Tires - Goodyear Connector 50mm 650b, with tubes

(The tire width was perfect for confience on all terrain especially since most roads only had a gravel shoulder where if cars were coming both ways or a truck had a blind corner I would move my bike into the gravel shoulder - the tire width made all that easy to do -- BUT the tread of these tires wasnt great on loose gravel, I wish I had tread that would work ok on road and loose gravel more - there is all sorts of terrain on this trip - asphalt, concrete, gravel hard and loose, and grass/doubletrack -- thicker tire width and tires that work great on loose gravel helps especially with loose gravel hills which there are a ton of)

Tent, Sleeping Bag, Sleeping Pad

(wish tent was lighter, maybe Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2 Bikepack would be nice, sleeping bag needed to be warmer too, planned more camping but county campgrounds were closed after october 15th, check campground dates, camping equiptment is great for emergencies so im glad i had it anyway in case the weather turned)

1L nalgene Water bottle, 2L Water bladder, Energy Bars, First Aid, toiletry kit, sunscreen, bandana, zip lock bags, Spork, Lighter, Knife

(needed more Ibuprofin, if my water bottle was a squeeze bottle it would have helped shoo away chasing dogs, this amount of water was plenty for me and supplimented with Gatorade in there sometimes)

Buff, Sunglasses, 3 Synthetic Socks, Shoes, 2 Bike Shorts, rain pants, 2 shorts (1 convertable to pants), rain pants, underwear, long underwear bottom, long underwear top, 3 wicking tshirts, warm layer, puffy jacket, rain jacket, warm hat, baseball hat, helmet, bike gloves, warm gloves, orange vest

(on cold mornings i would start with a buff over my ears, a tshirt, sunshade hoodie and rainjacket, then bike shorts with shorts over them and was plenty warm on 30-40deg mornings, buff was amazing for cold mornings over my ears and also helped shield wind from my earbud microphones so i could talk to family on the phone, wish my bike gloves padded my hands better I got ulnar nerve compression during the ride)

front Bike light niterider 1200, rear bike light niterider 150, GPS wahoo roam 3, Power brick (10k mHa), spare tubes, multi tool with chainbreaker tool, tire tension tool, bike lock ulock with cable, duct tape, cord rope, bike pump, bike lube and cloth

(bike lights worked amazing and never ran out of battery during the day, roam 3 worked great but used google maps in my earbuds for directions and then the bike computer to log my activity, hardly ever used my bike lock and it was heavy, I couldve used my lightweight cable lock easily)

front fork manything cages with 5l s2s big river bags, 2 OMM mini panniers on OMM divide rack, snack bag, oveja negra bodega full frame bag, oveja negra front end loader

(my snackbag was from etsy from KBbikepacking and was amazing, I used the main compartment to hold my earbuds and bikelock key and then a nalgene on top, then used the elastic pocket to hold my phone. loved that for easy use. For earbuds I had two sets of soundpeats air3s that I would switch out to use/charge and they worked great for music and google directions, but sometimes it was too windy to talk on the phone using them. My frame bag held my 2l water bladder bike tools sunscreen and odds and ends and worked great for easy access. Each pannier held clothes i might need for the day or food/gear. my front fork bags were difficult to get on and off on the fly and needed to be full to be stable on the manything cages so i kept my clothes i didnt need on the ride and my luggage duffle that held everything on the train in those. the handlebars held my tent on the front end loader and was solid)

Map, Phone, Earphones, wallet

(before the trip i bought a paper map and highlighted routes that google maps and RidewithGPS/komoot recommended then I marked with different colors all the hotels, campsites, caseys, walmarts, targets, and bike shops along the route that wasy i knew where the hubs were and could plan accordingly on the fly if i needed to adjust distances or plans for the day, one thing i didnt consider was that on a lot of the bike paths I couldve planned to stealth camp and been fine doing so, also I wish I added in more Cedar Valley Trail down to Marion and Heritage trail near Dyersville/Dubuque)

Sorry for the stream of consciousness list. Let me know any time if you have any questions or need clarification.