Here is a walkthrough of the gear we will use for most of our world tour. It involves enough equipment to cope as comfortably as possible in wind, rain and snow in something like -10C to 40C and 0 to 5000 m.a.s.l. It is therefore far from being optimized for a single climate zone or season, but still very close to what we would normally bring for a week or two.
AUGUST
Bike
- Frame: Curve GMX+ steel
- Fork: Curve Seek 430 carbon
- Wheel: 29” Newmen EG35 rim on a DT Swiss 350 hub
- Tire: front Continental Cross King 2.6” , rear Schwalbe Johnny Watts 2.6″
- Handlebar: Ergotec Riser Bar 30 Comfort (20° backsweep)
- Saddle: Specialized Power Arc comp
- Grips: Ergon GA3 and SQ labs innerbarends
- Bottleholders: 2 Specialized Zee cage
- Cargo cages: 3 Blackburn Outpost
- Gear: Shimano SLX M7100 12s 32t x 10-51t
- Brakes: Shimano SLX M7100
- Rag: homemade in stainless steel
- Pedals: Katana X-blade flat
Total weight without bags about 14kg
Bags
- Handlebarbag: Habano Grande with custom support in stainless steel
- 2 Panniers: Burro panniers with removable drybags
- Framebag: Custom with 3 compartments
- Top tube bag
- 2 Feed bags
- 25L Manzano folded on the rag
- Musa bum bag with liner for the camera
- 2 5L Drybags for fork cages
Total capacity around 42L on the bike + 25L backpack = 67L
Personal equipment
- POC Ventral Air helmet
- Scarpa TX4 shoes
- Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Xtherm Long Wide Max
- Custom Undercling Mike quilt (-6C)
- 1 merino T-shirt, 1 sun shirt, 1 thin fleece hoodie, 1 Alpha direct hoodie, 1 Apex67 pullover
- 1 pair baggy shorts, 1 pair thin windbreakers, 1 pair rain pants, 1 rain jacket, 1 down jacket
- 3 pairs merino underwear, 1 pair long merino pants, 1 pair Alpha direct pants, 1 pair Apex67 trousers
- sungloves, fleece gloves, buff, beanie, sunglasses, cap
SARA
Bike
- Frame: Surly Karate Monkey
- Fork: Surly Karate Monkey
- Wheel: 27.5″ DT H1900 35mm wide
- Tire: front Schwalbe Smart Sam 2.8”, rear Schwalbe Johnny Watts 2.6″
- Handlebar: Omnium Trekking Bar (37° backsweep)
- Saddle: Specialized Power Comp Mimic
- Grip: Ergon GA3 and innerbarends
- Bottleholders: 2 Specialized Zee cage
- Cargo cage: Blackburn Outpost
- Gear: Shimano SLX M7100 12s 10x51t
- Crank: Shimano Deore M6100 30t
- Brakes: Shimano XT M8000
- Front and rear rag: custom made in stainless steel
- Pedals: Katana X-blade flat
Total weight with bags around 17 kg.
Bags
- Habano handlebar bag with custom stainless steel support and headlight mount
- Burro panniers with removable drybags
- Custom panniers on the front rack
- Framebag with 2 compartments
- Top tube bag
- Feed bags
- 20L Manzano folded on the rear rag.
Total capacity around 35L on the bike + 20L backpack = 55L
Personal equipment
- Sweet protection fluxer helmet
- Enlightened Equipment Revelation (-6C)
- Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Xtherm Regular Wide Max
- Rainjacket + rainpants, downjacket
- 2 bikesocks, 1 pair of injinji socks, 1 pair merino socks, 1 pair sealskinz, 1 pair apex socks.
- 1 sun shirt, 1 merino long sleeve, 1 merino t-shirt, 1 fleece
- 1 pair active underwear, 2 pairs woolunderwear, 2 pairs undies
- 1 pair outdoor trousers, 1 pair MTB shorts, 1 bib, 1 pair loose legs, 1 pair alpha pants, 1 pair home sewn fiberpants
- Beanie, 2 buff’s, cap, bike gloves, fleece gloves, fishermen gloves
- Specialized Rime flat MTB shoes and Monks Sandales
- Menstrual aid, silk fabric with tieknots,
Shared Equipment
- TarpTent ArcDome 2 with aluminum stakes and 3-person partial solid.
- TarpTent groundsheet
- Heliox zero chair, seat mat
- Maintenance , repair, first-aid
- bolts, washers, chain links, spokes, nipples, tubeless fluid, grease, loctite, tubeless plugs, multitool, chain separator, tire patches, hoses, pump, wax grease for the chains
- needle and thread
- alcohol wipes, tear aid patches and patches from the original materials
- pills for pain, allergy, altitude, stomach problems, throat, eyes, insects and electrolytes
- Wound care, blister prevention, mosquito headnets
- compass, Garmin InReach mini with an active and tested subscription, adequate insurance and the country’s emergency hotline
- Kitchen
- Primus Omnilite TI multifuel burner with a 0.6L fuel bottle and service kit
- Seatosummit Alpha 1,9L pot with a bowl and lid
- Spoon, Fork, multiknife, matches and a lighter
- Sponge
- Toilet
- Alu shovel, hand sanitizer, wet wipes and toilet paper
- Electronics
- 2x Inui 20000mah powerbank (22.5W og 65W)
- Anker 3-port 65W charger, 3 USB-C cables, USB-C to micro-B adapter
- Fujifilm X-T4 camera w. Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 objektiv
- 1TB SSD, 256GB USB C drive
- Dji Action4, tripod, mouthpiece
- Wireless headphones
- headlights, front and rear bike lights
- Miscellaneous
- Bullet pen
- Copies of sensitive documents