List of equipment – bikepacking in Mediterranean countries
It certainly won’t suit everyone, but it can help. Here’s a list of gear for a bikepacking trip in the Mediterranean, in the warm seasons. This is how we packed for Cyprus – you can find an account of this trip in 18. OM issue.
In parentheses we give the specific models of the things we use.
Clothing
- Jacket (small, lightweight, warm – Helly Hansen LIFALOFT Air Insulator Jacket / Columbia Labyrinth Loop)
- Thin warm sweatshirt (Mammut Nair / Mammut Aconcagua),
- Outdoor cycling shorts (POC),
- Cycling shorts with liner,
- Long pants / athletic gaiters (Craft),
- T-shirts x 3,
- Thermal longlsleeve (Salewa Alpine Hemp),
- Swimming shorts (for the future – you can not take)
- Panties x 3
- Socks x 5 (+small bag for clean things)
- Buff (for the future – you can not take)
- Beanie hat
- The smallest quick-drying towel (for the future – you can not take)
- Snadals (Monk)
- Boots
- Phone, wallet, camera (2 batteries), charger, powerbank, swimming goggles, mini tripod, pen, paper map, outlet adapter, headlamp, toothbrush, toothpaste, sunscreen, glasses, lenses, sunglasses, wet wipes, map.
Camping equipment
- Tent (MSR Hubba Hubba NX)
- Mattress (Sea to Summit Ultra Light)
- Sleeping bag (Marmot Trestles Elite 30)
- Touring stove (MSR Pocket Rocket 2),
- Pots/vessels (MSR)
- Cylinder (purchased locally),
- Knife (Petzl),
- Mug,
- Thin mat for sitting
- Spork (Sea to Summit)
- LYOFOOD freeze-dried food (emergency – came in handy)
- Headlamp (Black Diamond)
Bike
- Bikepacking bags (Restrap – front, back, frame bag, tube bag, bottle bag (eg. Wine) on the steering wheel)
- Bidon (Camelbak), Thermal bottle (cold water – Hydroflask), container with a wide lid (easy washing – e.g. After water with lemon or LYO FOOD fruit shake)
Tools
- Multitool, inner tube, pump, tire spoons, chain clip, tritites, duct tape, pedal wrench.
We recommend the latest issue of Outdoor magazine – summer 2022:
OM #18 (pic. outdoormagazine.pl)
