Gear

One item, many uses. Most of what's here does double or triple duty, so the list is built in layers. The platforms come first: the bike, the van and my own two feet. Then the kits that travel together and ride on whichever platform the trip calls for. Then the shared gear that gets pulled into all of it. Where I list a weight, it's from my own scale. What I actually carried on a given trip is in that trip's post. Item names link to where I bought them, Amazon or REI, or to the maker when I got it somewhere else.

PlatformsThe Steed (bicycle)The White Whale (van)Two Feet (me)
KitsBikepack / BackpackCoffeeLaundry
Shared gearPower and electronicsOn the trailClothingCamp living

Platforms

The Steed beside the Hennepin Canal at Lock 14
The Steed

Seven Cycles Evergreen S custom-built titanium frame with S&S couplers. Straight-gauge titanium, 53.6 cm effective top tube, no paint or decals, just the head badge. Shout-out to Peregrine Bicycle Studio in Chicago.

Current build

On the bike

Mounted bags and bottles

Cockpit, lights and safety

Repair kit

Off the bike

Swaps and spares

Bike bags

Accessories

Bike tools

Two Feet

Run

  • ASICS Magic Speed, 8.5 (2022)race day
  • ASICS Gel-Kayano 30, 8.5 (2024)training runs

Hike

Short dayLong dayBackpack
Boots
Merrell Moab 3 Mid boots●
Lowa Camino Evo GTX boots●●
Carry
CamelBak HydroBak hydration pack with a 1.5 L bladder (the current version is the HydroBak Light)●
Osprey Skarab 30 daypack●
Osprey Levity 60 877 g●
Osprey 2.5 L reservoir●●
Water
Sawyer Mini●●
Navigation and safety
Black Diamond Distance Carbon FLZ poles●●
Garmin inReach Mini●●
Forclaz Trek 100 headlamp●●
First aid kit●●

Kits

Sets that travel together. Each one rides on whichever platform the trip calls for.

Bikepack / Backpack

The overnight kit that goes on the bike or in the pack, whichever the trip calls for.

Shelter and sleep

Cook kit

How it packs: the stove, fuel canister, matches and lighter nest inside the 750 ml pot, which lives in the bag it came in. The spoon and canister stand ride in that bag next to the pot.

Cook kit alternates

Water

Around camp

Coffee
Laundry (travel and van)
Shared gearPulled into whichever platform or kit the trip needs

Power and electronics

Power

Connectivity and devices

Camera gear

On the trail

Navigation and safety

Bear country

Only comes along where canisters are required or bears are active.

Clothing

Layers

Head, hands and feet

Camp living

Around camp

Hygiene and odds and ends

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