Touring

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I prefer "Credit Card" Touring, that is, staying at hotels at night and eating at restaurants. While it is expensive, the hot showers and minimal weight make it worth the extra cost. My packing list is below.

Credit Card Touring List

Documents
25c (phone $)
Address card
Airline/rail tickets
Driver's license (picture i.d. if traveling by airline)
Emerg. contact info (updated!)
Health insurance card
Passport
Passport/hostel card - copies
Photo (extra, self)
Youth hostel card 

Special Items
$$$/checks(3)
Credit cards (MC/AmEx)
Foreign currency
Travelers' checks
ATM cards
Wallet
Guidebooks
Maps
Map marker (yellow or neon pink)
Leatherman tool(?)
Sunglasses
Watch 
Book
Camera (digital)
extra Flash card
batteries
Dicatating recorder & ; 2 tapes)
Notebook, sm. spiral
Pen (ballpoint, click "on/off" style) 

Bike Accessories
Bags: ziplock, garbage/compactor
50' parachute cord
Cyclometer (w/ new battery)
On-bike Food (muffins, Gu, yesterday's cheesesteak...)
Handlebar bag & rain cover/plastic bag
Light (front AND rear) w/ new batteries
Lock AND U-lock
Large Saddlebag (e.g. Carradice Camper) ~1,465cu."(24L)
Pump/pump strap
Water bottle (2) & Camelbak (with extra "flow biter")

Bike Tools,* etc.
Chain lube
Chain tool
Cool Tool-type (don't duplicate other tools already in pack and on the leatherman)
Patch kit (check glue!)/or glueless patches
Tire Boot (wrapper from a Power Bar works very well)
Tire pressure gauge
Tire irons (3)
Wrench, allen (2-10mm) (whatever the leatherman/cool tool does not have)
Wrench, spoke 

Super Glue (tiny tube)
Tie wraps (nylon)
*Other tools which you know how to use

Bike Spare Parts
Cables, brake/gear (1 ea.)
Chain links-(3)/"Superlink"
Spokes, both sizes (5 total) or Kevlar emergency spoke
Tire (1)
Tubes (2); packed in cornstarchy ziplock
Tire "boot" (can probably omit...money(bills) and/or old powerbar wrappers work)

Clothes, Riding
Bike glove
Bike shoes w/ new laces and new cleats
Bike shorts (2)
leg warmers
Helmet
Helmet visor
Shirt, wool ss cycling jersey
Shirt, Capilene zip t-neck l/s
Shirt, Capilene silk-weight l/s crew (for extreme sun while riding)

Clothes, Rainy/Cold Wx
Balaclava
Gloves (windstopper heavy wt.)
ear warmer (fleece)
Long underwear bottoms (blue capilene)
microfiber or gore-tex shell
Sox, gortex!! ($40 from REI) 


Clothes, Off-Bike
Baseball hat
Pants, long: dark blue (Supplex nylon for quick drying)
Shirt, long sleeve; (sun protection) (see above)
Bandana (2)
Sox (3 pr.) 
(coolmax; 2 coolmax; 1 long wool or expedition capilene)
Tevas
Underwear (2) (dark colors)


(14 essentials" - make sure they are included)

Misc. Personal
Bandana (1)
Chapstick w/ SPF 15-30
Sunscreen
Deodorant
Shampoo/Soap; All purpose biodegradable (Joy brand/Campsuds)
Hair brush
Insect repellent
Toilet paper (tiny roll in fanny pack)
Dental floss
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Towel(s) 
[PacCloth camping type is great for drying wet tents in the morning, wet 
bodies, wet hair; 3 old linen 


1st Aid kit (in red stuff sack, restocked) or Commercial Kit
Adhesive tape, extra wrapped around film can
Alcohol wipes (5)
Antihistimine tabs (e.g. Benadryl)
Aspirin/Advil (20)
Band-aids (10)
Blistex
Benzoin swabs
Moleskin! precut to fit saddle sore (rounded edges)
Neosporin (tiny tube)
Pepto Bismo tabs (16)
Prescription medications

 

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