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Old 27 Jan 2016
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What luxury item can you not be without?
We are all aware of the space and weight restrictions we have when bike traveling but what is that one item you just CAN NOT do without?

For me it is a fine bone china coffee mug. I just absolutely HAVE to have a fine bone china mug to drink my barely adequate coffee out of in the mornings.

When I am at work I attend a lot of meetings and training sessions and I am renown for brining my own coffee mug and plunger and coffee!

What is it for you that you just must have and be damned the space and weight consequences?
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I don't really have a can't do without luxury item but my travelling companion on our recent USA trip never travels without a proper frying pan for making breakfast.

I'm not really a fried breakfast sort of camper but it came in very useful as a work surface when I broke my glasses -

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My waterproof heated jacket.
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Four things I always carry with me during my bike adventure - Food, Water, First Aid Kit, and a Knife for self defense (just in case...)
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Head phones and some device to drive them.

When you are stuck in a train compartment or ferry cabin with Rajasthan’s least discrete kebab cook, an Italian couple intent of acting out the karma sutra and the Hyperactive Societies annual trip to the chocolate refinery and fizzy drink factory, plugging in and tuning out just works. There are also the nights when you are not camping in hole in the ground out of choice and the shipping forecast and desert island discs or the test match are relaxing compared to howling blizzards or mortar fire in the distance. I am not a fan of the Smashy and Nicey stations that fill the worlds airwaves, but these days there is the internet or at least a bit of local noise.

I regret I cannot count food as a luxury although I'm sure many in the world do.

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My Helinox chair always goes when camping.
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My Helinox chair always goes when camping.
Same here. Everybody starts laughing when you tell them you carry a chair on a world trip - until you start camping together. We have one Helinox Chair One and a cheap fake one for a third of the price. So far their both doing well for almost a year.
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Cafe press mug or areo press and a bag of good coffee.

lots of other things I like to take but can leave but not a method of making good coffee.

Oh probably a chair as well, I do have a kermit chair and it is fantastic to have a proper chair to sit on. I know its big and heavy compared to others but its worth it.
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After a time in the military it would be clean skids (pants) socks and toothbrush /paste. Then no matter how wet / cold / hot it gets the world will turn.
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Another Helinox One here

It's 1 additional kg to carry, but the ability to sit and even lean back in front of my tent after a long days ride is a 1-ton-comfort upgrade to me.

(... and in severe cases of wanderlust I even use it at home... ;D)
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One, decent, 'not riding' blouse. It was nice after days of stinking in my kit to end up somewhere where I could take a hot shower and change and feel vaguely human again. I bought it in India and it doubled as satisfying modesty standards for Asia and generally helped me go slightly more incognito when on foot.

Second one was a picnic blanket. I didn't bring a camp chair so it was nice to sit and cook on when camping, or lounge around and read on, or roll myself into when it got extra cold at night.
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Chair (treo by thermarest)
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Another Helinox One here

It's 1 additional kg to carry, but the ability to sit and even lean back in front of my tent after a long days ride is a 1-ton-comfort upgrade to me.

(... and in severe cases of wanderlust I even use it at home... ;D)

A chair for sure. I carry a Treo chair by Thermarest. Currently making my own smaller and lighter chair / tripod-thingy.
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My electronics can be considered luxury, so there's that. It does not take up that much space but I also take my electric shaver with me, even though I have to charge it. Mine, a Panasonic, does not take up much time as also proven here. I also bring my favorite bag of coffee with me, really zaps me to life when I need to!
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