Well, I am 90% ready to go. There are a few nutritional things, tires ordered and need to be installed a few personal items, some repairs for the bike and I am ready.
I wonder at times if I'm ready. The past 5 days I ridden over 300 km to get the legs warmed up and over 700 so far this year. My only hope is that there are no difficulties effecting the body because of the geometry difference between the tour bike and the road bike. We will see.
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Tuesday 16 June 2015
Personal Needs List for 2015
Maybe a little visually dull however, this is most important. I did put a couple of videos up on this subject but with more humor than planning. This is my official Needs list for the ride.
To make Ride the Rockies for Epilepsy happen, I personally need a few things put together. The cost associated is a close extreme and I need your help putting this together.
The ENTIRE list has been donated - I can't say thank-you enough to that person.
Needs List for the Tour Bike 2015
Acquired Item Approx. Cost Total Cost
BIKE
Have Break cables
Have Derailleur cables
Need Patch kits for tube Deluxe $ 3.80
Need Tubes for bike x 2 (26x2 Schnader) $17.00
Need Tubes for Trailer x 2 $ 8.00
Have Basic tools
Have Multi-tool
Have Manual tire pump
Have Red Zeppelin (quick change danger)
Need CO2 canisters (quick change) $11.50
Need Water bottle holder – trailer x2 $ 9.50
Have Spokes x4
Have Spoke wrench
Have Chain tool
Have Links
Have Mnt Peddles
Have Bike Head Lamp
Have Bike Tail Lamp
Have Cog wrench
Have 14mm-17mm wrench
Bike Needs Total $49.80
PERSONAL
Have Tent
Have Ground sheet
Have Over sheet
Have Trailer
Have Panniers
Have Sleeping bag
Have Head lamp
Have Toilet paper
Have Face cloth
Have Small towel
Have USB power cable to 120v
Need Solar charger-Powermonkey extreme $160.00
Have earplugs
Have Cloth pins
Have Candle Lantern
Have Body soap
Have Boots
Have Small Dia. Rope
Have Cold weather coat
Personal Needs Total $160.00
FOOD NUTRITION
Have Camp Stove
Have Camp fuel
Have Cooking pot set
Have Baker knife
Have Knife / fork
Need Fry pan
Have Camp Stove fuel
Have Water purification tablets
Have Flour
Have Salt
Have Salt/pepper
Have Baking powder
Have Peanut Butter
Need Raisins $ 5.00
Need Huts $15.00
Need Hummus $ 4.00
Need veggies $ 8.00
Donated Infinit Custom mix
Need Tea (bagged) $12.00
Need Oat meal (instant 32 pck) $20.00
Need oat meal $ 6.00
Need Canned food $25.00
Need Couscous $ 4.00
Need Coffee $20.00
Have Rice (instant, possibly)
Have Chop Sticks
Food Needs Total $87.00
EMERGENCY
Have Small sewing kit
Have Duck tape
Have Hydrogen peroxide
Have Band-aids
Have Kleenex
Have Paper Matched
Have Cotton Balls
Have Flint stick
Have Whistle
Have Compass
Have Cable saw
Have Fire Sticks
Have Dryer lint
Have Extra Glasses / reading
Have Contacts
Have Contract solution
Have 2-way radio/phone
Emergency Needs Total $0.00
Grand total $296.80
To make Ride the Rockies for Epilepsy happen, I personally need a few things put together. The cost associated is a close extreme and I need your help putting this together.
The ENTIRE list has been donated - I can't say thank-you enough to that person.
