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<\/a>Our pack list has also been pretty well locked down, but we needed to do final assembly, and get Ruth to tell us exactly what clothes she wanted to bring. \u00a0When you spread it out, it looks pretty big. \u00a0Really it’s pretty bare bones. \u00a0Two sets of bike clothes, rain\/cold gear for everybody, one set of street clothes for the grown ups and two or three for the kids (since they don’t wear lycra on the bike). \u00a0Then a pile of food, first aid, and tools and spares to deal with whatever issues may come our way.<\/p>\n
We also had to pack two other sets of bags: one for the drive up to Vancouver, and another for after the ride.<\/p>\n
Finally, we weighed everything. \u00a0It sure does add up.<\/p>\n
| <\/td>\n | Lucas<\/td>\n | Anne<\/td>\n<\/theader>\n | ||||||
| Front panniers<\/td>\n | 27.6 lbs<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| Rear panniers<\/td>\n | 26.3<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| Bare bike<\/td>\n | 33.6<\/td>\n | 33.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| On bike gear (includes food, pump, helmet, lights, water, etc)<\/td>\n | 11.2<\/td>\n | 21.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| Bare trailer<\/td>\n | 29.8<\/td>\n | 28.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| On trailer gear<\/td>\n | 11.8<\/td>\n | 27.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| Kid in trailer<\/td>\n | 44.0<\/td>\n | 27.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| Loaded trailer<\/td>\n | 85.6<\/td>\n | 83.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
Total non-rider<\/strong><\/td>\n| 184.3<\/strong><\/td>\n | 137.9<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Rider<\/td>\n | 273.8<\/td>\n | 151.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Total<\/strong><\/td>\n | 458.1 lb<\/strong>s<\/td>\n | 289.3 lbs<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n | As we thought, Max’s trailer ends up a little lighter than Ruth’s, but not by much. Most of the weight difference (excluding the rider) comes from the panniers.<\/p>\n My coworker, Mohamed, very kindly offered to watch our cats for us while we’re away. We dropped them off last weekend. I’ve heard reports that they’re still hiding during the day, but exploring at night. They’re also making friends with Mohamed’s dog. Maybe.<\/p>\n Tomorrow we can stop preparing and start implementing. There are still two days of driving ahead of us before we can start biking, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tomorrow we start driving towards Vancouver. \u00a0That makes today the final prep day. The route was already locked down. \u00a0We loaded all 39 days (plus 2 days with alternates) into Anne’s Garmin. \u00a0I’ve also prepared printed cue sheets, which can be easier to see what’s coming, and doubles as a backup. \u00a0It comes to almost … Continue reading Final prep<\/span> |