Our Gear
What do we carry with us? How do we carry it all? This is a quick break-down of all of our gear.
In the near future, we’ll be offering a more comprehensive gear e-book, to help you figure out what to carry for yourself. In the meantime, feel free to email us if you have specific questions.
52cm Surly Long Haul Trucker
26″ wheels with Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires
Shimano front dynamo hub
Surly Nice front rack
Tubus rear rack
Planet Bike fenders
Brooks B17 saddle with copper rivets
Velo Orange seat post & stem
Nitto randoneur handlebars
Tektro brake levers
Tektro 720 cantilever brakes
Suntour bar-end shifters
Salmon kool stop brake pads
XTR crank set
XT front & rear derailleurs
Rivendell Grip King pedals
Velo Orange water bottle cages with leather toe straps
Ortlieb Bike Packer Plus rear panniers
Swift Industries Mini Short Stack front panniers
Ortlieb Medium Duffel
Acorn handlebar bag
REI Quarter Dome tent
North Face Kazoo sleeping bag
REI sleeping pad
Cocoon silk sleep liner
Exped Air Pillow
Tarp
1 Swobo Merino Bobby shirt
1 Icebreaker baselayer wool long-sleeve shirt
2 long-sleeve cotton oxford shirts
1 REI wicking long-sleeve shirt
1 wool sweater
1 Marmot DriClime windbreaker
2 pairs bike shorts
1 pair shorts
1 pair pants
1 pair waterproof socks
2 pairs wool socks
unmentionables
3 hats
Ibex wool gloves
towel
toiletries
Macbook & power adapter
Iomega terrabyte external hard drive
15 ft extension cord
GoPro video camera
MSR AutoFlow Gravity water filter
MSR dromedary bag
30 ft cord & 2 carabiners (for hanging food)
Sea-to-Summit Kitchen Sink
Knife
Light My Fire firesteel
Princeton Tech EOS headlamp
iPhone & Just Mobile battery
book
radio
bike tools
portfolio books
Nikon DSLR & 2 lenses
Lumix LX3
spare batteries & chargers
folding reflector
Laura’s Bike & Gear
56cm blue Surly Long Haul Trucker
700c wheels with Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires
Jandd front and rear rack
Brooks B17 Women’s saddle
Kalloy 6061PG arc handlebars
Dapper Dans handlebar grips
Suntour friction mountain bike shifters
LX V-brakes
Salmon kool stop brake pads
Sugino XD crank set
XT front & rear derailleurs
Rivendell Grip King pedals
Ortlieb Bike Packer Plus rear panniers
Swift Industries Mini Short Stack front panniers
Duffel bag
Acorn Bags handlebar bag
REI sleeping bag (circa 2002), rated to -5 degrees
Big Agnes Insulated Air Core sleeping pad
Exped Air Pillow
2 sleeveless wool shirts
1 sleeveless silk Indian tunic
1 cotton t-shirt
1 3/4-sleeve cotton tunic
1 long sleeve wool shirt (Icebreaker)
2 wool sweaters (EarthWindRider & Smartwool)
1 Marmot DriClime Catalyst windbreaker
2 pair De Soto tri shorts
1 pair Salomon 3/4-length lycra leggings
1 pair cotton canvas shorts
1 pair pants
1 pair waterproof socks
3 pairs wool socks
swimsuit
unmentionables
hat
wool gloves
pack towel
toiletries
paella pan
enamelware plate (doubles as paella pan lid)
metal cook pot with lid
kettle
trangia stove
sporks, knife, pot grabber, spatula, wire whisk
spices, olive oil, instant chicken broth
tea, cocoa, coffee, coffee filter, mug
and all the food
(more detail on our kitchen here)
MSR Dromedary bag
first aid kit
maps
headlamp
journal
camera
iPod
scratch paper
pens
book
and last, but not least, a nearly complete metalworking studio
Gear that we have gotten rid of…
(Check out these posts on how and why we’ve changed/updated our gear)
Laura…
Rain pants
Rain jacket (in favor of a lighter-weight windbreaker)
Saddlebag (moved tools to pannier)
Portable speakers (we don’t use them as much as expected, instead listening to the radio)
Several jewelry tools
Extra metal plate (we discovered we couldn’t use it as a pan and decided we could function without a separate dish)
Titanium mug (replaced with insulated Klean Kanteens)
Potato peeler
Russ…
Rain jacket (in favor of a lighter-weight windbreaker)
Jeans
Flip video camera (in favor of just using iPhone)
Extra camera lens
Candle lantern (not enough light, can’t use inside tent)
LED lantern (too bulky, not enough light)
Seersucker shirt (wore out, replaced with REI shirt)