Hello again weight watchers – last time, I promised to return armed with a few real life kit lists and here they are. They’re taken from this years Welsh Ride Thing and give a fairly detailed view of what each rider was carrying … the weights stated at the side of the riders name are for EVERYTHING including bike and all water / food carried from the start.
I’m not going to conduct an autopsy on the lists, just read them and see how they’d compare to your own but it is obvious that taking more does result in a heavier bike. What’s also clear is that, weights of 40lb can be achieved without cutting corners or reducing levels of overnight comfort or safety … decent shelter, proper mat, a capable sleeping bag and warm clothing can all be packed and carried.
If you consider that over half the bikes at this years ‘weigh in’ tipped the scales at over 50lb and the heaviest was 80lb, you might start to wonder just what actually gets carried ;o)
Chew – Singular Swift 39.5lb
Front harness and 8L drybag:
Cumulus 250 quilt
Snozzle bag
Rab primaloft vest
Pound shop gloves
Bearbones bennie
Woolly socks
Merino top
Long johns
Pole-A-Bear alloy pole
Wingnut 2.5:
Exped synmat S
Bearpaw lair
Borah bivi
Marmot pillow
6 alpkit tent pegs
Multitool
Chain splitter + links
Lube
Tube
Toothbrush + paste
Sawer filter + bladder
Mug + stove + meths + lighter
2 pasta sachet ready meals
Cash
Taylor – DMO Element 29er 42lb
Frame bag:
Tools/spares/lube/tube/etc
Cook kit/fuel (400ml cup/BB 8g stove)
Lahoon
Small pack of bog roll and wipes
Tooth brush and paste
Head torch
Printed copy of route(6 pages of double sided A4)
Pole and Pegs
Spare batteries
Electrolyte drops
Sea 2 summit packable backpack for collecting food/sweets/alcohol on the way to camp
Buff
Money/keys
V.small first aid kit
Tick Twisters
Handlebar roll:
Enlightend Equipment 4deg quilt
Full length Neoair
Down T shirt
Smartwool boxers
Smartwool socks
Smartwool long sleeved top
Cheap Ronhill Trackster copies
Woolie hat
Handlebar bag:
Food (2 x porridge’s, 1 x mains. The rest was bought from shops/pubs/visitors centres).
iPhone with earphones
USB charger from dynamo hub for phone charging
SPOT tracker
Toptube pack:
Snacks
Seatpack:
Six moons Designs MK1 Lunar Solo
Alpkit feed bag:
Snacks
On bike
2 x 750ml bottles
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| 42lb up and dressed |
Si Gair – Singular Gryphon 45lb
Wildcat Tiger seat harness / Alpkit 8L drybag:
SMD Lunar Solo Tarp Tent
Bear Bones 22g meths burner
Alloy Windshield
125ml Meths
Lighter
Snow Peak Ti mini solo cookset 830ml + 330ml mugs
Alpkit Lhoon
Highland Flask w. 250ml cognac
100g pepper salami
100g mature cheddar
1x expedition foods dehydrated meal
2 x porridge with honey & currants
2 x Coffee bags
2 x tea bags
Wildcat Mountain Lion front harness / Alpkit 8L drybag:
Regular Neo Air sleeping mat
PHD down 1/2 bag
Mamut inflatable pillow
PHD Duvet jacket used with half bag for sleeping
merino socks
Running shorts with liner
l/s merino thermal top
Frame bag:
Clasp knife
Spare tube
Multitool
Tyre lever
Pre-glued patches
Tyre boot
8 x alloy pegs
Carbon pole-a-bear pole
Sawyer mini Water filter
Goretex paclite jacket
Goretex 3/4 waterproof trousers
Merino Arm Warmers
Merino 3/4 leg warmers
Windproof Gillet
Wildcat Lioness:
Silnylon rucksack for supplies
Head Torch
Rear light
Garmin Edge 800 GPS
2nd Gen SPOT tracker
2 x 1:50k maps in map case
Iphone
10,000mAh USB battery
Charging cables for phone & GPS
Cash & debit card
First aid kit
Loo paper & wet wipes
Toothbrush & paste
Chamois cream
Alpkit Stem Cell:
8 x mule bars
4 x energy gels
20 x isotonic tabs for water
On bike:
2 x 500ml bottles
Pump
Si Darby – Genesis Fortitude Race 52lb
Si Darby – Genesis Fortitude Race 52lb
Old model Revelate bar harness with 13 litre dry bag:
Thermarest 3/4 mat
LifeVenture sleeplight 750 synthetic sleeping bag
TrekMates bivvi bag
Vango Adventure tarp with 4 steel pegs
Orange plastic survival bag as a groundsheet
Alpkit small Fuel Pod containing:
Chocolate bars
Energy drink tablets
Biscuits
various other snack foods
Wildcat Gear Medium Tiger seatpack harness with 13 litre dry bag:
Rab down jacket
Thermal longjohns
Merino wool jersey
Thick socks
Thick gloves
Wooly hat
Micro towel
BearBones “polar” buff
Berghaus Freeflow 20 rucksack:
2 spare inner tubes
puncture repair kit
Two multi-tools (with different tools on)
Folding Knife
Spork
Headtorch
Water purification tablets
Spare AA lithium batteries for GPS
Power Monkey auxiliary power supply for phone
Mobile phone
Small Primus gas stove
Small gas canister
2 disposable lighters
AlpKit MyTiMug
Enough food for whole WRT
OS paper maps covering whole route with route highlighted
Silva Compass
On bike:
Exposure Joystick Mark 9 front light
Some random clip on rear LED light
Garmin Dakota 10 GPS unit
2 x 750ml water bottles
Blackburn pump
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| Remember, eating too much can pile on the pounds. |
Thanks to Chew, Si, Taylor and Si for baring their souls.
