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 | Berlin | Candid |
| Bone | Berlin | Candid |
| Communal phone (dual-SIM) + charger | Berlin | 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 |
| 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 | Berlin | |
| 4 water canisters | to be bought | |
| Tarp | Berlin | Candid |
| Fanny pack for money | Berlin | Candid |
| Funnel | Berlin | Candid |
| 3 lock extensions to lock the trailers | Berlin | Candid |
| Bag for bike tools | Berlin | 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 | Candid | 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? | |
| Big box for carrying spices, tea etc. | ||
| SIM card for every country | ||
| Replacement tubes for trailers (16-inch and 20-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 | Candid | |
| Spices | ||
| Maps | ||
| Small book for finances | ||
| Small book for circle decisions | ||
| Gaffer tape | Candid | |
| Transparent tape (Tesa) |
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