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Packing before travelling
:welcome:1. If you are traveling with someone, pack half your clothes in his bag, and carry half his in your luggage. Then if one bag gets lost, you at least have half your things.
2. Wear or carry your bulky clothes on the flight if possible, rather than packing them, to create extra space in your bag. 3. Make a list of items you are taking and check them off as each item is packed. 4. Insert your name and address inside your baggage. 5. Put liquids in plastic containers, not glass. They aren't as heavy and are not as likely to break. And then place those containers inside plastic zipper bags. 7. Put small things in the toes and heels of your shoes. 8. Place shoes at the bottom of the case where the hinges are. They will stay in place and not shift clothing around by their weight. In fact, all heavy items should be placed there. 9. Don't roll belts; place them just inside walls of your bags, running around the circumference. They will take less room this way. 10. Less room is used if cosmetics, medications, etc., are placed in a zipper plastic bag and then transferred to regular cosmetic bag (which you have folded and placed in the bag) after you arrive at your destination. 11. Shoes should be packed in shoe mittens or an old pair of socks to protect other clothes from being soiled. :scooter: |
You MUST be female...:innocent:
John |
No, just somebody trying to plug their own website.
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I try not to wear blouses when I'mon an extended bike trip- really messes up my image!!:mchappy:
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I didn't check his panniers for blouses... Stephan |
I haven't worn a blouse since the late 80's and my New-Romantic phase, still they say the 80's are coming back. Mind you tip about splitting your stuff with your riding partner isn't such a bad one.
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Twisting my melon man...
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No wonder you left the country... everyone else was wearing blouses in 1981; and just when Madchester was taking off and everyone was getting 'baggy' you were digging out the eye-liner... :blushing: Yes, that is a good idea about splitting stuff. Stephan |
Ahh OK it was early 80's then, I was a little chemically enhanced and forgot when it was.
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I always put my spare inner tubes with my frilly knickers and hair straighteners, That way I can look good whilst fixing punctures! |
Half the luggage
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"chemically enhanced " ... umm thought that was the 60s ..LSD and all that. |
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you guys should be ashamed of yourselves, turning a perfectly serious post into a butt of jokes.
Last time meeleend posts travel turdbits here! |
Oh we are!
I have bags of lipstick and meds in my boots right now as well as unmarked plastic bottils filled with liquid. Cut my boxes so theres hinges at the bottom and belts all around it. Just need to find some one to take half my kit so I will have it when I lose mine. Just like she said to. :innocent: |
Good points with the packing, but personally I leave it to the wife, she is brilliant at it. this lady will travel light but well.
I am crap at packing clothes, bath bags,towels, etc on the other hand I am rather good at packing tool kits, tyre levers, cookers, adjusting chains,changing oil, brake pads,folding tents up,strapping down for the ride, It aint sexism its division of labour, Trust me I,d rather be good at packing sometimes:thumbup1: |
who the hell makes a list of things htey are going to pack and checks them off before they pack them.
who writes their name inside their panniers? for £$£$ sake if someone has foind a pannier laying on the side of the road and your missing yours then its not rocket science. LIFE is too short!! |
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Less is better...... If it's something that you think you can do without but it turns out you can't, think about possibly getting it while on the road rather than taking it before you leave. |
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The chance that it was a real post isn't good since it's the only post that person made. But they could come back and clear it up. Maybe get into a gun rights argument with whatshisname. --Dave |
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Call me Mr. Stupid, but what the heck is a shoe mitten? Do they do ones with a string that goes round my neck so I can't loose them while playing?
On a practical note, they missed a point about zip type freezer bags. They came in huge sizes and can be used to make two t-shirts the size of one by getting all the air out. Works even better once said shirts met the travel wash a few times. I too am a list maker, but take it a step further, I check the list when unloading sometimes. I do it less often now, but it helped in the early days. I have a deal with my other half where anything on the bike that wasn't used can be chucked off the ferry on the way home. She looked silly wearing three t-shirts, a jumper, a spare jumper, a spare shirt, three sorts of lip balm etc. but has learned to moderate the Just-in-case stuff. The chuck it on and go approach is fine where a bit extra load won't matter, or you can simply eat in a restuarant when you've forgotten cuttlery, but it becomes a PITA when you are missing an inner glove or inner tube half way up an Alp in January. Andy |
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Hmmmmmm....a question!!!
If it's possible to survive on half your stuff..........why don't you just take that "half" with you in the first place and leave the other "half" at home????? Doesn't this make a bit of sense, or am I being silly???
I think I'd have a bit of a problem withthe cosmetics though........how the hell am I supposed to ride my bike without mascara and lippy. That'll have to go in the tank bag then!! |
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