Equipment

Here we keep a record of the collective equipment needed/thought/available for each Biketour.

If you want to know what you should bring generally see here -> participant equipment recomendation or in the FAQs on www.ecotopiabiketour.net

Things often get left behind and often get mixed up with (particularly kitchen) equipment of the projects. One important tip when acquiring communal equipment is to choose items that have an exceptional design. Experience shows that even the most useless things don't get lost for months if their look is easy to recognise, but even the most essential things get left behind when no one is sure if they are ours or belong to the project.

Permanent equipment

Equipment that does not get used up and that we keep over the years.

What?	Where is it?	Who has access to it?	Comments
Trailers
1-wheel trailer "Una"	Dublin	Barry	In very bad condition, needs replacement of several parts
Washers to get 1-wheel trailer skewer onto more bikes
foldable 1-wheel trailer "Sarna"	Madrid	Jorge (0034621005352)	contains 2 skewers (but one is too thick for most bikes) and one towing nut (one got lost)
Orange bag with a zipper for 1-wheel trailer
Small 2-wheel trailer "Tika"	Freiburg	Lara	contains 2 attachments for the bike axle
Big 2-wheel trailer "Pepe"	Dublin	Bob (+353870600009)	Ecotopia left it in Dublin with Bob. He was not willing to send it before EBT2021.
Big 2-whell trailer "Iron Maiden"	Moncalvo	Michal, Lino
Breakfast trailer (attached to seatpost)	near Berlin	Candid
Other trailer (attached to seatpost)	near Barcelona
Dog trailer	Wien	Kori
Tools
Tool box	near Barcelona	Bru	contains some tools
Allen keys (10-piece set)			missing 2.5 and 1.5 sizes
Torx keys			T27, T30, T40
Allen keys "star"			sizes 4-5-6
Long allen key - size 5
Chain link remover (chain breaker)
"Bone" tool			1 tough, 1 normal
Cone spanners (2x) 13/14 - 15/16 mm
Spoke key (plastic handle)
Spoke key (universal, 8 sizes)
Tail kit			a box containing 3 tyre levers, some patches, new tube of glue, multitool
Crank puller - tapered square
Pedal (15mm) / hexagonal crank bolt (14/15mm) wrench
Bottom bracket tool - Shimano cartridge
Universal bottom bracket ring wrench
Pin tool for bottom bracket
Freewheel puller - Shimano SIS
Cassette lockring remover - Shimano HG/IG
Chain whip for cassette
Standard pliers
Locking pliers
Small adjustable spanner
Big adjustable spanner (for bottom bracket tool - 32mm)
Double-sided spanner			sizes 16, 17
Flat-head screwdrivers			2x
Cross-head screwdriver
Big floor pump
Small pump
1 ratchet strap
Cooking
Box for spices
1 tall steel pot with lid	Dublin	apparently it got lost after 2019 biketour	According to Bob it was left in a social center which closed afterwards.
1 wide aluminium pot with lid
1 box grater, 1 flat grater
2 big steel bowls
1 wooden spoon
1 large metal ladle
1 small metal ladle
chopping boards
chopping knives
peelers
something to mash or blend stuff
funnel
1 big strainer
1 small strainer / sieve
Stationary
Scout SIM card (blau.de)
Tail SIM card (blau.de)			probably lost
Scout phone (dual-SIM) + charger			broken (Nokia from EBT 2019, doesn't charge)
Tail phone			broken (older Nokia from EBT2017,2018)
1 A4+ zip bag			containing EBT documents
1 A4 plastic bag for paper with unlosable pen			containing zines
the circle book
2017 biketour booklet
Fanny pack for money			2 fanny packs (one from 2019, one from 2021)
Others
Sellotape holder
first aid kits			A big kit (blue)
Gaffer/duct tape
New brown tarp against sun/rain			dimensions 5x3m, ropes and pegs included
Garden tarp to sit on			dimensions 5x3m
Shit shovel	Barcelona	Bru
Stickers (2021 print)	Berlin	Candid	20000 (2 FCKCRS versions, Fox, Smash Capitalism)
Small black tarp to cover trailer boxes / rocket stoves			lost?

Equipment that gets used up

Equipment that gets used up, so it needs to be acquired before and during the tour.

What?	Who can bring it? / Who will take care of it?	Where to get it (cheaply or for free)?
Medical Kit		Red Cross? Pharmacy?
Washing-up liquid
Replacement tubes for trailers (16-inch and 20-inch)
Sponges
Plastic bags
Matches, lighters
A4 sheets of paper
Big sheets of paper (for rota and workshops)
Markers
Pens (rate of loss about 1 per day…)
Puncture repair kit (with a looot of patches, maybe 10–20 per month?)		The cheapest is to get a big tube of vulcanizer and to get several big packs of patches (that don't contain anything else). Those are difficult to find though. In some countries they have them in the home-improvement stores.
Rim tape
Spices
Maps
Small book for finances
Small book for circle decisions
Gaffer tape
Transparent tape (Tesa/Sellotape)
Grease, chain-oil, deblocking spray
Bungees (rate of loss +∞)		Inner tubes can be used, but bungees are more convenient because they have hooks. The best thing is to put hooks on inner tubes.

Optional things to bring

Things that are not absolutely necessary and are thus not communal, but would be useful if some people brought them to share.

What?	Who can bring it?
Sewing Kit
A netbook/laptop - so we can blog along the way!
Walkie-Talkies
Battery charger for batteries of bike lights or mobile devices

Other things that we have

Some things that are really not essential, but they are in our communal stuff:

• colors and a brush to paint something (flags, etc)

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