Required/Strongly encouraged:

• The SMART Ride App!
• Bicycle - your own or rented  (mechanically safe and in good working order, make sure to have it inspected for bike fit prior to the ride)
• Helmet (ASTM, Snell, ANSI or CPSC approved)
• 2 Water bottles (one filled with an electrolyte replacement drink) OR 1 hydration pack (like a Camelbak), plus a bottle filled with an electrolyte replacement drink.
• Bike frame pump or CO2 cartridges
• Patch kit or spare tube that will fit your tire size.
• Bicycle multi-tool for making adjustments
• Bike seat bag (to carry multi-tool, tire irons, patch kits, tubes, cell phone, cash/credit card)

 

Useful and nice to have, but not mandatory:

• Sunscreen
• Insect repellant, hand wipes or hand sanitizer
• Lip balm w/ sunscreen
• Band-Aids
• Cycling gloves
• Sunglasses

 

Other Items to pack in your gear:

• Variety of riding clothes for 2 days (make sure to be prepared for variable weather)
• Clothes for evening functions and Key West (shorts, t-shirts, jeans, flip flops, very casual)
• Swimsuit (yes there is a pool at Hawks Cay)
• Any prescriptions you need
• Antacid, ointments, bandages, Ibuprofen
• Toiletries
• Earplugs (to drown out the snoring from your roommate)

Please DO NOT pack valuables in your gear (ie: Identification, Money, Credit Cards, Cameras, or other expensive or fragile items.  These things should be kept with you at all times.)

 

Gear and/or luggage

• On registration day, you will receive a luggage tags to mark your gear, but it is a good idea to mark your luggage with your identification in advance.
• Your luggage will travel in style in our Box Truck just for gear! One of our fantastic teams sole responsibility is to take your luggage on Friday morning (please limit your gear to one bag), transport it to Hawks Cay, and have it available when you arrive at the Gear Truck.
• On Saturday morning you will again drop your luggage at the Gear Truck  and it will be lovingly taken all the way to Key West.
• Immediately following the closing ceremonies, you can pick up your luggage and gear from the Gear Truck and head to your hotel, shower, relax, unwind and meet us for our celebration parties later that evening. It’s a night of fun and celebration, and Key West  has been known to pull out all the stops.
• Check the housing page for recommendations on where to stay.