Outfitting your bike:

1. Bike parts
2. Tools

What bike parts should you pack with you?:

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For the long trips where you may go through many days without access to a bike store, you need to keep a few bits and pieces handy for quick repairs. Here are the few bits that we pack with us.

• 3 Spokes
• 2 Tubes
• Patch kit
• 1 Shift Cable
• 1 Brake Cable

Tool kit:

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This is the tool kit that I pack wherever I go. Hasn't let me down yet, and should be plenty to get you out of most binds.

• Hex Keys (Park AWS-10, Park MT-1)
• Phillips Screwdriver
• Flathead Screwdriver
• Spoke Wrench (Park SW-7)
• 3 Tire Levers
• Chain Breaker (Park CT-5)
• 8,9,10,11 mm Wrenches (Park CBW-1, Park CBW-4)
• Pedal Wrench (Park RW3)
• Presta to Schraeder Converter
• Hand Pump
• Chain Lubricant (Finish Line Cross Country )