Hm. Well I'm not mechanically inclined, but one of the girls I'm biking with is. We are also taking ACA maps so we have the bike shop info along our routes incase I am extremely uncomfortable and can't fix it myself. I guess I'd have to bring my rack along, as well as all my other stuff but I could just throw that all into a duffle bag that I could ditch once we got there. Oy... I didn't think this was going to be something I was thinking about a month before I take off.