Light and Fast: Bikepacking Gear for my Nordkapp Trip
Discover the essential gear that kept me rolling to Nordkapp and through Norway's stunning landscapes, from fjords to mountains, on an unforgettable bikepacking journey.
In May 2023 I started a 5 weeks trip from France to Nordkapp. You can read the story here.
This is the setup that I used:
Bike:
- Bike: Canyon Endurace CF SL 7
- Wheels: DT Swiss Endurance LN
- Gears: Sram Rival Etap AXS. 35-48 chainring and 11-34 cassette
Bags:
- Apidura Expedition Handlebar Pack 9L
- Apidura Expedition Full Frame Pack 14L
- Apidura Expedition Saddle Pack 17L
- Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
- Decathlon food pouch
Sleeping and cooking system
- Tent: MSR 1p
- Sleeping pad: Decathlon MT900
- Sleeping bag: Black Snow 0°C
- Cooking: JetBoil Zip
Repair kit:
- Inner tubes x2
- Quick link
- Multitool with chain tool included
- Mini pump
- Chain lube
- Zip ties
Clothes
- 1x cycling short
- 1x cycling t-shirt
- 1x leg warmers and arm warmers
- 1x windproof cover
- 1x warm cycling jacket
- 1x warm gloves
- 1x short (non-cycling)
- 1x t-shirt (non-cycling)
- 1x non-cycling underwear
- 2x socks (Always keep one dry to sleep and to warm up when wet)
I brought the minimum quantity of clothes to reduce weight and especially volume. I had to wash my stuff every day and dry the non-cycling clothes when cycling and the cycling ones during sleep.
Other
- Medical kit
- Sleeping mask (to put over the eyes when it's sunny 24/7)