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I cycled from Europe to China and I travelled very light. I brought with me just the essential for travelling the world, bikepacking, hitchhiking and backpacking. I lived a lot outdoor, and I spent a lot of time deciding for the best tent to travel, the best sleeping back to go camping, the best gears for long distance journeys.
GEAR LIST:
Here is the list with all the things I had with me travelling in the Balkans, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia:
Bike:
- Giant tough road MTB bike with tour energizer plus tyres and a bike rack
Bags:
- Backpack: Waterproof backpack (from Amazon)
- Frame bag: Restrap full frame bag 9 liters
- Top frame bag: Farad Leibe (made in Iran)
- Front bag: Btwn bike front bag (Decathlon)
- Steering wheel bags: 2 Riverside bottle bags (Decathlon)
- Packing cubes: Diego travel set Tucano packing cubes
- Zip lock bags for smaller items (IKEA)
Lock system:
- Cheap and small lock (anywhere, mine was €4)
- Bike alarm (Amazon)
Sleeping gear:
- Sleeping bag: Therm-A-Rest Questar 20F/-6C
- Tent: Hubba Hubba bikepacking tent 1 person
- Sleeping pad: Therm-A-Rest Z lite Sol (old version)
- Sleeping mask: Decathlon
- Random earplugs
Jackets:
- Raincoat: Inner limits (Columbia)
- Down jacket: orange swiss wool down jacket (Ortovox)
Clothing:
- Cycling pants: Castelli Servizio Corse (2019)
- Shirts: 3 merino wool short sleeve t-shirts (Ortovox)
- Long sleeve shirt: Merino wool long sleeve t-shirt (Ortovox)
- Pants: Forclaz zip-off hiking pants (Decathlon)
- Shorts: blue football shorts (Acerbic)
- Shorts: Genoa football shorts (Latzovic 21 season 2016)
- Pants: light linen pants (from the market in Bergamo)
- Pyjama: Thermic pyjama blue (Ortovox)
- Underwear: 2 regular pairs of underwear (Tezenis)
- Socks: 1 pair of ankle socks, 1 pair of knee socks (Ortovox)
- Socks: 1 pair of M'kinley short ankle socks (Decathlon)
Cooking:
- Camping stove: MSR PocketRocket
- Pan: MSR ceramic pan set
- Lighter: MSR Piezo Igniter
- Lighter: extra regular lighter
- Fork: Camping M foldable fork
- Spoon: any spoon
Devices/accessories:
- Apple AirPods Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro
- Garmin Edge 530
- Powerbank: VRURC 10000maP (Amazon)
- Adapter: Fast Charge Amazon 3.0 (do not recommend)
- Chargers: USB to lightning, USB to USB-C
- Solar panel (Amazon, never used)
- Microphone:
- Tripod (Amazon)
Shoes:
- Flipflops: Decathlon (€4)
- Trail runners: Hoka One One Torrent 2
(Repairing) tools:
- Pump: Decathlon (would recommend the Cycplus electric pump)
- Bike repair kit from Hema (in ziplock bag)
- Biking multitool (Decathlon)
- Pocket knife: Swiss design multitool
- Pinch tool (Prosit)
- Knife: Opinel 9 cm no. 9
- Spare brake discs
- Chain 2 extra pieces
- Spare inner tube
- Fire tool: Forclaz fire starter MT500 (Decathlon)
- White cotton cloth (for cleaning/fixing the bike)
- Bike oil (Decathlon)
Medicines:
- Deodorant (kept buying any new one)
- Etos spierbalsem (any cream for your muscles)
- Elfenor 5% gel (Diklofenak sodyum)
- Arnica e Artiglio del Diavolo (Just)
- Sunscreen: Esselunga SPF 50+
- Water filter (Amazon)
Wear-on:
- Helmet: (Decathlon cheapest)
- Sunglasses: (Oakley)
- Hat (kept losing and getting a new one)
- Knee protector (kept losing and getting a new one)
- Buff: merino wool buff (Ortovox)
Extra stuff:
- Notebook
- Passport (Italian is always a good choice ;)
- Towel: Nabaji microfiber 80 x 130 cm (Decathlon)
- Small cotton bag with cash
- Mini wallet genuine leather (Vera Pelle)
- Tissue (made by my grandma)
- Marseille soap
- Khefya scarf (bought in Istanbul)
00:00 Intro
00:58 The backpack behind
8:10 The middle frame
12:51 The front part
16:41 Secrets
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