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?
Trailers
1-wheel trailer + skewer	Freiburg	Charlie
Small 2-wheel trailer + pins	Freiburg	Charlie
Big 2-wheel trailer (needs to be rebuilt again)	Bratislava	Michal
1-wheel trailer + skewer	Somewhere in Bulgaria	Candid has tried to contact Caroxo without success
Tools
Water pipe pliers
Chain link remover (chain breaker), other more special tools that henning took to germany	nuremberg	lukas
"Bone" tool	Freiburg	Charlie
Allen keys (9-piece set)	Freiburg	Charlie
Small adjustable spanner
Spoke key (6 sizes)	Freiburg	Charlie
Washers to get 1-wheel trailer skewer onto more bikes
3 lock extensions to lock the trailers		Michal (1 + padlock)
Tool box	Freiburg	Charlie
Foot pump	Freiburg	Charlie
3 tire levers	1 in Freiburg, 2 in Bratislava	Charlie, Michal
2 cassette lockring removers (different sizes)	Freiburg	Charlie
Cassette lockring remover - Shimano HG/IG	Bratislava	Michal
Freewheel puller - Shimano SIS	Bratislava	Michal
Big adjustable spanner (bottom bracket tool is 32mm)	Freiburg	Charlie
Chain whip	Freiburg	Charlie
Pedal wrench 15mm / hexagonal socket 14/15mm	Freiburg	Charlie
Bottom bracket tool - Shimano cartridge	Bratislava	Michal
Crank puller - tapered square	Bratislava	Michal
Cone spanner 13/14 - 15/16 mm	Freiburg	Charlie
Cooking
1 tall steel pot with lid	Stockholm	Pelle
1 wide aluminium pot with lid	Freiburg	Charlie
1 box grater, 1 flat grater
3 big steel bowls (maybe 4?)	2 in Freiburg	Charlie
2 long wooden spoons	1 in Bratislava	Michal (1 biiiig)
4 floppy chopping boards
2 big knives (one purple, one green)	Freiburg	Charlie
3 small chopping knives
3 peelers
something to mash or blend stuff
2 plastic cups
2 table spoons, 2 tea spoons, 2 knives (for jam and stuff)
2 10 liter water canisters	Berlin	Candid
funnel
1 strainer
2 big tupper wares
Stationary
Scout SIM card (blau.de)	Berlin	Lilian
Tail SIM card (blau.de)	Nürnberg	Lukas
Scout phone (dual-SIM) + charger		Michal
Tail phone + charger	Berlin	Lilian
2 A4 plastic bags for paper with some transparent film bags for individual sheets	Freiburg?	Charlie?
Fanny pack for money
Sellotape holder
Others
Tarp
Shit shovel	Bratislava	Michal
Stickers	Kehl	Candid
Small tarp to cover box trailer	Freiburg	Charlie
Light 3x3m tarp for a shelter	Bratislava	Michal

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	We have one in Tallinn, unsure if it is complete; Michal bought one cheaply	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.
Spices
Maps
Small book for finances
Small book for circle decisions
Gaffer tape
Transparent tape (Tesa/Sellotape)
Grease, chain-oil, anti-rust 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	Candid + ?
A netbook/laptop - so we can blog along the way!	Candid
Walkie-Talkies
Battery charger for batteries of bike lights or mobile devices	Candid

Other things that we have

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

• Some stick to do circus stuff with (apparently made from an old inner tube)

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