Packing List
Trike (54 lb)
- GPS
- GPS Battery (MP3450)
- 2.5L water bladder
- Water bottle / cage
- Cable lock
Trets (38 lb)
- 3L water bag
- Watee bottle / cage
- Pump
Clothing (4 lb)
Left Ortlieb Pannier (20L, 19 lb)
- Zoe’s sleeping bag
- Kurt’s sleeping bag
- First aid kit
- Kindle
- Maps
- Plates – 2
- 19mm wrench
Right Ortlieb Pannier (20L, 14 lb)
- Kurt’s clothes
- Zoe’s clothes
- Passports
- Deck of cards
- Slate, power supply
- External battery
- Pack towels – 2
- Bike tools
- Extra straps
- Electronics—lights, chargers, etc.
Trets Pannier (2 lb)
- Zune
- Camera
- Phone
- Current map
- Sunglasses
- Daily snacks
Left Ortlieb Dry Pocket (2L)
- Flat repair kit
- Spare tubes
- TP & trowel
Right Ortlieb Mesh Pocket (4L)
- Rain tarp & stakes
- Zoe’s sneakers
Top Ortlieb Duffel (35L, 18 lb)
- Tent
- Sleeping pads – 2
- Food
- Riding jackets
- Fleece tops – 2
- Rain wear – 2
Left Radical Pannier (12L, 7 lb)
- Wallet
- Phone
- Camera
- Headphones
- Sun screen / bug repellent
- Jetboil stove
- Toilet kits – 2
- Sunglasses
- Daily snacks
Right Radical Pannier (12L, 7 lb)
- Drinking cups – 2
- Water filter
- Jetboil cook pot w/ cooking supplies
- Small Jetboil fuel – 2
- Empty Dromedary water bags – 2
- Frisbee
- Spare tire, folded
Guitar (10 lb)
- Picks, kapo
- Rain cover
- Reflective safety triangle
Total weight= 170 lb |
Returning Home
For the train trip home we’ll pack up the trike, Trets, and most of the gear into four checked bags. See Plan C for more information on the planning that went into the return trip.
| Trike box |
26” x 26” x 10” |
24 lb |
Most of the trike frame |
| Trike bag |
36” x 18” dia |
15 lb |
Trike rear rack and seat |
| Trets bag |
36” x 25” x 15” |
22 lb |
Trets frame |
| Wheel bag |
36” x 20” dia |
45 lb |
All five wheels plus most of our gear. Packing is one of the reasons for keeping the rear wheel the same size as the fronts. |
For more information see Gear.
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Your packing list seems a little (a lot?) short on water…
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We’ll each have a 3 litre bladder and a conventional water bottle (the bottles probably filled with Gatorade) available while riding plus capacity for another 8 or so litres for camping and stretches where water is more scarce. I don’t anticipate multiple days without a refill but if that ever looks possible we can load up with even more. I think there’s more than water missing from this list, I’ll update it with the final list after our next packing test in a week or so.
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Amazing! I’ve packed two trikes and gear for air travel and I still don’t know how you did it! mz
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I think it fantastic that you two have accomplished such a lot. Well done. I am disabled and currently living in Berlin, Germany, as my wife is teaching French at a school here. Berlin is a wonderful place for cycling , with cycle lanes, cycles having priority over cars at intersections etc, so unlike England where many vehicle drivers would like cycles banished from the roads. I find in a city that a trike with one wheel in front (mine is a Lepus), is better than a tadpole trike in a city because the turning arc is far tighter. In the countryside however a tadpole design is more comfortable.
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