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
Washers to get 1-wheel trailer skewer onto more bikes
foldable 1-wheel trailer "Sarna"	Madrid	Jorge	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"	going to ecotopia	Likken
Big 2-wheel trailer "Pepe"	Dublin	Bob	missing the hitch and bike attachment system
Tools
Tool box	going to Ecotopia		contains some tools
Allen keys (10-piece set)	going to Ecotopia		missing 2.5 and 1.5 sizes
Chain link remover (chain breaker)	going to Ecotopia		teeth damaged and pin falling
"Bone" tool	going to Ecotopia		2 tough in the toolbox
Cone spanners (2x) 13/14 - 15/16 mm	going to Ecotopia
Spoke key (plastic handle)
Spoke key (universal, 8 sizes)	going to Ecotopia
Bike multitool	going to Ecotopia		in the tail kit (allen keys, spanners, screw driver)
Tail kit	going to Ecotopia		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	going to Ecotopia
Bottom bracket tool - Shimano cartridge	going to Ecotopia
Universal bottom bracket ring wrench
Pin tool for bottom bracket	going to Ecotopia
Freewheel puller - Shimano SIS	going to Ecotopia	Michal
Cassette lockring remover - Shimano HG/IG	going to Ecotopia
Chain whip for cassette	going to Ecotopia
Water pipe pliers (2x)
Standard pliers
Locking pliers
Snap-ring pliers
Small adjustable spanner
Big adjustable spanner (for bottom bracket tool - 32mm)	going to Ecotopia
Small flat-head screwdriver
Big floor pump
Small tail pump
Small pump
Small set for threadmaking
1 ratchet strap
Lock extensions to lock the trailers			only 1
Padlocks for lock extensions			missing
Cooking
Box for spices	going to Ecotopia
1 tall steel pot with lid	Dublin	apparently it got lost after 2019 biketour
1 wide aluminium pot with lid	going to Ecotopia
1 box grater, 1 flat grater
2 big steel bowls
1 long wooden spoon
1 large metal ladle
1 small metal ladle
chopping boards	going to Ecotopia
chopping knives
peelers
something to mash or blend stuff
funnel
1 big strainer
1 small strainer / sieve
Stationary
Scout SIM card (blau.de)	Brussels?		Somebody from the winter meeting 2020 in Freiburg took it
Tail SIM card (blau.de)			probably lost
Scout phone (dual-SIM) + charger
Tail phone + charger			probably lost
2 A4+ zip bags			for maps and promotional material
1 A4 plastic bag for paper with unlosable pen
the circle book
2017 biketour booklet
Fanny pack for money
Others
Sellotape holder
first aid kits
Gaffer/duct tape
New brown tarp against sun/rain	going to Ecotopia	Michal	dimensions 5x3m, ropes and pegs included
Garden tarp to sit on
Shit shovel	going to Ecotopia
Stickers (2021 print)	Berlin	Candid	20000 (2 FCKCRS versions, Fox, Smash Capitalism)
Small black tarp to cover trailer boxes / rocket stoves

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	One old (incomplete) and one newer (slightly used) in Bcn	Red Cross? Pharmacy?
Washing-up liquid	have one half-used
Replacement tubes for trailers (16-inch and 20-inch)
Sponges
Plastic bags
Matches, lighters	have one jet lighter + one normal lighter
A4 sheets of paper
Big sheets of paper (for rota and workshops)
Markers	have some
Pens (rate of loss about 1 per day…)	have some
Puncture repair kit (with a looot of patches, maybe 10–20 per month?)	we need to get patches and more glue	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	have one half-used
Spices
Maps
Small book for finances	we have one
Small book for circle decisions	we have one
Gaffer tape	we have one
Transparent tape (Tesa/Sellotape)	we have one
Grease, chain-oil, deblocking spray	we need more oil
Bungees (rate of loss +∞)	1 inner tube bungee 10 hooks	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, Michal
A netbook/laptop - so we can blog along the way!	Candid, Michal
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:

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

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