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 Packing List
A list of items to take for RAGBRAI as well as other rides/tours!

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Here is an all inclusive list of everything you will need on RAGBRAI. The list has become quite extensive and you will certainly NOT need everything here, but everything is listed as a reminder. Your pack list can change according to the weather, the ride/tour, the length, etc. These are in no particular order.

If there is something missing from the list, please add it!

Daily on the Bike
::   2 water bottles
::   All-In-One-Tool ( Example - Topeak Alien (about $40) Well Worth it!)
::   Bike lock
::   Blinkie Lights ( Rear L.E.D lights - get 5 or more L.E.D.s are brighter!)
::   Camera
::   Cash
::   Compass
::   Electrical Tape
::   headlight
::   Helmet
::   Leatherman
::   Patch kit
::   Pen & paper (You'd be surprised!)
::   Riding gloves
::   Riding shoes
::   spare tubes
::   Tire Levers
::   tire pressure gauge
::   Tire pump
::   Zip Ties
::   bike mirror
::   Credit/ATM card
::   Drivers license
::   Health Insurance ID card
::   Sunscreen-lipbalm
::   toilet paper

Clothes
::   hat
::   Nylon shorts (1-2)
::   Riding shorts (2-3)
::   sandals
::   sunglasses
::   swim suit
::   T-shirts (2-3)
::   tank-tops (3-5)
::   Underwear (3-5)

Toiletries
::   ALEVE (Big bottle)
::   baby powder
::   baby wipes
::   Disposable razor
::   Eye-drops
::   Q-tips
::   Shampoo/Conditioner
::   Soap
::   sports cream
::   toilet paper
::   Tooth brush/paste
::   wetwipes
::   antacids
::   band aids

Camping
::   flashlight
::   Lawn Chair
::   Power cord
::   sleeping bag
::   small pillow
::   tent
::   Backpacker stove & mess kit
::   Camp coffee pot, w/coffee, creamer, sugar
::   Sun shower bag
::   tent stakes

Misc
::   Bandannas
::   bug spray
::   bungee cords
::   camera
::   Clothes Pins
::   duct tape
::   fanny pack
::   first aid kit
::   garbage bags(rain coat)
::   gum
::   Hacky Sack
::   koozie
::   lip sun screen
::   Plastic grocery sacks for bike seat
::   rain gear
::   sunscreen
::   towel/wash cloth
::   wind proof lighter!
::   ZipLock Baggies
::   Bandaids
::   Desitin Baby ointment don't laugh it works.

Luxury
::   beads, beads, beads
::   CD Player / Walkman / Radio / Headphones
::   chain breaker
::   ear plugs
::   extra pair of sunglasses
::   frisbee
::   spare tire
::   Super Soaker
::   tent fan
::   Cell Phone
::   compact (foldable) kite
::   Powdered lemonade & vodka

Food/Drink
::   Dried Fruit
::   fig newtons
::   Power Bars
::   Twizzlers

Bus/Fun Stuff
::   Air Bed
::   BeerSlide material

Humorous
::   Hill Erasers
::   muzzle for Web's tongue
::   Slim Jims (dog repellant)
::   BIKE!
::   Case of Schlitz to use as bum repellant
::   multiple alibis (just in case)
::   skank repellent

