TransAm Bike Race Dropbox

One of the things you can do to support yourself is to pre-ship yourself supplies to spots along the course. Typically these are bike shops and post offices. One of the most popular is Newton Bike Shop, in Newton, KS. It's kind of in the middle of the route. They have been doing this for racers and tourists for quite a while, and are well equipped for such duties.

Today, I shipped my dropbox to them.

Contents include:

Fresh Clothing:
Castelli Velossimo San Remo Speedsuit
Castelli Core Mesh Sleeveless Baselayer
Castelli Merino Socks
Castelli Quattro 9 Socks
Rapha Lightweight Socks (like airconditioning)
Specialized Grail gloves (after 3k miles, I'll probably need new ones)

Parts and such:
2 new tyres and a broken in spare vacuum packed
2 new tubes
Fresh sealant and valve cores
2nd half services cards
TP
Fresh Chain (Wipperman 11sx, stripped of factory lube, setup with Dumonde Tech Lite, cut to length, run in and relubed) and spare link
brake pads
batteries for HRM/Cadance/TEMPE
lip chap
packets of clothes wash
patch kit (not pictured)

also not pictured more food bars