Every thing is preliminary
There will be a strong effort to minimize the load and keep things simple as to what was available in 1976.
Bruce Gordon (with Ultegra 9 speed STI)
- fenders
- handlebar bag
seat bagrack pack- hub generator
- B&M Luxos U lamp and USB charger and B&M TopLine taillight
- Garmin 500 cycle computer (compact and simple)
- 32 mm Gator Hard Shell folding tires
- 2 – 24 oz water bottles and 1 – 16 oz water bottles. All plain plastic.
- front and back Ortleib Packer Plus panniers
- 2 – spare tubes with patch kit.
- tire pump (basic),
CO 2 infiltrator with three cartridges. - spare cables, fiber spoke, nuts and bolts.
- Allen wrenches, spoke wrench, multi-tool with small pliers, 8 & 10 mm wrenches (small).
- chain oil with rag
- tail lamp, head lamp
- duck tape, electrical
- saddle cover
Bedroom
- Kelty Salida 2 Tent with Black Diamond poles and stakes.
foot print- Marmot Helium 15 degree sleeping bag
- Exped SynMat UL 7
- silk liner
- Exped pillow pump
Kitchen (enough to be able to have instant oatmeal and coffee in the mornings.)
- alcohol stove with wind shield
- Heet (yellow) alcohol fuel
- aluminum pot
- microwave bowel
- microwave cup
- spoon
- matches
- paring knife
Food (main meals in cafes, fast food, restaurants)
- Folgers Black Silk instant coffee packets.
- Quaker Instant oatmeal packets
- Lipton instant chicken noodle packets( emergency meals)
- Essential C packets
- Daily Gatorade carry.
Electrical
- Black Diamond head lamp 3 X AAA
- USB battery charger / power stick with 6 X AAA and 6 X AA eneloop batteries . USB micro & mini usb cords wall USB charger. AAA to AA adapters
- Droid Maxx cell phone phone, camera, gps
- Wi-Fi tablet Nexus 7
- camera Canon 2 X AA
GPS unit
Clothes
- 1-wind shirt
- 1-wind pants
- wind gloves
- 1-bike rain jacket
- 1-hiking shorts (one pair)
- Tilly hat
- 2 bananas
- 2 handkerchiefs
- 1 long sleeve shirt
- swim suit
- 1 pair underwear
- 2 pair bike socks
- 1 pair bike bibs
- 1 long sleeve bike jersey
- 1 pair cycling sandals
- 1 pair flip flops
Toilet
- towel
- soap
- toothbrush
- toothpicks
- tooth paste
- floss
- roll toilet paper
- nail clippers
- razor, Ladies BIC
Miscellaneous
- sun-cream
- insect repellent, spray and liquid
- first aid kit
- folding scissors
- needle
- tweezers
- Motrin
- anti-acid
- salt tabs
- meds
- safety pin
- ink pin
- paper pad
- lashing straps