Stuff Others Thought of!
::   $20 cash per day minimum
::   2 or 5 mile range FRS radio (walky talky)
::   A "townie" basket
::   A extra fork for Homemade Pie
::   a sweatshirt or light jacket
::   air mattress
::   alcohol wipes
::   aleve
::   alibis
::   antacids
::   Any routine medications
::   baby wipes
::   baggies
::   bandaids
::   bandannas
::   basket
::   batteries
::   battery operated fan
::   be sure to spray water proof your tent each year!!
::   beef jerky
::   beerslide
::   benadryl
::   Bible
::   bicycle powered blender
::   bicycle towing system
::   Bike Bell
::   biking gloves
::   blinkie
::   booties
::   Bug spray/repellant
::   Bungee Cord
::   cell phone
::   Cell Phone (Checkout Sprint ! Coverage Area)
::   Chain Lube
::   Chamois Butt'R - trust me - it will save your ass (literally)
::   chapstick
::   chapstick koozie
::   clipless
::   clothes line
::   clothes pins
::   clothes pins(to hang up wet clothes for drying)
::   Comfortable shoes or sandals for the evenings
::   Compass
::   condoms
::   Cycling socks
::   desitin
::   dmcc
::   duct tape
::   ear plugs
::   even more beer
::   extra batteries for lights
::   fig newtons
::   film
::   Flashlight w/new batteries
::   flexible solar panels
::   frisbee
::   glasses/contact lenses
::   Gloves not biking cold wet mornings
::   Gold Bond Powder
::   groundcloth
::   Groundcloth for tent
::   guaze
::   guaze pads
::   gum
::   Gummy Bears & Octopi - Rocket Fuel
::   hacky
::   hair detengler
::   hair ties
::   hairbrush
::   hairbrush and hair ties
::   hand cleaner
::   hand crank blender
::   headlight
::   hydrocortozone
::   Hydrocortozone cream
::   imodium
::   Imodium AD
::   ipod
::   ketchup and salt packets
::   kleenex
::   kleenex in a ziplock for corn field stops or when
::   knee pads
::   koozie
::   koozie bottle
::   L.E.D. flashlight (batteries last 100hrs if left on)
::   Laundry detg (small Cont.)
::   lipbalm
::   long distance calling card
::   Maps
::   Matches
::   Mayan style hammock
::   medicated Gold Bond
::   mirror
::   newtons
::   peanut butter in a tube
::   pedialite
::   pedialite..great for hangovers
::   penicillin
::   petzel
::   Petzel head lamp
::   Photos
::   playing cards
::   preperation
::   presta
::   presta/schrader valve adapter
::   ragbrai
::   Rain jacket, pants, booties & helmet cover
::   recond
::   repellant
::   rolling papers
::   Rope for cloths line
::   route map from RAGBRAI web site
::   safety pins
::   schrader
::   sh-sd60 shimano sandals
::   Shampoo (Travel size)
::   shampoo and conditioner
::   shoes
::   Shower caps for bike seat, under helmet if it rains
::   Shower shoes or flip flops
::   slim jim
::   small hammer
::   Small notebook
::   Small Swiss Army Knife
::   soaker
::   socks
::   Soft-sided 12 pack cooler
::   spare clips for clipless pedals
::   spare contact lenses
::   spare tubes
::   sunscreen
::   sweatshirt
::   topeak
::   Topless Women Riders
::   towel
::   townie
::   tripod stool
::   twizzlers
::   Tylenol PM - Great for hangovers (take before bed!)
::   under food and drink----Powder sports drink
::   up e Test of the bike
::   use a blow up kind of pillow, it won''t matter if it gets damp
::   valve stem extractor
::   viagra
::   Watch
::   wet wipes
::   wet-ones incase you have a shart or 2
::   wetwipes
::   zantac
::   Zantac 75 for sour stomach
::   ziplock
::   a cooler for luggage (stays dry and doubles as a tent chair)
::   Butt Butter (works great all over!)
::   Camelbak
::   chex mix (it's awesome for the beer munchies)
::   dried fruits
::   extra socks (you can use them as booties)
::   Extra spokes (yes you''ll need more than one size!)
::   hand crank up radio -flashlight (sold at dollar general store cost $15.00)
::   heavy tent stakes for winds (not wire ones that come with the tent!!!)
::   Ibuprofen, not Tylenol (it kills your liver if taken w/ alcohol)
::   Name Cards with email address, phone #s/ City,State
::   old 35mm film container or two (great for coins !)
::   Powered Gatorade (Pre-measured in sandwich bags)
::   Preparation H Wipes (for butt & nice on 2nd degree burns)
::   preperation H wipes (they are new and work good)
::   travel john personal urinal (esp for females in tents)
::   vaseline
::   Weather radio (remember Sun. night ragbrai ''05)

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