What to prepare for a day of cycling and what to prepare for a cycling trip

Prepare your bike:

Long-distance riding mountain bikes are suitable for many road conditions, with good maneuverability and sensitive braking. After buying the car, remember to buy a helmet and gloves to ensure the safety of riding. Helmets and gloves should be purchased in regular places, **Generally about 250 (helmets) and 100 (gloves) are enough.

After buying a car, let's take a look at some accessories.

Tours of no more than 1000 kilometers need to be equipped with (body supplies):

1 Headlights Headlights are also essential if you want to walk at night, and there are almost no street lights on national highways.

2 Tail lights Tail lights are also essential, you can choose red or white tail lights, blue is more dazzling at night. Taillights allow the vehicles behind you to spot you earlier.

The 3-computer shows features such as speed and riding mileage at the time, and can be equipped with one.

4 Saddle Bag The saddle bag can put some tire repair, car repair tools, and medical supplies such as band-aids. Compared to use, you can consider belting. ）

Personal items: helmet, gloves, glasses, mask or magic bandana, enough money, mobile phone, a detailed map, a change of clothes and pants (wear one set with one set), bring medical supplies (such as band-aids, gauze, penicillin), pannier (or backpack) (pannier rain cover, raincoat). There is also plenty of stamina.

Tools for car repair:

1.Hexagon socket: 6mm, 5mm, 4mm sufficient; 2.

Wrench: open 16mm, 15mm nut; 3.Pliers:

4.Phillips screwdriver: universal type 5

Slotted screwdriver: universal type 6A set of tire repair tools 7

A pair of chain splitters 8Spare inner tubes: 2 are best, and the general mountain bike is a 26-inch mountain tire with an inner diameter.

The principle of choosing a route is: "It is better to go ten miles than to take one mile." That is to say, it is better to take the main road and the peaceful road than to take the small road and the slope road.

Experience has proved that driving on asphalt roads is both fast and labor-saving, while driving on bumpy dirt roads, you can't go fast, the car is wearing a lot of loss, and it is very bumpy. After planning the tourist spots and routes along the way, you can preliminarily calculate the mileage of the ride, and then set the daily riding itinerary according to your physical condition, usually 60 100 kilometers per day.

It is recommended to plan your accommodation before you go. Youth hostels in big cities are usually more likely to fill up, so when you arrive in the area, you can go to the visitor center to get information about accommodation along the way, and local homestays and motels are available. There are also many affordable and well-equipped camping areas in the United States, Canada, Singapore and Europe, where you can bring your tent and sleeping bag to enjoy camping, which can also save money on travel.