and don't forget the spare tire! if the tire goes out in the wilderness, what a pain
to drag a wheelless bob back to civilization.

if you do manage to find a tire in a small-town department store, most likely it'll
be a bmx tractor tire.

mine went bad on south island, new zealand. like a zillion miles from the nearest
bike shop. cross threads snapped or something....tire offcenter and bouncing.
didn't come off the rim or blow the tube, but basically unrideable. yes, had a spare
zip-tied under the trailer deck.

sure, could have managed without. set up camp, hitch to auckland, spend a day or
two trying to locate a smooth tire, hitch back......try to locate campsite.....um, it was
next to a tree, i think....