First things first

So I carry things with me and I thought some might find an inventory of interest.

Let’s see…

One Trek 520 Touring Model Bicycle
One Axiom brand bicycle rack
Two water bottle cages mounted on frame
One Trek brand Bike computer
Two Axiom brand panniers (bike bags that mount to each side of the rack)
Credit cards, driver’s license, and voter registration card (unaffiliated)
One pen
One cellular phone and charger
One 80 gig iPod with charger
One Belkin brand digital iPod microphone
One copy of Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple
One laptop retractable cable combination lock
One Petzl brand LED headlamp
My retainers (sigh)
Native brand sunglasses with four sets of lenses (clear, yellow, orange, and dark)
One Nikon brand D70 SLR (it’s a camera)
One chest harness to sling about my big camera and have it easily at hand while riding
One bottle of sun block
A knife
A pencil
A pencil sharpener
Some duct tape (or if you’re high spirited, “duck tape”) rolled onto a small plastic card
Some electrical tape wrapped around my seat post
A lighter
One flashing red Cat Eye brand light to deter the cars that chase me through the night
Chap Stick
A spoon
One S-Biner clip
One small bendy tripod deal
One small notebook
One large notebook
One super light 2 liter Camel Back brand water backpack
One Avenir brand handlebar bag
Two long sleeve shirts
Three white under shirts
One pair of camp pants
Three pairs of bicycle socks
Two pairs of Pearl Zumi brand bicycle shorts
Two bicycle shirts
One Bell brand bicycle helmet
One pair of Sidi brand bicycle shoes (mountain bike style so I can walk around without looking like an elf)
One MSR brand single person tent (Zoid – smells like a barn)
One pair of fingerless wool gloves
45 days worth of multivitamins and Glucosamine Condroitin with MSM for joint care
A small sewing kit
An ace bandage
Assorted band-aids
Three spare inner tubes
One patch kit
Two tire wrenches
One tire gage
One “bunch” of Emergen-C electrolyte packets
One small frame mount Topeak brand bike pump
Toothpaste/toothbrush/tongue scraper
Revlon brand nail clippers (eh)
A small bottle of Dr. Bronner’s peppermint soap
One shaving implement
One Nikon brand wide-angle lens with case
One polarized lens filter
One collapsible fill light reflector
One wool cap
One fleece neck warmer
One Topeak brand Alien II bike multi-tool
One inflatable Thermarest brand inflatable ground pad
Two camera batteries and charger
One crescent wrench
Two spare links
Maps enough to get to San Fran
One pair of Teva brand sandals
One copy of The Father Brown Omnibus of G.K. Chesterton
One stack of English vocab cards
One pair of wool socks
One pair of bike gloves
One pair of bicycle booties (they zip over bicycle shoes to keep your feet warm)
One pair of spandex leggings
One thin fleece pull-over
One REI brand raincoat
One flag (made by my darling mother) hung on a fishing rod and displaying the question “Who should I vote for and why?”
My grandfather’s watch
Um…and food
…and 5 liters of water (but I will probably carry as much as 8 across Death Valley)