It is pissing down just like it will be on Saturday in Rambouillet, so no pictures of the bike loaded up just yet.
The Carradice SuperC is my rack pack, and is currently packed with everything I'll be taking for the event, so jacket, leg warmers, gloves, arm coolers, my lightest bivvy bag (190g), P20, sudocreme, toolkit, spare cables, some non perishable bonk rations, pain killers, stomach settlers, imodium, salt tablets, diorlyte, toothpaste and brush, razor and shaving oil, small travel towel for washing etc. Back pocket of rack pack has head torch, chain oil, black currant flavouring, lock, hiviz, plus a bag with 4 pairs of charged AA. I have cut a long bit of bungy cord, sealed the ends, and threaded it through the top of the bag for holding extra stuff, possibly an extra bag of food for the first night.
The SuperC front pannier contains the kit I'll be wearing during the event, plus lightweight footwear, socks, underwear, shirt for clean stuff around Rambouillet before / after event plus my documents so passport, EHIC euros, printed ferry and hotel bookings plus charger with euro plug for min and micro USB. A pair of my normal glasses in their case. Waterproof compact camera in this pannier for now but will put in rear pocket of jersey.
Below that is the kit I'll be wearing for the ride down and back. Cap (cycling glasses under cap), cycling top, padded under shorts, normal shorts, socks, cycling shoes.
The neoprene Wiggle wallet has UK train tickets, plus UK cash, cards etc. Plus my £4.99 audax dumb phone with 150 minutes of credit on it. GPS has a set of fully charged AA in them, and will go on the bars obvs.
The bike will also have a stem cell attached to bars for holding my munch food when on the road. It worked as a good baguette holder in 2015.