I was curious as to what the best items you would need to do a race like Ride The Lobster. Items like clothing, parts and anything else.
Please make suggestions and discuss.
- James
Several clean clothe changes…when you have ridden ‘alot’ it’s nice to put on a nice new set of clothes, especially a nice puffy, clean, paddy chamois
I don’t really see extra unicycle items being ‘that critical’ maybe a tube…it’s like a bunch of road rides, what’s gonna break? (also, Bedford will be there with parts)
a big music selection!
go to a nutrition shop and tell them what you plan on doing, things like power-gel and electrolyte powders and supplements will make a world of difference for about $30-$50 Getting together with your team to buy the boxes of these items will save some cost
Clothing wise, I guess it would be recommended to wear cycling shorts and such, right?
With Bedford dealing with the parts, how does that work? Something breaks, he gives you a new one?
Music, got that taken care of. d^_^b
Didn’t occur to me that I should ask about food and supplements. I guess I’ll go to the nearest nutrition shop and find what else might be good.
Thanks Brian.
A basic “Road Rash” kit. People will be pushing the speed, which means people will be going down at speeds faster than they can run.
On that note, a pair of KH Pulse Gloves, or some other system that includes wrist protection, should be considered essential.
A rear-view mirror, whether helmet or eyeglass mounted. As an eyeglass wearer, I’m a personal fan of the Heads Up mirror. They need periodic replacement, but they have the best mirror quality of the eyeglass-mounted models I’ve tried.
Inventory
Water or camelbackpack
Mp3 player
Laptop or gps (in support vehicle) for tracking progress on course
Laptop with dc connect to car lighter, movies for other replacment riders to pass time.
Cell phone in case of road side support/injury
List of contact numbers for cell (Bedford for parts, race help desk, etc)
Tire pump, replacement tube, replacement tire, tire irons to replace tire.
Extra pairs of cycling shorts
Kleenex or toilet paper for support vehicle (Never know when you really gota go)
Nintendo games for riders in support vehicle to pass time.
Extra food in support vehicle for support riders, driver, and present unicyclist riding course.
First aid kit for UPD
Rain suit or pauncho for bad weather
Rear view mirror (Heads Up works great)
Gloves & helmet
Personal radio frequency walkie talkies. To talk between support vehicle and unicyclist and other teams (backup to cell phones for out of service areas).
Extra clothes
A535, ice bags, heat wraps for injury/sore muscles (Next day or morning). Have this in support vehicle.
Extra paper maps of course.
That’s a great point, and in that case, I would suggest buying padding with a hard plastic shell, not the ones like KH, and Roach, and 661 4x4’s that we are all familiar with
As was mentioned, you’ll probably take spills at speed…and then add to that, when that happens, you’ll also be completely exhausted…I predict some 'slumping onto the ground kinda UPD’s, and the armour with that nylon material just pulls down from grabbing onto the pavement, and peeling the pad away before your knee touches the road 
The hard plastic would slide along the pavement and keep you safer
A big bag of Schlumpf gold buttons 
STM