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You can't cover every risk, and it is a big mistake trying to do so. But you can reduce the risks by making sure your kit is either recently maintained or new.
I wouldn't take a powertap hub. Too risky and unnecessary weight + not very useful data. My PM battery went at the end of day 2 and I had spares but didn't bother replacing as it would have taken me an extra minute!
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you can reduce the risks by making sure your kit is either recently maintained or new
battery went at the end of day 2
You're as bad as me for not listening to your own advice :P
For what it's worth my Quarq had a fresh battery and I think I remember getting a low PM warning towards the end of the race. I never finished TABR with a working PM because I never carried spare PM batteries. Quarq is much easier to swap batts than P2M.
hippy
I made my comment a bit tongue in cheek - naturally the clothing and sleeping gear is highly personal. I guess most helpful is to see what kind of bike maintenance stuff the more experienced rides choose to take. Cannot prepare for everything as for example Mikko had his rear hub (powertap) busted and had to buy a new wheel to finish the race.