Hey everyone, I got most of my equipment together and wanted to know if it can be done better, or if some parts are superfluous.
Imgur gallery with 15 pics, gear and bike.The gear is for a tour from Germany through Russia this winter, start is this December. I will take the tran-sib train for large parts (because of the short visa), then cycle in Mongolia, China... take a ferry to Southkorea and Japan, and once it gets warmer I want to send the two pannier bags back home. I guess its 4-5 month to Japan, its so short because of the train, which will cut off several thousand kilometers of the bike trip.
I'll then go to Taiwan, Hongkong and back into mainland China to start the silkroad with just framebags. A full set of Apidura bags and a 26L backpack, which is hopefully mostly empty. I'd rather not have more than 5kg in it. The route will be China, Central Asia, Iran and Turkey, with my final destination being Istanbul some time in autumn next year. Which gives me about 6 months for the Silkroad. Its about 12.000km, and I did 10.000km this summer in 3 months... the terrain might be more difficult, but I think it should be fine.
EDIT: I removed a bit of clothing, saved a kilogram. Here is a list with weights:
http://lighterpack.com/r/b5hptj
