You don’t need to journey around the globe or dwell on the highway for months on finish to name your self a bicycle traveler. Conducting quick journeys by bike in your native space (and even in your house nation) is an effective way to get out and expertise the fun of bicycle journey.
Yesterday I flew from my house in Park Metropolis, Utah (USA) to Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. Now that I’m within the nice state of Missouri, the plan over the following 10 days is for my pal Josh and I to journey our bikes throughout the state on the well-known Katy Path.
I’ll remember to share photographs, video and tales from the journey in a future article, however for now, right here is the packing listing for my 11-day journey to Missouri.
Hopefully this text will make it easier to in making ready your packing lists for shorter journeys by bike.
Bike Gear
Electronics
Tenting & Cooking Gear
Clothes & Toiletries
Eddie Bauer 3-in-1 Rain Jacket
2 Pairs of Denims
Baseball cap
2 Pairs of shorts
Sweat pants
3 T-shirts
Fox Racing jersey
Fox Racing shorts 2 Pairs of black anklet socks
2 Pairs of lengthy socks
Underwear
Nike tennis footwear
Toiletry Equipment
Street ID wrist
Paperwork
Pockets
Enterprise playing cards
2 studying books
Journal
3 Pens
It is best to observe that 1) I solely introduced a rear rack and two panniers with me as a result of I don’t plan to make use of entrance panniers on this explicit journey. I gained’t want them as a result of I’m carrying much less garments and kit than I’d usually keep it up an extended journey by bike. 2) I’m additionally carrying an entire lot extra digital camera gear than your typical bicycle traveler would possibly carry. I’ve all this digital camera gear as a result of I plan to convey you again a ton of nice photographs from my travels… and I’ll be working whereas I’m out on the highway. So, this gear is important for me to proceed operating this web site.
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