Originally Posted by darkmother
I'd carry at least the tool to get the cassette lockring off, in case you break a right side spoke on the rear.
True, true. There's this neat tool with a red handle and a cassette lockring remover at the end, so it makes a chainwhip redundant. I had this on my tour, but have since lost it. Some japanese company made it, and I think I got it at Urbane.