I agree with Anne. It might not be the most socially responsible place to buy down clothing, but I got mine from Uniqlo. Their ultralight down jackets are super cheap, very fashionable, and it comes with its own ultralight stuffsack. I use mine for lounging in camp, and then stuff it into my pillowcase when I bed-down. It's a jacket and a pillow.
On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 12:52:55 PM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: > > I disagree with "leave the down at home." In all the coast hiker-biker > campgrounds every night, you will see people wearing those down > "puffies." It gets cold at night. The last time I stayed at one of the > coast hiker-bikers, the one at Half Moon Bay, I brought my down puffy > jacket and was glad to have it. > > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:33 AM, dougP <doug...@cox.net <javascript:>> > wrote: > > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. 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