This is my packing list for London-Edinburgh-London 2022. I am planning to pack everything into 2 bags (seat pack and frame pack). As always I will take a sleeping bag with me that allows me to sleep wherever and whenever I want. Besides I will prepare for some British weather (although the weather forecast looks pretty good at the moment).

Clothing

• Bike shoes
• Socks (2 pairs)
• Cycling bibs, short (1 for cycling, 1 in my bag drop)
• Jersey (3, 1 for cycling and 2 in my bag drops)
• Armlets
• can’t find my leg warmers, so probably, I’ll go without
• Fleece jacket with hoodie
• Rain Jacket
• Rain pants
• Overshoes
• Reflective vest
• Helmet
• Buff
• Sun glasses (with additional transparent glasses for the night)
• Decided agains gloves, since I never have issues with cold hands

Bags

• Ortlieb seat pack 11l
• Apidura frame pack
• Maybe some handlebar bag for quickly accessing my camera & food (undecided)

Lightning

• Lupine Pico for the front
• 2 Lupine batteries 6.9 AH
• 1 Lupine battery 3.3 AH
• Lupine charger
• Lupine Redlight
• Spare rear light (USB)
• Lupine extender cable (to put battery in frame pack)

Tools

• Multi-tool (Torx, Inbus, chain tool)
• Tire levers (4)
• Patches
• Valve key
• 3 spare tubes (1 on the bike, 2 in bag drops)
• Pump
• spare spokes
• bunch of cable ties
• Duct tape
• Chain lube
• Chain link
• Rubber gloves for bike repairs (won’t have that, but got it recommended)

Electronics

• Smartphone
• Cycling computer (Wahoo Elemnt)
• 2 power banks (1 on the bike, 1 in a bag drop)
• 2 micro USB charging cables (lights, powerbank, cycling computer)
• 2 USB chargers (Apple)
• 1 iPhone charging cable
• Camera (Sony RX100)
• 2nd battery for camera
• GPX tracks downloaded on cycling computer & smartphone (for backup)
• Headphones

Hygiene

• Sunscreen (50+)
• Tooth brush & tooth paste
• Soap
• Bepanthen creme
• Wet wipes
• Tissues
• Ear plugs

Sleeping

• Sleeping bag

Money & IDs

• Debit card
• UK pounds
• Health insurance card
• Passport / ID

Misc

• 2 bottles (800ml each)
• 4 plastic bags (wet feet, protect cycling computer)
• Timetable
• 2 bags for the bag drops
• First aid kit (rescue blanket!!!)
• Pen for the brevet card

Bag Drops

I am undecided yet regarding the exact content of my bag drops. There will be 2 - one in Hessle and one in Brampton and I can access them both on my way to Edinburgh and back.

Hessle

• 2 Jerseys
• Some sweets
• Salted Peanuts

Brampton

• 2 Jerseys
• Cycling bib
• Some sweets
• Salted Peanuts
• 2nd Powerbank