Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

You can download languages on google translate so it works offline.

Or stick some stock photos of common objects/food in your phone's photo album and show the shopkeeper what you're looking for.

I would delete the midget porn photography in advance.

Yep, just done that. Nifty!

Haha

NO! Swipe LEFT! LEFT Damnit!!!

http://www.randonneurs.fi/transcontinental-race-2016-complete-kit-list/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mkpaa/28461252275/in/album-72157668461387683/

The XE Currency app is very good and constantly updated.

Added to home page, added links to Twitter accounts and tracker.

Are you all nervous yet?

Got a mini continental mains usb charger?
Re drive train cleaning- ask to use WD40 and rags at any garage you encounter, far more frequent than bike shops.
Also I would take a set of chain pliers, if you are using master links.

If you have the energy/inclination to crack one off then you aren't trying hard enough ;)

Oh how fun and relaxing two hours I just had packing the bike with the dynamo wiring etc. and other gear in a box for the flight.

I've run through the entire gamut of emotions about 3000x since January.

Which for me means happy... angry... happy... angry... repeat hourly.

Got a mini continental mains usb charger?

Yes and 16,000mah of battery packs.

WD40? umadbro? It's not a kid's bmx :P

Chain pliers => fingers + swearing

I would like one of those Squirt Leatherman tools but left it too late. I was going to chuck in my multitool but I'm leaving out spoke tools and screwdrivers went for individual allen keys + small knife to save 150g. I will regret this, no doubt.

you aren't trying hard enough

Story of my life.

let's go @CarlosBI!

Haha, just moments after the two hours of furious packing I mentioned above, I noticed I've also packed my shorts I'll be wearing on the flight, in the saddlebag on the bottom of the box.

Leatherman available for lends to you or anyone else competing.

Also don't for get to advise bank and cards that you going abroad. If you are changing sim take your normal one as well so that if the bank query a transaction you can respond.
Halifax put a stop on my card when I was in the US after I drowned my phone.

Where are you based?

You didn't see my rant at the bank when I tried to do that? They didn't have enough spots in their system for all the countries I was going to.

Ooh, I didn't think of that. My current SIM is too big for the phone I'm taking though, that's half the reason I got a new SIM.

Brixton or Strand

Add/ change contact details?

Yeah, I'll add it to my todo list.
I am taking a credit card from another bank so that might help and I have some starter cash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4bucg7465Y

Big up team lfgss.

Looking forward to dotwatching, got well into it last year.

A colleague has given me her eye drop bottle. What a star!

Look out Alps, I'm 19 grams lighter, bitches!

Forgot this was coming so soon. Excited to follow the markers again. Good luck @hippy @skinny and all riding.

I don't know if @CarlosBI has a twitter account but he says he's going to try and update his FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/Biziosona/ Perhaps this could be added to the list of social media accounts on the first page?

Sure... but better still, if you compile a list of Facebook links I'll put them all on the fist page.

I'm not on Facebook, so I see nothing.