Bike

• Bottles – 2x 750ml
• Garmin Edge 800 GPS
• B+M Cyo front light powered from front Dynohub
• Spare link – Magic chain joining link
• Brake blocks
• Oil – small bottle just in case weather went nasty of things started squeaking
• Flip flops – last minute addition once we’d been told that some controls would have a shoes off policy. Were ditched at Brampton north bound
• Helly – spare base layer
• Knee warmers
• Arm warmers
• Gloves – took full gloves in case of wet or cold on night time descents
• Gilet
• 3 inner tubes
• Over shoes – battered old pair of neoprene jobs
• Nunn – one tube of the caffeinated cola ones I like
• Tools – Leatherman, tyre levers and a bike multitool
• Toothbrush 
• Toothpaste
• Headtorch – not so much for riding, but for repairs/punctures/toileting in the dark
• Painkillers – traditional stash of Vitamin I
• Silk liner – Taken for comfort of sleeping at controls. Never used
• Immodium – Just in case, not used
• Cap – Stupidly left at Pock southbound the day before I REALLY needed it in the heat
• Buff
• Phone cable
• Gps
• Usb cable – 2m long one to stretch from Barley to Garmin 800 on the stem
• Battery – Technet 5000 mAh
• Ixion  – extra battery light to complement Cyo and dynohub for fast descents.
• Sunglasses
• Clear glasses
• Hi vis gilet – workman’s jacket type purely for huge amounts of reflective tape
• Sleeping shorts – pair of baggy running shorts. Was great to air the undercarriage a bit at controls and make sure everything was dry.

Pocklington

• Tube
• Wicking top
• Jersey
• Spare socks
• Spare shorts

Brampton

• Tube
• Wicking top
• Ls jersey – through this in just in case the weather turned, or I was feeling the cold due to tiredness southbound
• Jersey
• Socks
• Brake blocks
• Nunn – more cola flavour
• Battery –  A spare tecknet 7000 mAh 
• Spare aa
• Towel – Didn’t need this in the end as controls had towels. But as it was a bag drop it didn’t need carrying
• Ibuprofen
• Pro plus
• Spare shorts
• Spare 3/4s – through this in just in case the weather turned, or I was feeling the cold due to tiredness southbound

That little lot seemed to cope with pretty much everything I encountered on the ride. The only stupid thing I did was leave my cap behind too early, and had to improvise with my buff, which wasn’t brilliant.

Just in case anyone’s interested I rotated 3 pairs of shorts over the ride. A pair of Endura Pro FS260s bibs, a pair of Gore bibs and a cheap pair of Decathlon’s own brand BTwin bibs. Didn’t seem to sustain any disasterous undercarriage damage, though sitting on the saddle 2 days later was still a tender experience for the first 5 minutes.

Now the challenge is to work out how to carry this much kit without bag drops for next years challenge, The Highlands, Glens & Western Isles 1300km. Hopefully I’ll have a new frame and can look at some slightly roomier luggage than the barley.