Equipment List
Bike: Tour Easy EX with full ZZipper Fairing, 2 water bottle cages, fenders fore and aft, Coolback Seat, toeclips and pedals
Front Light: Cateye LED
Rear Light: Flashing red LED
Rack: Blackburn
Panniers: Bushwacker
Sleeping Bag: REI Travel Sack
Tent: REI 2-Person Clipper
Sleeping Pad: Thermarest 3/4 Inflatable
Helmet: Giro (model unknown)
Maps: Adventure Cycling Association Northern Tier Section 8, Columbia Outdoor Pursuits (COP) Central Ohio Bicycle Guide (15 Maps), COP Ohio Bike Routes KN, F, E, and F, Great Allegheny Passage Brochure, PDF map of Pennsylvania bike route "S" from PennDot website, State Highway maps of Indian, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, Maryland State Bicycle map, Allegheny Trail Alliance detailed directions from Meyersdale to Cumberland from the atatrail.org
Other Route Information: "Linking Up' booklet about Great Allegheny Passage rail trails by Mary Shaw and Roy Weil.
20 ounce water bottles: 4 (2 were insulated and kept as back ups in panniers)
Radio: $7 Sports Authority portable sports radio (used once)
Shorts: 3 pairs (1 suitable for swimming, 1 suitable for off bike use)
t-shirts: 3 cotton
Socks: 4 pair REI Smartwool
Shoes: 1 pair Shimano mountain bike
Bandanas: 4 (used 2)
1 Coolmax headsweat
1 pair wraparound sunglasses (for descents)
1 pair clip on sunglasses
1 pair reading glasses
1 spare pair of distance glasses
Cable with Master combination lock
1 can Halt
Emergency food: 3 Clif Bars
1 Illuminite vest
I pair bicycling tights
Clothes pins: 4
Spare tubes: 2 for rear,one for front
Patch kit
Zefal frame pump
3 tire levers
1 piece of tubing for use as tire boot
1 chain tool
Extra chain links
1 multitool
Zip ties
1 pair vise grip pliers
Electrical tape
Rags
1 small bottle of Pedros Ice Dry lube for chain
1 small bottle of Pedros Extra Dry Lube for everything else
1 rear brake cable
3 triple wrenches (came with bike)
1 tire gauge
1 elastic net
2 bungee cords
1 rear shifter cable
2 Fiber Fix spokes
Assorted hose clamps
1 trashy paperback book
1 pad of paper for journals
1 small notepad for jotting down ideas during the day
1 fanny pack
2 pens
1 pack towel (lightweight, absorbent towel for camping)
A handful of antihistamines
And a fistful of Advil.
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