Gear For Bike Touring
Mason O'Donnell
| 13-10-2023
· Sport Team
In recent years, traveling by bicycle has become a fashion, and more and more people are joining the bandwagon.
What makes people so into it? Because it is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, saving money, fitness, and environmental protection, are exciting.
Along the way, want to stop, want to go, go at will, without any restrictions, both free and convenient.
On the way traveling, you can not only visit famous monuments, famous mountains and rivers, investigate the terrain and wild beasts, humanities and climate, and local customs, but also in the middle of the unpolluted nature, taste the delicious food of different places.
Cycling can enhance cardiopulmonary function and prevent high blood pressure and vascular sclerosis.
The most prominent advantage is that compared with other sports, such as running and mountain climbing, it is more peaceful, easy to last, and can be adapted to a wider range of people.
However, it has a higher coefficient of insecurity, with more possibilities of physical discomfort, pain, and even disease.
So the more and wider knowledge you have about long-distance traveling by bicycle, the better.
The equipment for bicycle traveling is the material basis for completing the whole trip, which includes a total of six aspects.
1. Clothing
A complete set of cycling clothes can improve the safety and comfort of cycling, depending on personal preferences and economic conditions.
For example, a helmet is a must-have piece of equipment, which can protect your head from injury or minimize the injury when you fall.
2. Repair tools
The best repair tools are multi-purpose small and handy.
Mainly include a variety of wrenches, a pair of pliers, a pump, and a set of tire repair tools.
3. Spare parts
Including inner tubes, brake blocks, brake and gear cables, spokes, nuts, etc.
4. Daily necessities
Change of clothes, shoes and socks, toiletries, flashlight, tent, sleeping bag, moisture-proof mat, rain jacket.
If you are traveling in winter or going to a higher altitude place, you should also bring a winter jacket.
5. Small medicine box and simple medical kit
The long time, riding will make the body feel fatigued, coupled with regional differences, and it is easy to catch a cold, and diarrhea.
Due to the complex road conditions and terrain, some traumatic injuries are unavoidable, so you should be equipped with a small medical kit and a simple medical bag.
6. Other items to be carried
Including storage bags, cell phones, cameras, lighters, sunscreen, plastic ziplock bags, pens, diaries, atlases, compasses, and so on.