Social Distance Riding Packing List

Need anything for your social distance riding? Ask us! We stock everything listed here, and we have a lot of experience riding with everything listed below. It’s easy to feel confident and safe riding long distances by yourself!

Saddle Bag

Use a very large saddle bag, to hold everything you could possibly need. Worst case: it’s nearly empty and you have space available!

These are our current favorites for Social Distance Cycling:

Flat Fixes & Tools

Bring everything you’d need for a flat fix or a typical mechanical situation

  • 2 x spare tubes - Try the smallest/lightest tubes!

  • 1 x Multi-Tool - We recommend a comprehensive tool that includes a chainbreaker - be sure the chain breaker works for the chain you use on your bike (ask us if you don’t know)

  • Tire levers x 2

  • CO2 Cartridges x 2

  • CO2 Inflator

  • Hand pump - Like one of these

  • Patch kit

  • Quick Link / Power Link compatible with the chain on your bike

Social Distance Items

Come prepared, you might see people or need to touch things!

  • Food service / mechanic disposable gloves x 4

  • Hand sanitizer or sanitizing wipes

  • Neck collar to pull up over your mouth and nose

  • Pro Tip: Install Apple Pay/Samsung Pay/Google Pay on your phone so you can pay at most registers without touching cash or credit card

Electronics

  • GPS Computer for navigation - Garmin 1030 is the best & it has functionality so you can share your location with a loved one

  • Cell phone

  • Power cables for all of your electronics

  • External battery to charge any of your electronics

  • Front light - At least 500 lumen

  • Rear light - Blinky/solid, at least 4-hour run time preferably operated by replaceable battery

  • Note: Rear Garmin Varia light pairs with many Garmin computers to alert you of traffic behind and it blinks faster when a car approaches to alert the driver to your presence.

  • Set up your Garmin for Incident Detection, and ride with it paired to your smart phone.

Apparel

In addition to your obvious cycling clothes that you’re riding in (helmet, sunglasses, jersey, bibs, shoes), bring the following, because the weather changes and you need to be prepared for it:

  • Rain jacket

  • Arm/knee warmers

  • Brightly colored vest with reflective material if possible

  • Water-proof gloves

  • Water-proof socks

Food and Water

Convenience stores may be open, but the fewer stops you need to make, the safer in terms of staying away from people. Stores and coffee shops you used to stop in are mostly closed or have greatly reduced hours.

  • Packaged food, sandwiches, etc - take more than you think you’ll need & take a variety since you don’t know what you will feel like eating at the end of the ride

  • At least two 26oz water bottles, three if your bike holds three. If you have a middle pocket in your jersey, you can hold a bottle there, too.

  • CamelBak or hydration pack - if it’s a particularly hot day or if your bike doesn’t hold much water, put some on your back

Misc Important Items

Because you need to be prepared for everything, remember these items as well:

  • Credit cards, cash, insurance card

  • Travel-size sunscreen x 2

  • Travel-size chamois cream x 2

  • Tweezers - Useful for many random things including removing ticks

  • Safety pin - Most useful for removing tiny sharp object lodged in your tire. Other random uses.

  • First aid kit that includes bug bite cream, bandaids, antibiotic cream

  • Wear a Road ID