought three or four of these. Crazy-expensive! Much better than a multitool.

Maintenance 400g

Fiber Fix Emergency Spoke

Maintenance 13g

Scraper/Spatula - 2"/ 50mm For peanut-butter mud, or simply for Peanut Butter!

Maintenance 5g

Garmin Edge 1040 Solar Computer GPS Didn't let me down, apart from 1st day in Canada but that was my error.

Nav/Comms 133g

Garmin InReach Mini2 Satellite Communicator With SOS feature. Note that Garmin has stopped selling insurance outside of the USA now 🙁

Nav/Comms 100g

Garmin Fenix 8 Solar The inbuilt torch is a great feature. Probably too much watch for me.

Nav/Comms 95g

Full Set of Adventure Cycling Association Maps These were a joy to refer to at the time, and nice now to open and mentally revisit the route.

Nav/Comms 390g

iPhone - Ride With GPS Maps Plus Satellite backup, Camera, Uploads, Comms. Had an eSim.

Nav/Comms 170g

Alpkit EZ Sitter Bun protection - worth the hassle of carrying

Personal

Chamois Butt'r Not what I would normally use, but was available everywhere on the route

Personal 240g

PACT Lite Kit All in one bathroom kit for digging a hole and burying your poop in the backcountry.

Personal 120g

Sea to Summit Handwash

Personal 20g

Sea to Summit Laundry Wash

Personal 20g

Sea To Summit Wilderness Wipes

Personal 100g

Toothpaste Tabs

Personal 10g

Ultralight Travel Towel These are all pretty useless.

Personal 82g

Folding Toothbrush Jack-Reacher style.

Personal 50g

Smiths Forefront 2 MIPS Helmet Earned its keep on Fleecer Ridge!

Safety 340g

Bear Spray Have to purchase in Canada or the US

Safety 300g

Fox40 Whistle

Safety 15g

Adventure Medical Kit 5

Safety 103g

DaBrim Sporty Cycling Sun Visor Brim Left it at home the first time; going to take it with me next time!

Safety 140g

Insurance! I used Garmin Search & Rescue Insurance and Pedalcover Insurance

Safety

Midge-Proof Headnet Didn't need to use it.

Safety 20g

OTTOLOCK Hexband Cinch Bike Lock 76cm version

Safety 250g

Paracord and a Carabiner

Safety 150g

Ursack Major Bear bag for food.

Safety 216g

Emergency blanket Weighs nothing. Hoping I never have to use it.

Safety 50g

Tent: Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL2 Solution Dye Tent Love this tent (as much as one can love sleeping in a tent). Not sure how you would get two people in it though!

Sleep System 1,370g

Flextail Air Mattress Pump A luxury but I was very happy to have it.

Sleep System 30g

Footprint: Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL2 Worth having with any ultralight tent.

Sleep System 148g

Lifeventure Silk Sleeping Bag Liner Rectangular: 220x85cm

Sleep System 134g

Pillow: Sea-to-Summit Aeros Premium Pillow - Large

Sleep System 150g

Quilt: Revelation 950fp 20F Down This was good. Didn't get to grips with using the clips and straps but didn;t need to. Would have to if the temps went any lower.

Sleep System 695g

Sleeping Mat: Nemo Tensor Insulated Long/Wide Happy I bought this large one. Not to noisy either. Plus repair kit of course

Sleep System 675g

Katadyn BeeFree 1ltr 3ltr Filter Foldable

Water 206g

Katadyn Steripen Water Purifier Ultralight UV

Water 80g

Kleen Kanteen 1183ml Stainless Steel Wide 2x (40oz) For me, these taste much better than Nalgenes

Water 490g

Kleen Kanteen 946ml Stainless Steel Wide Insulated 1x (32oz) with a loop cap

Water 520g

Oasis Water Purification Tablets 8.5 MG

Water 5g