Worth the weight to me, for the amazing auto focus and image stabilization compared to my older Fuji camera.

I previously lugged around a decently light 35mm prime for my 'night lens' as well, but decided I wasn't using it enough to justify the extra weight, and sent it home.

Body only, controller in frame bag.

Mounted on Sony A7IV, goes in hip pack when off the bike.

Sits underneath the thermos in a stem bag. I use this for grocery shopping before I pack items onto the bike (or into the backpack if I'm desparate for space).. Contains:

Although they make me look like a total redneck, I have not found anything that combines polarized lenses with such a tight wraparound, for a goggle-like fit that prevents watering, irritated eyes in windy conditions.

Although it's road cycling advice to avoid polarized lenses when cycling, so that you can better see into cars to make eye contact with drivers, in practice I find that riding at dusk or dawn into the sun and actually being able to see anything is safer on balance than the potentially missed eye contact, which I haven't noticed yet. So I definitely prefer polarized lenses outside of the scope of a day ride on an all-conditions tour.

I hang them off the side of a feed bag loop and keep their soft pouch in my handlebar loop bag.

Contains: Various Anti-malarial, Dramamine, Ibuprofen, Paracetamol, Azithromycin, Anti-diarrhea, Loratadine, Tums, Bandaids

Contains: Suri 2.0 Sustainable Sonic Toothbrush, Suprent Beard Trimmer, Tweezerman Slant Tweezer, Mr. Green Nail Clipper, Kent Pocket Comb, Matador FlatPak Soap Bar Case, Dr. Bronner's Bar Soap

Light but bulky. I will not take this on trips shorter than a year!

I use the large cookpot, with the handle nestled inside. It is the perfect height to fit sideways in the bottom of my frame bag, preventing the bag from bowing outwards at that point and striking my feet.

Contains: Belkin BoostCharge Pro 20K, Baseus 100W USB-C Cable

I have learnt not to use hard-sided organizers/pouches for anything on the bike, because every one takes up a little extra space that can't be filled, and so they add up.

This is the one exception I make, since it goes right at the bottom of my frame bag, preventing gear from ballooning out there and providing a safe arc for my pedals.. Contains: Various Spare Screws and Bolts

Contains: Topeak Tire Lever (from Ratchet Rocket), Generic Backup Hex Key Set, Generic 8mm Hex Key, Channellock Small Channel Lock, Shimano Brake Cable, Shimano Gear Cable, Generic Work Gloves, Park Tool Bottom Bracket Tool

Contains: Road Warrior Universal Travel Plug Adapter, Anker Nano 70W 3-Port

Contains: DJI Mic Mini Transmitter (Spare), DJI Mic Mini Receiver, SanDisk Extreme Portable 4TB SSD, Logitech Signature M650 L

Contains: Devold Breeze Merino 150 Boxer, Devold Breeze Merino 150 Boxer, Uniqlo AIRism Boxer Briefs, Darn Tough Light Hiker Micro Crew Lightweight Hiking Socks (spare), Montbell Wickron Dry Touch Long Sleeve Shirt

Contains: Sony NP-FZ100 Battery (spare), DJI Mini 4 Pro Propellers (spare set), Sony Body Lens Cap + Rear Lens Cap, Generic Lens Dust Blower, Xiwai USB-C to HDMI Adapter

Keep these things in the bottom of my sleeping bag liner, and I -still- need them in addition with thick wool socks to defrost my feet on cold nights!

In this situation, I'll additionally heat up water and putting it in the milKit metal water bottle, to keep things toasty down there.

Contains: Flextail Zero Pump, Kimkoo Sleep Mask, Mighty Plugs Pure Beeswax Ear Plugs

A luxury item, but it's nice to have a camp outfit that's completely separate from my riding gear for cleanliness. With these super lightweight sweatpants, I can use lighter-weight base layer bottoms, and layer with these in my sleeping bag if needed.

