Drew: I agree with the comments that you are taking too many clothes. 2 t-shirts made of a quick dry material are adequate. One wool LS jersey & one SS plus the Ts give you plenty of layering options. Rain jacket "yes" but leave the down at home. One pair of pants. I use a cargo net like Rivendell sells to hold my stuff on the rear rack, and it is a convenient place to put damp laundry that hasn't dried out overnight. 10' of clothesline plus a few clothes pins are handy for drying in camp and don't take much space.
Personally I've found multi-tools to be highly over-rated. Sure, they have everything in the world BUT they are inconvenient to use (every tried to use the chain breaker on one?). Go over your own bike & see what it needs. On my Atlantis (a pretty standard Riv build), 3-4 allen keys, a small screwdriver, 8 & 10 mm wrenches (Park makes a very thin one) take care of most common adjustments. Trade the crescent wrench for a real chain breaker. I've lugged around a cassette cracker & one each replacement spokes and have never used them, but I think that wards off broken spokes. Where in LA are you ending? And how are you getting home? Those points could effect your routing at the end. BPC is based on continuing beyond LA, and there are various options if this is your end point. At the end of your trip you'll be tired and interested in making it simple. dougP On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 11:55:19 AM UTC-7, drew wrote: > > so ill be riding from SF-LA in a couple of weeks. this will be my first > tour lasting more than a few days, so i wanted to put my plans out there > and see if there is anything i should reconsider or any glaring holes im > missing, or anything i still need to buy, while there is time. i've > blocked out 8 days. gonna try to camp only. im mostly following "bicycling > the pacific coast", but if there are preferable route options, i'd be > interested in those too. i know people do this without any preparation, but > i have some time, and i like thinking about it. > > taking my hunqapillar with a carradice camper, acorn tool roll, jandd mini > mountain panniers on the front, and a basket that i'm trying to leave open > for food and incedentals along the way, maybe with a soft sided cooler. > > *rear rack/camper bag* > > tent > > sleeping bag/pad > > alcohol stove (considering bringing my biolite stove for the charging > capability, but it's pretty heavy) > > bowl/utensils/matches/cooking stuff > > lock > > towel > > camera > > *tools/maintenance * > > 2 tubes, levers and patch kit > > multi tool > > crescent wrench > > pump > > > *front panniers * > > 5 t-shirts > > overshirt > > 2 musa or musa-like pants > > 2 shorts > > underwear/socks > > rain jacket > > packable down jacket > > sandals > > toiletries > > chargers/ipod nano > > > i put this list together, and it is basically the same as my s24o list, > but with more clothes. im especially interested in what things beside > clothes, i should be adding for a longer trip. also interested in what > people do for security while going through cities with a lot of stuff > strapped to their bikes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
