Hah...I cut and pasted from a word document and didn't notice my "it's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it" equipment. When on Tucson's bike paths, which have won international awards for their design, I usually don't go heeled (old West term). Although there are some pretty vicious 4 year old girls on training wheels out there.
On the other hand, when riding the backroads out of town, which is 75% of my riding, I'm always armed. Southern AZ backcountry has some odd and aggressive characters now and then. Think Deliverance with cactus. Besides the ubiquitous Border Patrol who for the most part leave cyclists alone, twice I've seen at a distance drug runners leading 3-4 horse pack trains. On the old 2-lane paved road between Tucson and Nogales some teens in the back of a pick up threw a 2x4 at my wife and missed her head by a foot. I was forced off the road (he went off the road too) on the T'ohono Reservation. Drunk miner, not a T'ohono. I was shot at once along Highway 82 by some 20 somethings speeding by at 60mph. The youthful passenger emptied the clip of a .22 automatic pistol at me. Not with any degree of accuracy as they must have been pretty wasted by their erratic driving. That was on a multi-day camptour. No matter. So you can say I'm a wee bit gun shy. Pun intended. Ultra Urban Honkies might think you take a weapon to protect yourself against all the animals in the backcountry (there are a lot). Nah they're more afraid of you. Besides a .22 mag is the last thing you want to use against a bear or mountain lion. I carry this when I camptour: https://www.campmor.com/collections/survival/products/coghlans-emergency-survival-horn It's worked twice for me with bears and the damn skunks (everywhere is southern AZ mountains). Once dispatched a rattler in my camp (they're territorial). Filleted and marinated in BBQ sauce, he was delicious. Somewhere between chicken and fish which evolutionarily makes sense. Stories over. Craig in Tucson 5 Survival Essentials [image: Survival Essentials.jpg] On Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 1:38:01 PM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote: > > What is the pistol for? Are the bike paths particularly unfriendly there? > > --Eric Norris > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy > YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > > On Jul 5, 2020, at 1:11 AM, Craig Montgomery <cmontg...@cox.net > <javascript:>> wrote: > > This time of year in southern AZ. 20-40 mile rides pavement and/or dirt. > Same stuff. Just change bikes. > > Sunscreen/zinc oxide for nose/top of ears > Phone (per orders of my wife, not me) > Camera: Panasonic Lumix > iPOD with 900 tunes if in an urban setting > Battery powered back up lights front and rear to supplement IQ Cyo > > Water: soda water/cranberry mix, approx. a pint and a half for every 10 > miles > Mini-First Aid > Under 40 miles no food (a friend carries mustard packs for the salt) > Appropriate drugs > Appropriate clothes: long sleeve cotton, MUSA shorts with boxer briefs, > wide brimmed hat, gloves, raincape if monsoons > Shades with rear view mirror > > Tools: open ends, allens, chain tool with spoke wrench, fibre fix > (actually used it once), headset/pedal wrench, crank wrench, Leatherman, 60 > year old Sturmey Archer axle wrench. > Frame pump, tube, patch kit, tire irons > Pocket pistol (.22 mag) > > Craig in Tucson > > On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 8:05:31 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> What is your day ride kit, why, and for what type of riding? >> >> - coffee in thermos and insulated (soon to be a wood quaich/ kuksa) >> - pipe and tobacco kit >> - ventile cotton analogy rain jacket from Hilltrek >> - fishnet long john shirt (turns my sun shirt into a medium weight >> insulated shirt, but I have to put it next to the skin. Weighs near nothing >> and takes minimal space. It and my rain jacket would be sufficient for 95% >> of days, but the weather folks don't get the five % right very often, so I >> haul wool...) >> - (often) boiled wool 3-season weight sweater (extra layers cause it >> snows anytime, and thunderstorms can drop temps into the 40's, dump hail >> for an hour or more, and then keep on raining steady if they settle in) >> - Sitting tarp >> - Bike kit (pump, tube, patch, allen tool, et al) >> - Buck 110 knife >> - Digital typewriter (Freewrite: think Kindle e-reader on an quality >> mechanical keyboard) >> - Camera, tripod, etc. >> - Irish straps and shopsack for shopping pick up days. >> - Fire tinder kit (the only time you need a fire is when it's too wet to >> start one. Grin.) >> - compass >> - rosary >> -pen knife >> - water pen light purifier >> - no food. I prefer to ride fasted >> >> Why so much? Because I want to ride however long I ride, regardless of >> weather. With a brain that can get overloaded by overstimulation, I go >> prepared to emergency overnight if required). I haven't weighed the set up, >> but it's likely 2/3rds of the way to my overnight/weeklong/forever set up >> weight. Add tent, bag, pad, food, more water bottles, and I'm good for >> forever. 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