Shakedowns and Airports

Shakedowns and Airports

The title really is not as bad as it sounds….

We are on our way. I’m finishing this post at the Indianapolis airport Monday evening. We made it thru check-in and security with no trouble.

Saturday we had an equipment shakedown. We went thru packing lists and ended up making a few runs to fill in the gaps. For those interested I will include our equipment list at the bottom of this post.

It seems to be quite a bit of “stuff” to load in 4 relatively small bike bags. The truth be told some of it is “shared” equipment that I will split with Joe. I actually have a bit of spare room.

One of my biggest anxieties was getting the bike boxes checked. Our flight from Indy to DFW is on American Airline but was booked thru Qantas. The ticket agent wanted to charge us an extra large item fee for the bikes. Fortunately I had printed off the Qantas sport equipment policy regarding checking bikes. After reading thru the policy the agent said it looks like they were covered as an included checked bag and waived any additional fees. Whew…

 

Equipment list:

Clothing:          – (3) Sets –Tech T-Shirt, Cycling shorts, socks, and briefs

– (2) Long Sleeve Tech Shirts

– (1) Fleece Jacket

– (1) Compression Tights

– (1) Columbia light-weight pants with zip-off legs

Rain Gear  – Cannondale Rain Jacket.

– Pearl Izumi Rain Pants

– Arkel Rain Covers for the listed panniers.

Shoes:          – Shimano MTB20

Tent:                   -Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2 w/footprint.

Sleeping Bags:

• Kelty 20 degree
• Eureka 60 degree.

Sleep Pad: – Pacific Outdoors Ether thermo6 2/3 length.

Stove:          – Sato Muka w/ 11 oz fuel bottle.

– Bic lighter

 

Toilet Kit:          -Toothbrush,

• toothpaste,
• Nivea Shave Cream,
• Shampoo & Bodywash,
• disposable razor,
• anti-perspirant/deodorant,
• over the counter meds

– Glucosamine-Chondroitin, 100 Tablets

– Turmeric – 50 Tablets

– B Complex Vitamins = 100 Tablets

– Magnesium – 50 Tablets

– Generic Aleve – 50 Tablets

Medium micro-fiber tech towel, 1 roll TP.

First Aid Kit – Stocked with misc supplies.

Tool Kit:

– Park cyclist multi-tool,

-(6) metric hex wrenches,

– spoke wrench,

– cassette tool,

– vice grip,

– tire levers,

– patch kit, w/ extra patch glue,

– frame pump, 4 spare tubes,

-1 folding spare tire, presta valve adapter.

Mac Book Air and power supply,

I-Phone

Delorme PN 60 GPS,

PowerFilm 10 watt fold-able solar panel w/ battery charger,

8 AA rechargeable batteries, USB card reader,

Lumix GH3 Camera,

GoPro3 , + spare memory cards,

Giegerrig 100 oz hydration bladder

Platypus 100 oz Hydration bladder

SPF 50 sunscreen,

4oz bottle of detergent.