Needs List for the Tour Bike 2015
Acquired Item Approx. Cost Total Cost
BIKE
Have Break cables
Have Derailleur cables
Need Patch kits for tube Deluxe $ 3.80
Need Tubes for bike x 2 (26x2 Schnader) $17.00
Need Tubes for Trailer x 2 $ 8.00
Have Basic tools
Have Multi-tool
Have Manual tire pump
Have Red Zeppelin (quick change danger)
Need CO2 canisters (quick change) $11.50
Need Water bottle holder – trailer x2 $ 9.50
Have Spokes x4
Have Spoke wrench
Have Chain tool
Have Links
Have Mnt Peddles
Have Bike Head Lamp
Have Bike Tail Lamp
Have Cog wrench
Have 14mm-17mm wrench
Bike Needs Total $49.80
PERSONAL
Have Tent
Have Ground sheet
Have Over sheet
Have Trailer
Have Panniers
Have Sleeping bag
Have Head lamp
Have Toilet paper
Have Face cloth
Have Small towel
Have USB power cable to 120v
Need Solar charger-Powermonkey extreme $160.00
Have earplugs
Have Cloth pins
Have Candle Lantern
Have Body soap
Have Boots
Have Small Dia. Rope
Have Cold weather coat
Personal Needs Total $160.00
FOOD NUTRITION
Have Camp Stove
Have Camp fuel
Have Cooking pot set
Have Baker knife
Have Knife / fork
Need Fry pan
Have Camp Stove fuel
Have Water purification tablets
Have Flour
Have Salt
Have Salt/pepper
Have Baking powder
Have Peanut Butter
Need Raisins $ 5.00
Need Huts $15.00
Need Hummus $ 4.00
Need veggies $ 8.00
Donated Infinit Custom mix
Need Tea (bagged) $12.00
Need Oat meal (instant 32 pck) $20.00
Need oat meal $ 6.00
Need Canned food $25.00
Need Couscous $ 4.00
Need Coffee $20.00
Have Rice (instant, possibly)
Have Chop Sticks
Food Needs Total $87.00
EMERGENCY
Have Small sewing kit
Have Duck tape
Have Hydrogen peroxide
Have Band-aids
Have Kleenex
Have Paper Matched
Have Cotton Balls
Have Flint stick
Have Whistle
Have Compass
Have Cable saw
Have Fire Sticks
Have Dryer lint
Have Extra Glasses / reading
Have Contacts
Have Contract solution
Have 2-way radio/phone
Emergency Needs Total $0.00
Grand total $296.80
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Four week and counting down
We are just under four weeks until Ride
the Rockies for Epilepsy starts, on July 6th. WOW – time
is flying. The tour begins in Calgary South to HWY 3 West to Kamloops
(and possible Hope then North to Kamloops). Then back along HWY 1
through Lake Louise, Banff and on home to Calgary. The route is dependent on road conditions and elevation change through the weeks.
Easier route prevails of course.
No other riders have signed up to ride
with me at this time. There are a couple of people going to join in
for day trips, which is great. Not everyone has this amount of time.
Given that I will be a solo long hauler, I will be making the trip a
little quicker, with luck. It is planned to stop along the way just
to take in the beauty of the scenery, take some photos and update
everyone via Facebook and twitter.
Support is growing, just yesterday a
gentleman by the name of Mr. Pat Cuthbert of Edmonton, asked if he could provide new
tires for my road bike so I can continue training. This man knows
highways and the importance of having the right tire, he is a
semi-truck driver who travels North America continuously. Incredible people! I
still have a few smaller items to get together and with time will be
acquired.
The main and most important focus is to
pack light and small. At most I will take the BoB trailer and two
rear panniers. I am working on my needs list this week and hope
everything fits in the trailer to take advantage of its aerodynamics.
Certainly, I hope more people help me thank the SMU (seizure
monitoring unit) with a small donation at the ride's GoFundMe
account. That account is not setup to fund me cycling down the
highways. It is to thank the SMU in it's entity with some funds.
Funds to purchase what they may need to make their lives a little
better.
Follow along with me during the Ride:
Donate to the SMU here:
http://www.gofundme.com/RideTheRockies2015
Adult epilepsy in the third
highest disease after Cancer and Stroke to hit adults over the age of
60. I am so fortunate in that I only have Partial Seizures currently
being controlled by medication. It is in the plans to have a
procedure later in the year to deal with the AVM in my left temporal
lobe. Lastly, I want to thank my family, for getting behind me with
their time and support, incredible!
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