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 bag
• rack 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