- 1st TOUR MISTAKES-you won't do again......................
Fail to check the tire carefully for a tiny wire that punctured the tube. And another tube. And another tube.
Leave my tent poles in front of a c store, causing a 5 miles backtrack. They were still there.
Not stopping to take a picture of something interesting because I didn't won't to interrupt the rhythm of the ride.
Leave food in the panniers for the raccoons to raid.
Pack more than I need. Better to buy as needed than haul 2 or 3 extra pounds several hundred miles.