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Here is a haphazardly organized list of things I brought with me. It is a little depressing to see how many things I have lost or broken while on tour. 


I crossed out thing sent home, broke or lost

+ means I bought or had this shipped to me while on the trip


Bike
Mongoose Crossway 450 Jamis Aurora Elite
Headlamp: Serfas 150
Rear light
Rear Panniers: Duluth Pack Panniers
Front Panniers: Ortlieb classic rolltop
Mini-tool
Mini-Bike pump
Spare tire
spare tubes
tire leavers
tube patches 
+ extra patches bought in Leon, Mexico
chain lube
Computer: Planet Bike protege 9 (replaced batteries in San Diego)
Front rack: Sala Down Under (broke right rack in Incarnacion de Diaz)

chain 1 (replaced in Terrace, BC, lasted about 1800 miles) 
+chain 2 (replaced after about 1,200 in Ashland, OR)
+chain 3 (replaced after 1300 miles in San Diego)
+chain 4 (replaced after 1200 miles in Mazatlan, Mexico)
+chain 5

Cassette 1 (replaced in San Diego for cassette with lower gearing)
+Cassette 2

Tire 1: Vitoria Randoneer 32 mm stock tires (replaced after 2000 miles in Terrace BC with Shwalbe Marathon Plus 28mm)
Tire 2:  Vitoria Randoneer 32 mm stock tires (replaced after 2000 miles in  Terrace BC with Shwalbe Marathon Plus 28mm)
+Tire 3 Shwalbe Marathon Plus 28mm ( replaced after 3000ish miles Terrace, BC to San Diego)
+TIre 4  Shwalbe Marathon Plus 28mm (Terrace BC to ____________)
+Tire 5 Shwalbe Marathon Plus 28mm (San Diego, CA to __________)

Spare tire 1 (Never needed or used, lost near Bend OR)
Spare tire 2 (Never needed or used, lost in Leon, Mexico)

Notable bike repairs:
Bottom Bracket (replaced in Ashland, OR)
Rear hub ball bearings (replaced in Mazatlan, Mexico)

Clothing:
Rain pants Endura wore through, threw away and didn't replace in Canada
Rain jacket 1  LOST near Tetlin Wildlife Refutre.
+Rain Jacket 2 bought in Whitehorse
Fleece zip up sent home from Port Angles
Fleece (lightweight)
Wool longsleve sent home from Port Angles
 2 tshirts  sent home from Port Angles, wore through other in San Diego
1 shirt
+ 1 shirt bought in San Diego
1 long spandex pants
1 pant: Levi's Commuter Trousers sent home because it was too bulky and heavy and too hot to wear
+ camping pants
2 wool socks 2 reg socks only God knows how many socks I've lost.
+ 2 regular pairs of socks
bike short 1 lost 1 in BC, wore through 1 in San Diego.
bike short 2 worn out in San Diego and sent home for future repair
+bike short 3
+1 athletic short bought in thrift store in Port Angles
2 bike chamois Sent home in Port Angles
2 underwear
1 hat
+2 longsleeve cotton shirts (Baja California)
1 pair bike shoes replaced SPD clip on Vancouver Island, BC, lost 1 show in Guanajuato, Mexico
1 pair walking shoes
sunglasses
Gloves sent home in Port Angles
+ cycling glove (bought in Ashland OR), lost in California +cycling glove (bought in San Diego), lost in Baja California


Camping gear:
Tent: Big Agnes Fly Creek UL1
Sleeping Bag: Kielty Cosmic Down 20 degree
Sleeping Pad: Therma-Rest Zlite

Cookware:
Stove: MSR Whisperlite sent home in San Diego because white gas isn't widely availalbe in Mexico
+Stove 2: Primus Omni-Fuel
Pot: GSI Outdoors Pinnacle Dualist, (broke both sporks, sent home 2/4 bowls)
Fork/Knife/Spoon: Sea to Summit all lost throughout trip.
Water purifier: Steripen Adventurer broke in Washington. Replaced with Steripen classic
Water purifier: Katadyn Backpacker decided not to bring it at all
2 bottles  1bottle sent one bottle home

Misc:
Pack towel 1 (lost in La Paz, Mexico)
pack towel 2
Stuff sacks and dry sacks (sent some extra sacks home)
Assorted straps
Paracord sent home after leaving bear zone in San Diego
Backpack sent home in Pt. Anglesand replaced with my much smaller Flash
First Aide kit
Toiletries
Solar Charger: Goal Zero 8 sent home rechargable batteries to save weight
Headlamp lost near Durango, Mexico
Kindle
Maps
pocketknife  lost and replaced by mini-machette near Leon, Mexico

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