Touring Equipment

@ltc: The list I made did quite well. Maybe next time I would only use merino wool both on and off the bike and leave the cooking stuff behind. The last two weeks I didnt have any gas, but I didnt mind at all to live on cold stuff, loads of fruits and veggies and canned tuna in olive oil on baguette with pepper and salt. Good shit!

This is a very important decision you have to make earlier on, deciding not to take cooking equipment can easily save you 2.5kg and a huge amount of volume in your panniers/bikepacks.

And if going to France I would bring an electricity adapter. They dont have normal plugs over there.

Ensure all the device you're taking can be charged via USB, making it easier to carry just the one, also a bonus if your device share the same mini-USB port (or micro), if not, you can get small adaptor that plug into the cable;

When going with friends I guess common sense would get you far. Dont multi-bring stuff that you only need one of. This can go as far as soap and toothpaste, but I'd start with tools and looking for the possibility to share a tent etc.

Sharing the same wheel size and inner tube valve is pretty fucking useful, would've save me a 60km round trip to a decathlon to pick up spare for my stranded companion whom brought a 700c instead of a 26" by mistake.