SUMMARY Long-ish gravel ride to Gyllebosjö and back. Packed like I would for a multi-day ride, just to test things. Planned to ride 200 km, but wanted to get home for dinner, so cut it a little short. Rode a bit slower than estimated. WEATHER 0 - 9 degrees ~4 m/s wind from the East Mostly sunny all morning until ~14:00 A few snow flakes early in the morning CLOTHING top: long sleeve base, wool t-shirt, wool sweater, puffy vest --> removed vest during middle of day bottom: wool unders, thick wool tights, shorts feet: thick wool socks, nice Shimano shoes hands: mittens, then rain gloves after ~12:00 head: thick wool cap, face warmer --> Clothing was perfect PACKING Packed like I would for a multi-day ride Sleeping gear in 8 L dry bag on rear rack --> bivy, mattress, sleeping bag, liner, pillow, mini tarp + stakes Rain clothes: coat, shorts, socks, gloves Reflective gear: vest, ankle straps Food in rando bag: see below Water on frame: see below FOOD & WATER 2 water bottles: 1 L + 2 L, drank ~2.5 L water filter pasta (pesto & bacon, 150 g) in metal container (ate half) 2 ham & cheese sandwiches in metal container (ate 1.5) 2 ice coffees (drank both) 2 apples (ate both) sack of nuts (honey & salt) ate all --> Food and water amount were good --> Maybe maybe a smoothie or two would be nice FOOD STOPS 56 km - sandwich, water 84 km - nuts, ice coffee 119 km - pasta, apple, water 147 km - nuts, ice coffee, apple 159 km - half sandwich, water --> Maybe should have eaten earlier and more often for larger meals, like ~ 50km, 100km, 150 km TIRES 29x2.25" Vittoria Mezcal, grey side wall First long ride on these tires ~27F/29R PSI - seems good Really nice on gravel - fast and smooth Good enough on single track Faster than the Ikons on asphault :) NEXT TIME Maybe one longer stop to cook and eat food? Coffee too? --> Too cold for that this time though