Equipment

Bicycle and accessories

• Thorn Raven bicycle with Rohloff speedhub (internal hub gears)
• 2x rear panniers (Ortlieb back rollers)
• 2 x front panniers (Ortlieb front rollers)
• handlebar bag (Ortlieb)
• dry bag (Ortlieb) Too large so replaced with US brand
• front rack (Surly)
• rear rack (Thorn expedition)
• 2 x Schwalbe XR tyres
• Brooks B17 saddle
• 4 x water bottle cages and bottles
• 1 x compass (attached to handlebars)
• bungee cords
• tool kit (multi tool, chain oil, grease, puncture repair, spanner, pump, duct tape, pliers, plastic zip ties)
• 2x spare inner tube
• 6x spare spokes
• 1x pair brake pads
• 2x bike computer (Cateye)
• 1 x bike lock (Abus Centuro)
  

  Camping

• tent (MSR hubba hubba)
• Thermarest sleeping mat
• sleeping bag (Cumulus Quantum 200)
• silk sleeping liner
• inflatable pillow
• collapsible stool for sitting on
• headtorch (Petzl)
• multi-fuel stove (Primus Omnifuel)
• fuel bottle (0.6ltr)
• collapsible wash bowl (for clothes and pots)
• Swiss Army Knife
• 2x cooking pots (Coleman non-stick cooking set)
• frying pan (essential for morning omelets and pancakes)
• 2.5 litre tubberware container (containing: cutlery, salt, pepper, sugar, filter coffee, olive oil, mixed spices)
• water container (collapsible Ortlieb 10litre)
• water filter (Drink safe systems travel tap) Sent home as never used it
• mug (with clever coffee filter attached) Too heavy (replaced with light aluminium)

Camera and Electronics

• Nikon D90 (DSLR)
• 2x Nikon camera lens (18-105mm, 50mm)
• 1x Panasonic Lumix TZ25 (broke) Replacement DMC FS15
• camera tripod (Velbon) Gorillapod
  
• polarising and UV filter
• lens cleaning kit
• camera bag (Lowe Pro cirrus)
• 500GB portable hard drive Sent home full and replaced with 1000 GB from Nigeria
• Handheld GPS Acquired in Cameroon
• 1x 8GB memory cards
• 2 x 4GB memory cards
• 2 x 16GB USB flash card
• DLSR spare battery
• compact camera spare battery
• audio recorder (Zoom H2)
• wind-up radio (Eton FR140)
• Ipod (120GB)
• laptop (Asus Eee 901)
• solar panel charger
• mobile phone
• universal plug adapter
• X-Mini Speaker

Clothes and Miscellaneous

• zip off trousers (Craghopper zip-offs)
• 2x short-sleeve shirts
• long sleeve shirt
• fleece jacket Sent home from Morocco
• merino wool base-layer top and trousers Sent home from Morocco
  
• 2x padded cycling shorts
• baggy shorts
• waterproof jacket and trousers Gave away to Ghanaian immigration as never used them
• sun hat
• sunglasses
• trekking sandles
• flip flops (essential for African bucket showers)
• cross trainers
• 2x pairs of socks
• compact travel towel
• wash bag
• first aid kit
• suncream
• lip balm
• foldable daysack
• country maps
• guidebooks+phrasebooks (French, Portuguese, Arabic)
• 2-3 novels for reading
• travel case (containing passport, passport photos, vaccination certificates)
• 2x debit cards and cash
• Moleskin journal