Weights + Capacities

• Bike (w/ aerobars, cages, empty bags): ~29.5 lbs
• Loaded bike (no food/water): ~46.8 lbs
• Backpack: 5.6 lbs
• On-body clothes + shoes: 3.4 lbs
• Bodyweight: 148 lbs
• Water capacity: 5L on-bike + more in backpack if needed
• Food capacity: ~3 day, 2 night relatively comfortably (if 100% self sufficient)

Bike Specs

• 2016 Salsa Cutthroat Size M
• WTB KOM i25 rims
• Hubs – Front: SP PD8X dynamo front, Sram X0 rear
• Tires: Maxxis Ikon 2.3 front, 2.1 rear (tubeless)
• Crankset: Sram XX 2×10 28/42
• Cassette: 11-42t (Sram 11-36 converted w/ Wolftooth 42t + 16t)
• Front/Rear derailleur: Sram X0
• Eriksen Ti Seatpost
• Barrel adjusters spliced into shift cables

Harness: Salsa Anything Cradle + Sea To Summit 13L Lightweight Dry Bag

• Mattress Pad: Therm-a-rest Neoair
• Bivy: Miles Gear Pico Bivy w/ footprint
• Sleeping Bag: Mountain Hardwear Phantom 32
• Puff Jacket: Patagonia Ultralight Down Jacket

Handlebar Bag: Revelate Designs Handlebar Bag (old version)

• Electrolytes: 100ml E-lete (makes 10 gal), Nuun tab bottle
• Misc pills: ibuprofen, vitamins, Benadryl
• Bug spray: Repel 100 (0.4 fl oz)
• 1L Platypus bladder + Sawyer Mini filter
• Camp headlamp
• Half roll TP
• 1.25 fl oz DZ Nuts
• Sea To Summit 1L Dry bag:
  • iPod Nano
  • Jackery Mini 3350 mAh battery #2
  • Spare USB storage drive
• Phone in waterproof case
• Wallet

Cockpit

• GPS: Garmin Etrex 20 (secured w/ tether)
• 5×8.5″ Map Case
  • Current ACA map
  • Homemade services cue sheet
  • Mini journal + pen
• Profile Design T3+ Aero Bars
• Dynamo light: Klite Backpacker
• USB charger: Sinewave Revolution
• Bike computer: Garmin Edge 1000 (can act as backup GPS) (secured w/ tether)
• Left Revelate Designs Feed Bag
  • Inside pouch: misc food items
  • Mesh pocket: camera – Sony Cyber-Shot DSCW810 (secured w/ tether)
• Right Revelate Designs Feed Bag
  • Inside pouch:
    • Jackery Mini 3350 mAh battery #1
    • AUKEY USB Wall Charger (2x 2.4Amp ports + foldable plug)
    • Charging and data transfer cables
  • Mesh pocket:
    • Sunscreen
    • Chapstick
    • Hand sanitizer

Fork

• 2x Zefal Magnum 1 liter bottle (secured w/ shock cord)
• Lezyne HV pump w/ pressure gauge

Top Tube

• Revelate Designs Gas Tank
  • Misc food items
• Bolder Bikepacking Jerry Can
  • Bike multi-tool: Crank Bros M17
  • Multi-tool: Leatherman Squirt
  • Chain Lube
  • Iodine tablets
  • patches, tire lever, spares (bolts, stems, chain links, brake pad, etc)

Frame Bag: Salsa EXP

• ACA maps 4-6
• Bike cleaning rag
• Drivetrain cleaning tool
• Spare tube
• Bivy pole
• Spare sealant
• Spare batteries (4x AAA, 6x AA, 2x CR2032)
• Water bladder: MSR Dromedary 4L (max fillable to ~3L)
• Spare food

Downtube

• MSR fuel bottle (12 fl oz) (offset lower for tire clearance w/ Wolftooth BRAD system)
• Spare tube #1

Seat Bag External

• Bike lock (6′ cable + luggage lock)
• SPOT Gen 3
• Rain jacket: Outdoor Research Helium II

Seat Bag: Revelate Designs Viscacha

• Camp pillow: Exped Air Pillow
• Cookset
  • MSR Whisperlite International
  • Lighter + matches
  • Snow Peak 900 pot + lid
  • Snow Peak 450 mug (a 1lb peanut butter jar nests perfectly)
  • Pot Grabber
  • Windscreen
• Toiletry + misc bag: Eagle Creek
  • Deodorant
  • Spares (iodine tablets + chapstick + lighter usb cables)
  • Foot powder
  • Toothbrush
  • Toothpaste
  • Butt maintenance: Bacitracin ointment + Clotrimazole
  • Misc med kit
• Sugoi waterproof shoe covers
• Aerostitch Triple Digit waterproof glove covers
• Outdoor Research Helium rain pants
• Space for LOTS of food

On-Body Clothes

• Bibs: Ibex merino wool bibs
• Base layer: Smartwool t-shirt
• Jersey: Smartwool Flagstaff full zip
• Socks: Smartwool PhD Light Mini
• Pearl Izumi Sun Sleeves
• Shoes: Pearl Izumi X-Alp Launch II
• Watch: Timex Ironman
• Road ID
• Helmet
  • Fenix LD22 headlight
  • Rear blinky

Backpack: Osprey Syncro 15

• Spare clothes
  • REI Zip Camp Pants
  • Long sleeve shirt: Smartwool Lightweight
  • Socks: Smartwool PhD Light Mid Crew
• Misc clothes
  • Marmot wind jacket
  • Smartwool liner gloves
  • Pearl Izumi Soft-Shell Lite Gloves
  • Smartwool beanie hat
  • Boonie hat
  • Wool Buff
  • Pearl Izumi Barrier Leg Warmers
  • Pearl Izumi Barrier Arm Warmers
  • Bandana
• Prescription sunglasses: Wiley X Valor (transitions from clear to dark, semi-polarized) (I should’ve bought prescription glasses LONG ago!)
• Spare 1L Platypus bladder
• Spork
• Syringe for back-flushing Sawyer Mini filter

For comparison, in 2010 my bike looked like this:

Mile 0: Clean

Mile 2700: Dirty