With Carve PDX just around the corner, I thought it’d be a good idea to list off things to not forget. Making this into a Wiki so others can add suggestions. Please leave all non-serious, sexually infused items in the comments
Good things to not forget:
Your board(s)
Spares - tires, tubes, belts
Tools - road side repair stuff, stuff to reassemble board if shipping it partially disassembled
Safety gear - helmet, elbow pads, knee pads, impact shorts, gloves, riding jacket for colder evenings and/or rain, lights so you can be seen and see others
Chargers - for board and remote
Chargers - for board and remote
Chargers - for board and remote
Remote
Recording gear
Portable phone charger (a usb cable or two at least)
Clothing for riding in what will feel like 55°F (13°C) at night at speed
FLASHLIGHT and a spare if possible, it gets really dark in Portland
First Aid/roadrash care items (hopefully not needed )
Powerstrip/surge protector
Wallet with some cash for places that don’t accept card
bench toolkit
remaining hex keys
soldering iron
helping hands
solder
flux
random bits n bobs parts
sounds like a lot but it’s what i bring pretty much on every ride
those who need corrective sight
it is very helpful to have a pair of contacts especially for night where it could foggy
i’m just you know, but if not, trust me
you don’t want condensation on your glasses when you’re traveling over 20 in the dark with only a flashlight to light your way
TBF, I smell it much less these days so either the fad has died down or I hang around much less hippies.
It’s not bad in smalm doses, but can be sufficatingly over done.
When it comes to chargers – I highly recommend soldering an XT-60 connector pair between the charger and whatever charging plug you’re using. Sometimes shit happens and you might have a charger die, so being able to quickly swap your charge connector onto someone else’s charger can be a life saver!
Personally I solder the female end to the charger so that you can’t short anything when plugging the charger into the wall (which you should do first to avoid sparks), but often people terminate raw batteries with female XT-60s, so consider making female-female and male-male adapters in case they’re needed! (Now that I think about it, you only need one such adapter if you always keep it in series with your charger and charge connector, i.e. they use the same connector.)
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