Well, I’m hoping this is what I should be carrying, as this is a first attempt so I could be horrendously wrong.

All of this will be going in a Carradice Barley, supported on a bagman with a small drysac on top. So it should end up looking something like this:

(That was prior to the Moors+Wolds 400, fingers crossed the same thing doesn’t happen with the saddle (though this  thread on YACF isn’t helping any))

In the barley:

• Tyre Levers
• 2 spare inner tubes
• puncture patches
• multi-tools (leatherman for blades and an Alien for allen keys and chain splitter)
• spare chain links
• Spare batteries for lights and GPS recharger
• Nunn tablets to add to water for cola/banana flavoured energy
• Couple of mars bars
• malt loaf
• Wallet
• phone
• pages torn out of a road atlas in case of battery failure
• brevet card
• leg warmers
• long finger gloves
• cap
• buff
• space blank
• toothbrush and toothpaste
• ibuprofen, sudocrem, immodium
• tissues and moist wipe
• hand cleanser

In the drysac will go:

• Long sleeve jersey for overnight
• A pair of bib tights as spares in case of any problems
• sun glasses

In jersey pockets

• Arm warmers
• sugary sweets

Hanging off the bagman:

• Waterproof
• Spare tyre

Hopefully it’ll all fit. Glad I don’t have a rack or I’d probably end up taking even more junk with me. Once I’ve finished the ride I’ll know what was worth taking, though I don’t think there’s much I could do without. This is for a DIY 600 cross some remote bits of Yorkshire and Scotland (we’re following the London-Edinburgh-London 2013 northbound route), so I want to make sure I’ve got plenty to get through if thing go wrong in the wrong place.