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

Permanent equipment

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

What?	Where is it?	Who is responsible?
1-wheel trailer + skewer	Berlin	Candid
1-wheel trailer + skewer	Somewhere in Bulgaria	Candid is taking care of contacting Caroxo
Small 2-wheel trailer + hinge	Berlin	Candid
German SIM card with cheap rates for EU	Berlin	Candid
Allen keys + chain link remover multitool	Berlin	Candid
Adjustable spanner	to be bought	Candid
Bone	to be bought	Candid
Communal phone (dual-SIM) + charger	to be bought	Candid
Waterproof bag for paper	Berlin	Candid
Folder	to be bought
2 big cooking pots with lids - 1 taller light steel pot (that fits inside) 1 short, wider aluminium cooking pot	Berlin	Candid
1 smaller cooking pot	?
2 x box graters	1 in Berlin, 1 to be bought
3 big steel bowls	Berlin	Candid
2 long wooden spoons	Berlin	Candid
4 chopping boards	to be bought
some good knives	to be bought
3 peelers	1 in Berlin, Elena brings some more
something to mash or blend stuff	to be bought
2 plastic cups
cutlery (just a few things) including some communal spoons!	to be bought
3 nestable tupper-ware boxes without lids	Berlin	Candid
Washers to get 1-wheel trailer skewer onto more bikes	to be bought
4 water canisters	to be bought
Tarp	Berlin	Candid
Fanny pack for money	Berlin	Candid
Funnel	Berlin	Candid
Lock extensions to lock the trailers	1 in Berlin, 2 to be bought	Candid

Other

Other equipment that we have, but that is not necessary to replace if it gets lost:

• 20-inch tube
• 16-inch used tube
• 3 back lights
• 1 wooden pot scraper

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?
Liquid Propolis
Colloidal Silver
If possible ONE general BIODEGRADABLE shampoo, toothpaste and dishwash and a big handsoap?.		Washing-up liquid, shampoo and sun-cream: feel free to bring these along, we're running out of time to go around looking for these
Fairer traded coffee / tea		wholesale order through food-coop?
Lighters & matches
Big box for carrying spices, tea etc.
SIM card for every country
Replacement tubes for trailers (10-inch and 16-inch?)
2 kitchen towels
Sponges
Cleaning soap
Handsoap for cooks
Plastic bags
Matches, lighters
A4 sheets of paper
Big sheets of paper (for rota and workshops)
Markers and pens
Puncture repair kit
Spices
Maps

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

Archive

• Cooking utensils - the majority of last year's cooking equipment is in Cluj, Romania with a collective where we spent the last days of 2013 biketour - HELP NEEDED TO GET IT TO THE START OF 2014 IN SOFIA!!
  • 1x big silver/ black pot + 1x big lid; metal
  • 2x medium black/ sliver pots
  • 1x medium black teflon pot
  • 2x medium pan lids; one blue, one metal
  • 1x white enamel washing up bowl
  • 3x white water containers (only 1 has a lid)
  • 5x white plastic chopping boards
  • 1x grater
  • 1x long wooden stirring spoon
  • 2x flat wooden spoons
  • 1x white/ yellow ladle
  • 1x small blue ladle
  • 1x wooden masher
  • 1x orange handled shovel
  • 1x red bag of spokes and skewers

Equipment in Berlin (May 2015):

• Small 2-wheel trailer
• Tarp
• 2 big pots + lids
• Fanny pack for money
• 3 nestable tupper-ware boxes without lids
• funnel
• 2 big wooden serving spoons, 1 wooden scraper
• 1 small peeler
• 3 big metal bowls
• 1 20-inch replacement tube
• 3 back lights
• 1 16-inch used tube