No down, just the sheet - if I need head warmth, I use my beanie for first layer, and down jacket for second.

I replaced a Soma Wolverine frame with this, after finding the XL Soma too flexy under load. The Prospector handles heavy touring weight without any issue.

Kept tucked into the fold of the BxB flap.

Strapped to top of handlebar bag. I prefer the Helinox Chair Zero Ground for comfort, but like this one for its versatility and because it's so much quicker to deploy (and therefore actually gets used more).

I use it for kneeling on while doing stretches, as a quick sit pad, as a protection to put my panniers on in the vestibule, and even in the tent to use my laptop sitting up!

Worth the weight to me, for the amazing auto focus and image stabilization compared to my older Fuji camera.

I previously lugged around a decently light 35mm prime for my 'night lens' as well, but decided I wasn't using it enough to justify the extra weight, and sent it home.

Mounted on Sony A7IV, goes in hip pack when off the bike.

Rolled up empty, for hike-a-bike and off-bike day trips.

I love the easy-on-off mechanism. To make them fit with my Prospector, I use the side screw hole to center and mount the bottom screw hole of the adapter, and the top of the mount is secured with hose clamp.

However, this precludes using these screw holes from the other end, as I found when trying to mount a small rack to stabilize my handlebar bag.

I love the easy-on-off mechanism. To make them fit with my Prospector, I use the side screw hole to center and mount the bottom screw hole of the adapter, and the top of the mount is secured with hose clamp.

However, this precludes using these screw holes from the other end, as I found when trying to mount a small rack to stabilize my handlebar bag.

Reserved for carrying food.

In right side pocket of my handlebar bag.

I love this bag, finding it far more weatherproof in practice than my previous Tribulus Endover, due to it using waxed cotton, versus the Tribulus employing waterproof Xpac but with untaped seams that in practice led to puddles in my bag after being caught in a short downpour.

However it's not really designed for Jones bars, so as you can see it's mounted almost horizontally currently, making it not much good for storing anything but my tent and single large bulky items.

I've tried it with a lightweight bag rack (Nitto M18), but it wasn't tall enough to reach it on my XL frame, and it's far more stable anyway if directly triangulated to the head tube.

In the future I might give up on the 'weight saving' of no front rack, since I have these custom items adding weight around it anyway, and just return to my Tumbleweed T-rack plus some light small pannier bags.

In left side pocket of my handlebar bag.

Very expensive but love them. The harness system means no rattle, and being able to remove the soft-sided bags from the harnesses means you can throw them in the tent without worrying about sharp edges.

Body only, controller in frame bag.

No down, just the sheet - if I need head warmth, I use my beanie for first layer, and down jacket for second.

A luxury item, but it's nice to have a camp outfit that's completely separate from my riding gear for cleanliness. With these super lightweight sweatpants, I can use lighter-weight base layer bottoms, and layer with these in my sleeping bag if needed.

It's heavy, the scissors are crap, and I don't use the knife...but the pliers and wirecutter get used for a lot of maintenance. It's either this one or the pocket knife...I haven't decided which yet so am carrying both for now  😅

I go back and forth between this one and the Leatherman - the Leatherman has a very superior pliers and wire cutter, but I've needed to buy a cheap hacksaw three times on the trip now for some bike fixes, which were then too bulky to take with me and super wasteful, so I bought this for the included metal saw.

Mounted on Peak Design handlebar mount via GoPro extension arm. Goes in hip pack when off the bike

Great for size and stability but would definitely recommend the non-zip version, as this will likely be the first zipper in my setup to go.

Used as a spare water bottle, but amazing for getting tubeless tires seated when I really need it. Attached via bottle cage on downtube, mounted high with hose clamp so I can still get my hand under the downtube for (occassional, reluctant) portage.

I use the large cookpot, with the handle nestled inside. It is the perfect height to fit sideways in the bottom of my frame bag, preventing the bag from bowing outwards at that point and striking my feet.

