Kit List
Recommended kit, don't forget your 'creature comforts!'
Creature Comforts
When you're away from home for a while and in the mountains little things can make a BIG difference to your comfort and happiness. These things can be anything from your favourite warm socks to 90% cocoa chocolate, or both!?
This is an example of the things I like to bring, you'll have your own favourites but this might help give you an idea..
- Coffee (I like mine VERY strong so bring my own)
- Chocolate
- Biscuits (Walkers shortbread!)
- Three films on an ipad
- A book for evenings
Simons Bike. An abused 'work-horse!'
A very healthy diet.
You can buy things in the evening and when you pass through the villages during the day and the diet and food at Freeride Morocco is very good and healthy. The coffee, chocolate and bisciuts I've mentioned really are just comforts and not essentials!
Essential Kit
The list below contains the essentials that you should bring as a minimum.
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- Camel Bak or other riding Back Pack which should contain:
- Pump
- At least two innertubes
- Bike tools including a chain splitter and relevant power links or chain pins
- 2ltr bladder (minimum). We recommend a 3ltr
- Spare brake pads
- Spare rear mech hanger
- First aid kit
- energy bars or equivalent for emergencies
- Base layer
- Fleece
- Warm jacket
- Long trousers
- Thick socks
- Trainers/Shoes
- Sleeping Bag rated to 0DegC
- Towel
- Torch and power adaptor for charging phones etc.' (Type C)
- Rear mech hanger
- Innertubes
- Brake pads
If you have a bike with unique parts, for example a lefty fork, we will not have the tools or equipment in the support vehicle to repair or service it so you must either be 100% sure it will not fail or bring spares for it. This also applies for 1x11 mechs that cost £300+. Sorry, but we'll not have a spare one of those kicking about!
Spares and other kit
Cost limits availability..
Your bike might cost as much as a house in Morocco! This means that top end spares are not available. Even bolts and bearings are a challenge to find so if something breaks its very unlikely you’ll get an equal replacement. We strongly recommend that ONLY YOU work on your bike, it’s YOUR responsibility to keep it going and YOUR responsibility to look after your kit!