I hope you never need (most) of them, but it's always a good idea to consider these emergency items for your next bike tour... plus some good news from a US airline that might impact your bike touring and previewing my #heatindex overnight coming up!

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#heatindex ride!

Hoping to get an overnight on the C&O... aaaaand it might be 100 degrees. So there's that.

Gear Talk: Emergency items for your next bike tour

• credit card battery (like this one)
• extra bottle of water
• mylar blanket
• first aid kit
• cell phone
• ICE card (card - bracelet examples)
• weather radio

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