What should you take on a long bike ride?
Short answer: 24 items, from banana eaten before you roll, not after through to water bottles filled. The complete Long Bike Ride checklist is written out below — and the exact same 24 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Long Bike Ride checklist — all 24 items
- Banana eaten before you roll, not after
- Bike computer or watch charged
- Bike shoes
- Cash or card
- Chain lubricant for a squeaky chain
- Coin or valve tool for tubeless top-ups
- Energy bars or gels
- Gloves
- Helmet
- High-vis vest or reflective strip
- ID and emergency contact card
- Lightweight rain jacket
- Mini pump or CO2 inflator
- Multi-tool
- Padded shorts
- Phone, charged, in a waterproof pouch
- Puncture repair kit
- Rear light, even for a daytime ride
- Small first aid kit (plasters, antiseptic wipe)
- Spare inner tube
- Sunblock
- Sunglasses
- Tyre levers
- Water bottles filled
Thirty kilometres from home, a bike ride becomes an engineering exam: can you fix a flat with what's in your pockets? The riders pushing their bikes along the shoulder all answered no. Spare tube, levers, pump — two hundred grams of kit is the difference between an anecdote and an afternoon.
This list kits out rider and machine: repair essentials, pump and multitool, water and ride food before the bonk arrives, the rain jacket for the weather two hours from now, the rear light that earns its place even in daylight, and the ID and emergency-contact card serious riders never skip. Tick it in the garage; the road is a bad place for inventory.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "spare tube" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should you take on a long bike ride?
You need 24 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from banana eaten before you roll, not after through to water bottles filled — and the same 24 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=long%20bike%20ride opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Long Bike Ride list (24 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.