We pride ourselves on having less gear than many of the cyclists we met. Coming from a mountain/tramping background we are used to carrying the minimum – why take 2 pots and a fry pan when one pot will do?
Each trip we have taken a slightly different set up. The gear below is what we are using on this next trip to Peru and Ecuador in 2018
| Bike Dept Surly Pugsleys with Rohlhoff internal gears, synwave dynamo hub for charging Brooke saddles 3″ tubeless Maxxis tyres 2 Salsa HD cages & 2 dry bags each Ortlieb Medium seat bag each Revelate Egress pouch each Homemade: frame bag, front roll harness (& dry bag), 2 more small bags to attach to front of HD cages, feed pouches & jerry can (per person) Homemade fuel tank (Alan), Ortlieb Cockpit (Jo) Long thin suaged stainless cable with small padlock (homemade – just a deterant) 2 x bike click stand (awesome) – www.click-stand.com |
Group Gear Hilleberg Nallo 3 2 Thermarest NeoAir 1 x custom made duvet (this is warm and considerable bulk and weight saver) inner sheets 1 lightweight daypackNote: tent goes in one front harness duvet & 2 mats in other |
| Kitchen department Trangia bowl, titanium clickstand 1.3 litre primus pan with baffle bottom and inside plastic bowl plastic bottle for alcohol puro that we can purchase in most tiny towns in South America (methylated spirits) 2 lightweight plastic cups 2 spoons, 1 knife 1 sharp knife armystyle can opener cigarete lighter a couple of small plastic containers for milk powder, sugar, salt and pepper small plastic container for storing squashables like tomatoes on the road Note – cooking stove depends on location other cookers we have used – gas or petrol depending on destination, If only petrol available then we have multifuel stove |
Misc small first aid chux multicloth for towels 1 toothbrush,toothpaste camp suds sunscreen moisturiser bum cream ear plugs |
| Personal – Jo 1 liner shorts I bike with a skirt if warm, mtn bike shorts if cool over top of liner shorts 1 lightweight travel pants 1 lightweight fleece pants cycling legs lightweight skirt short sleeve shirt, lightweight t’shirt long sleeve very light top long sleeve polypro 2 long sleeve merino Marmot driclime jacket primaloft jacket 2 bras 4 undies 2 pr lightweight sox, 2 pr thermal sox thin liner gloves, thin fleece gloves and over mitts cycle gloves sun hat, thermal hat, wool hat, neck buff v. lightweight windbreaker/vest very lightweight goretex parka (z-packs.com) very lightweight goretex overtrou (z-packs.com) crocs Salewa shoes (quite stiff soled – flat pedals) |
fix it needle, thread duct tape cable ties strong thin cord – turned out to be invaluable sleeping mat repair contact adhesive Repair Kit (click on image below) bike repair/maintainance book loaded on kindle  (+) click to get larger viewSmall foot pump (Leysene)2 spare tubes Technical Dept 2 small power packs that charge off our Dynamos |
