Packing list for a multi-day bike tour
On your person
- Long jersey / arm warmers
- pants / leg warmers / knee warmers
- Windstopper jacket / vest
- gloves
- helmet
- bike shoes
- socks
- Sunglasses, preferably self-tinting
- backpack
Bikepacking Essentials
- Long jersey (spare jersey) / arm warmers
- Long trousers (spare trousers) / knee warmers / leg warmers
- Windstopper jacket / vest
- Rain hardshell jacket
- Rain pants
- Cap / Buff / Headband
- Long cycling gloves
- Sun cream
- Hydration bladder with at least 1 liter of liquid (depending on the tour)
- Electrolyte/magnesium tablets (tubes)
- Energy supply: power gel, muesli, dried fruit, nuts, bars, as required
- First aid kit M (with rescue blanket)
- Personal medication
- Headache tablets
- Multitool
Tools:
- Spare inner tube
- hand pump
- repair kit
- Brake pads
- Spare bolts
- Cable ties
- Luster clamp (makeshift for repairing shift cables)
Tools, if not already integrated in the multitool:
- Tire lever
- Chain lock - Spoke wrench
- ID, cash, EC card, plastic bag
- Wash bag (travel shower gel, toothbrush/paste, small functional towel, handkerchiefs, earplugs)
- Sleeping bag if necessary
Bikepacking Recommended
- Underpants
- Undershirt
- Spare socks/shoe liners
- Light pants
- Hut shoes
- T-shirt
- Washing powder
- Lubricant, adhesive tape
- Pen
- Lighting
Without bike guide
- Bike guide map
- Compass
- GPS
- Headlamp
- Shock pump
- Cell phone with emergency numbers
- Bivy sack
Expert tip
- Seat cream
Optional
- Snack, if no hut is planned along the way
- Sweater / fleece
- Photo and /bag
- Spare batteries (light, photo etc.)
