Asia on a tandem

After a lot of tweaks and fine tuning, this is our current setup. We're carrying more stuff than usual on this stretch as it can get quite remote in Tajikistan so we have food for a few days, extra fuel and a complete pharmacy.

To avoid faff we don't have anything we might need during day breaks inside panniers: rain jacket, gloves, sun cream, cameras, ground sheet, pillows, stove, water filter, cutlery, playing cards, tools and so on.

Luggage layout:

• Front panniers, large Ortliebs: clothes and personal stuff, 1 each
  
• Rear pannier, large Ortlieb: sleeping bags, pantry (luxurious treats like oats, trail mix, peanut butter, protein powder and one small pack of Quinoa we prob carry for emotional comfort and identity affirmation)
  
• Rear pannier, large Ortlieb: tech stuff. Laptop, cables, film rolls, some docs, adaptors, that kind of thing
  
• Front rack bag, Reload: best described as miscellaneous. Lots of the small stuff mentioned previously, also used as shopping bag. Carried a puppy for a couple of days. Quality piece of kit, super tough.
  
• Rear rack bag, generic thermal orange thing: bought this in Bishkek to carry food. Instant noodles, chocolate, olive oil, stale bread, soy sauce, chocolate, rice, lentils, chocolate, nuts, and chocolate. Stove is also in there so this is the only bag we need to open when we stop for lunch.
  
• Front frame bag, Bedrock: lock, pump, some allen keys, sun cream, rain jacket
  
• Rear frame bag, Bedrock: tent. We like it there because it's one less bag to carry when we stop at guesthouses. It's packed inside Japanese vacuum bags, waterproof and compact.
  
• Stoker camera bag, generic: cameras, phone
  
• Stoker top tube bag, Revelate: film rolls, tissue, discarded chocolate wrapping
  
• Saddle bag, Topeak: tools, grease, tube patches
  
  

Edit: we never had the chance to weight it, but I estimate the whole rig is around 80kg (with extra food and water, 'normal' mode would be around 70kg)
6 x 5kg panniers and rack bags
1 x 5kg framebag (rear)
1 x 3kg framebag (front)
30kg bike
8L of water

Combined riders weight is 135kg

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