This thing is huge for a stem bag! I can fit not just my water bottle, but sunscreen, my clickstand, insta action stick, and a collapsible shopping bag underneath the bottle.

Unfortunately, using the trackpad on my laptop starts giving me RSI quite rapidly, so I need to carry this to work from the road for any extended period

I have learnt not to use hard-sided organizers/pouches for anything on the bike, because every one takes up a little extra space that can't be filled, and so they add up.

This is the one exception I make, since it goes right at the bottom of my frame bag, preventing gear from ballooning out there and providing a safe arc for my pedals.

In right side pocket of my handlebar bag.

I would switch this smaller bag over for a second Roadrunner bag to carry more, but for the versatile features on this - I like the stretchy mesh pocket on the outside, that I use for small accumulated trash or storing my dishcloth to dry, and my sunglasses stay on it via a small loop for this purpose.

Some handy extra space for daily tools, but not really designed to work around a framebag, so had to cut the attachment straps vertically to make it work around my framebag.

I would recommend something that uses adjustable straps for mounting, to more easily work around this.

I use this as the 'glove box'; it contains my light, heavy, and rain/wind gloves.

Light but bulky. I will not take this on trips shorter than a year!

Mounted on right side with Decathlon out front mount

As handy as a ratchet is for quick bike dis/assembly, I have had one break in the field before. So unfortunately I consider a backup hex set a requirement if touring with a ratchet.

Keep these things in the bottom of my sleeping bag liner, and I -still- need them in addition with thick wool socks to defrost my feet on cold nights!

In this situation, I'll additionally heat up water and putting it in the milKit metal water bottle, to keep things toasty down there.

After desperately cycling around hours before a flight to find a bike shop on a Sunday that could loosen off my pedals for me, I know I can't rely on a multitool or ratchet alone for removing pedals!

1-2 screws and bolts for everything I have on the bike.

Second buy after my first ones turned rusty, so I specifically sought out stainless steel. Surprisingly great for the price.

Sits underneath the thermos in a stem bag. I use this for grocery shopping before I pack items onto the bike (or into the backpack if I'm desparate for space).

Used for cooking as it's much nicer to handle than a pocketknife or multitool, plus you're not getting food on your bike tools!.

Although they make me look like a total redneck, I have not found anything that combines polarized lenses with such a tight wraparound, for a goggle-like fit that prevents watering, irritated eyes in windy conditions.

Although it's road cycling advice to avoid polarized lenses when cycling, so that you can better see into cars to make eye contact with drivers, in practice I find that riding at dusk or dawn into the sun and actually being able to see anything is safer on balance than the potentially missed eye contact, which I haven't noticed yet. So I definitely prefer polarized lenses outside of the scope of a day ride on an all-conditions tour.

I hang them off the side of a feed bag loop and keep their soft pouch in my handlebar loop bag.

I require a -very- precise bike fit - the difference of a few mm is the difference between me having no issues, and needing to ride the bike out of the middle of nowhere by using one leg and/or pushing. Therefore, I know keep a tape measure handy to ensure that my seat position is within my narrow range of tolerance!

Extra long cuff for sun protection.

I shipped home the heavy charging case and instead use a small dock I bought to charge the mics (the receiver will charge through USB-C.)

The soft case it came in now also does duty to hold my essentials for extended computer work.

I shipped home the heavy charging case and instead use a small dock I bought to charge the mics (the receiver will charge through USB-C.)

The soft case it came in now also does duty to hold my essentials for extended computer work.

I shipped home the heavy charging case and instead use a small dock I bought to charge the mics (the receiver will charge through USB-C.)

The soft case it came in now also does duty to hold my essentials for extended computer work.

Supposedly waterproof shells I bought in Japan but from looking inside them and seeing zero seam taping, I'm not sure how that claim can be made....nice to have on cold (dry) descents though.

I can finally ride a bike without pain, due to no less than 5 separate pieces of hardward in my right shoe...the topic for another post.

For watching movies in hotels!