1 Take a small tape recorder, and at the start of a day or end of the day tell about the days events a small note book works well also. (Harry & Bev)
2 Use a fish scales to weight the tongue weight of your trailer hitch, to have the right weight makes a great difference on the way the bike and trailer will handle. (Ed & Betty)
3 Plastic bags, for clean or dirty clothes, and for camp refuge. Lance
4 An exercise while riding. Point your toes straight up and release about 15 to 20 times
every half hour or so , helps to increase circulation. (???)
5 Always keeps a couple of clean wash cloths in the pockets of your rain gear, so when you get caught in the rain you have something to wipe off our glasses, or windshield, or face with. (Jan)
6 I found as a driver and passenger in summer time, we would drink lots of bottle water, we went to the bicycle shop and found a belted holder for bottles with a zipper pocket for change, tissues or whatever. It worked really great last summer. (Steve & Connie)
7 Some GPS's have a mile per hour, great way to check your speedometer on the bike. (Harry)
8 After a day of hard riding (or maybe before) here is a tip of the day..... a good handful of Anti-Monkey Butt powder. A real product that was advertised on a motorcycle show on TV. SEE Web page!!! "http://www.antimonkeybutt.com/" (Steve)
9 Also, for our bags on longer trips, we bought the small sample sizes of essentials, deodorant, toothpaste, etc. Takes up less room and easy to replace.
Rolling clothes, "like the military" takes up less room and sometimes less wrinkles in the clothing. (Connie)
10 For those hot days on the bike, Stay Cool with AQUA COOL. This is a bandanna that has crystals in it that you soak in cold water and put around your neck. Wal-Mart has them in the sports section. Don & LaVone
