Frain 2014 - Kit List

[MisterTommyH]

There seems to have been some FB discussion about kit, but it's been difficult to follow as the banter moves on at 25 posts an hour. I thought this way we can always just edit the first post - Of course most of it is down to personal choice.

Off bike kit
Tent
Sleeping bag
pillow
Mattress
Sun cream
'Fishing' stool?
Cooker
Mug plate bowl
Kfs
Money
Ferry tickets
Passport
EHIC
Travel insurance
break down cover
Bike docs (Mot, insurance, V5 etc)
Clothes
Trainers
Wash/shower kit
Microfibre towel(s)
Coffee/tea etc
Earplugs (yes, you need these for off-road kit too - alternatively camp well away from Dan and Phil)
medication
First aid kit (in group)
First aid kit (anything special you might need)
Camera
mallet (one for the group)
torch
zip lock bags



Bike kit
Hi vis vest (in case of stopping by road in france)
Disposable breathyliser (legal requirement in france)
Spare bulb kit (legal requirement in france)
Tyre compressor (1 for group)
Zip ties
Bungies
Key size sockets / spanners (in group - for Sv chain etc)
allen key set
Chain lube (in group)
Sat nav (if you have one, turn off speed camera warnings)
Leathers/textiles
Water proofs
spare gloves
Earplugs
spare glasses (legal requirement in spain - Also a good idea as I once had to use electrical tape and an ear bud to fix mine while in Ullapool)
gaffa tape
wd40
spare/tinted visor


Off road kit
Insurance deposit?
Camelbak
off-road hemlet (if you're taking your own)
Goggles (if you're taking your own)
Earplugs

We're not going to need Waterproofs Tom.
We're going to need some booze.

[MisterTommyH]

1. So if I get soaked riding down to Portsmouth I can blame you for the fact I have wet leathers for the next few days?

2. I'm confident that there will be no need to carry alcohol on the bikes...... There are people going who could sniff out beer in the Antarctic.

[L3nny]

One tip I was given and use when touring is get some zip lock bags, in each one put a tshirt a pair of pants and a pair of socks. One package for each day (or every other day if you want to stink) This keeps them dry if your luggage leaks and seperates the clean stuff from the stinky dirty stuff. Also take those short trainer socks rather than thick full size ones.

Oh and don't count on it being dry, the worst conditions I have ever rode in were in Spain last year.

[L3nny]

Add to the list, Spare/Dark visor

Is the mallet so we can play games of malletts mallet?

And will we need to get laurie some big Tmmy Mallett glasses for the full effect or does he bring his own?

Breathalysers aren't a legal requirement for the record.

I did a fairly comprehensive list when we went to Normandy, I'll have to find it.

I'm taking some cooking stuff too.

Tom without our own booze, what do we drink when the bars close. Be prepared for the worst mate.

[Dave20046]

Awesome - glad this exists, very handy. Cheers tommy.

Just one thing to add (the thing on my mind!) TYRES!. Are we covering a couple of thousand miles at least? Even if they look good now they may well be cords in an inconvenient frainish village.

[L3nny]

I got through a whole back tyre on my VFR in 3000 miles around Frain last year. Will be getting a brand new one fitted before I leave this time.