Due to popular demand, Laird Big Bird shared a suggested list of items that are recommended for your RAGBRAI trip. You may have other items that you want to take, but please keep in mind that space is at a premium. Try to limit your gear (excluding tent/sleeping bag/mattress pad/cot, etc.) to a medium size duffel and a carry on.
___ Bike (computer, trunk bag, etc.)
___ Helmet
___ RAGBRAI rider's tag/packet
___ Spare tubes (2)
___ Tire iron/tire changing kit
___ Sunscreen
___ Chap stick
___ Handiwipes travel pack
___ Hand disinfectant
___ Credit card/cash (don’t count on working ATM’s
in rural Iowa)
___ iPod/MP3 player/ear buds/bike sound system
___ Cell phone
___ iPod/Cell phone charger
___ Sun glasses
___ Sun visor or ball cap
___ Cycling jerseys (2)
___ Cycling shorts (2) (keep separate from Al’s)
___ Socks (7 pairs – wear 1 pair after ride/on
ride next day). Adjust if you wear
sandals at night and/or sandals to ride in.
___ Bike shoes or sandals, or shoes with hard
sole.
___ Shorts for evening wear (if you can find
travel shorts with liners you can eliminate undies)
___ Undies (you be the judge of number needed)
___ T-shirts (one for each night/ each day you
ride if don’t have jersey)
___ More money
___ Hood, sweat shirt or windbreaker in case temps
dip
___ Pair of long pants in case temps dip
(optional)
___ Sweat band or bandanna
___ Sleeping bag/bed roll/cot/bedding (whatever
you plan to sleep on)
___ Tent (in case we have to camp or housing
breaksdown)
___ Shower shoes or flips
___ Toiletry kit
___ Sunburn cream or spray/mole skin, band aids
___ Camera if phone doesn’t have one.
___ Pocket flashlight
___ Pocket knife
___ Pink feather boas/flamingo adornments and
accessories
___ Ink pen, post card stamps, mailing labels
___ Roll of camping TP (for dashes into the corn
fields)
___ Towel