Packlist

"Bici" - my faithful mountainbike

Certainly some of you have been wondering what I will take with me and how I transport it. This is my checklist, if you´re interested:

Bike and equipment:
- Cube Mountainbike (picture above)
- Frontroller from Ortlieb
- Backroller from Ortlieb
- airpump
- handlebar bag for camera equipment
- saddlebag for repair kit
- small taillight / small front light (demountable)
- small lock
- rearview mirror
- 2 bottle holders
- demountable mudguards
- safety west
- pennant rod with flags from Bavaria / Iran (later I will put on the Oman flag)

techniqual equipment:
- Canon EOS 6D
- Objektiv 24-70mm
- Objektiv 70-200mm
- charging cables, batteries, tripod, memory cards, transfer cable to ipad
- Solar battery charger (in the sun you can charge 2 devices)
- ipad Air 2
- small keyboard from Logitec
- Xperia Z1 mobile
- older mobile for iranian SIM-Card
- binocular
- travel adapter Middle East
- Kindle reader
- headlamp from Petzl


clothes:
- Softshelljacket / Softshellpant
- hat and scarf
- gloves
- rainjacket
- 2 light biking socks
- 2 padded bike pants
- 2 blouses for going out in islamic style (found on this great website)
- 2 blouses for biking
- 2 multifunction-shirts (to wear below the blouse)
- 1 Jeans
- 1 long trekking pant
- 1 sports pants
- 2 Hijabs (headscarfs)
- 1 pair of light trekking shoes
- 1 pair of biking shoes with click-function
- 1 pair of mountain shoes
- 1 pair of flipflops
- 1 pair of climbing shoes, harness and belaying device (GriGri)
- Carbine for belaying device
- 4 slips
- 2 sports bras
- 2 T-Shirts
- Bikini (for the swimming-pool in Teheran which is for women only)
- 2 "pirates"-headscarfs
- bike-glasses with photochromic glasses (great, when driving from light into shade and vice versa)
- needle and thread


cosmetics:
- combinaton of showering gel and shampoo (Lavera 2 in 1 shower-gel)
- toothbrush / toothpaste
- lipstick
- sunscreen
- deodorant
- equipment for contact lenses
- glasses for emergency in case I can´t wear lenses / spare contacts
- washcloth
- trekking-towel (it´s small, light and dries very fast)
- nail scissors / file / tweezers
- earplugs
- handkerchiefs / baby wipes


Accomodation:
- tent "Pathfinder" from Wechsel (I will post an extra blog about that)
- plastic groundcloth for tent
- sleeping pad
- down-feather sleeping-bag
- light silk sleeping-bag
- cord


emergency:
- signal mirror
- whistle
- compass (a small one at the handlebar and another more exact one)


cooking:
- gasoline stove / gas stove (I still think if it makes more sense to buy a gasoline stove.
  Meanwhile, there are the even multifuel stoves, where you can use petroleum,
  kerosene and unleaded gasoline). I still have a gas stove and I always have problems
  finding the right gas cartridges. 

- 1 pot
- 1 plate
- 1 set of cutlery
- salt- and peppershaker
- pocket knife
- 4 packs of dried food (emergency ration)
- waterfilter from Katadyn
- MSR Dromedar waterbag (10 liter)
- Ortlieb waterbag (4 liter)

- Source waterbag (1 liter)
- Platypus waterbag (1,5 liter)
- 1 no-name waterbag (2,5 liter)- 2 drinking bottles á 0,6 liter (mounted to the bike)
- lighter

repair:
- Multi-Tool
- chain rivet kit
- repair kit for tube
- spare tubes
- cable binder (different sizes)
- wire / ducktape
- chain oil
- WD40


medicine:
- painkillers
- Imodium
- sterile syringe and cannula (if needed I have my own sterile stuff, you never know)
- antibiotics
- sore ointment
- first-aid bag


documents:
- passport
- driving license
- passport photos
- purse for small change
- bag for passport and all important documents (I will send that to my own e-mail address as a scan)
- dictionary farsi
- Point-it-booklet
- Kauderwelsch persian
- travel book Iran (German only) - I heard that Lonely Planet is very good, too.
- pencil
- "business" card
- small photobooklets with pictures from home to show around
- map Iran
- diary
- creditcard / debit-card
- cash
- my profile translated into farsi and arabic