Pre-race equipment checklist

Why a checklist

Race day is the wrong time to discover that the wheels you planned to use are still on the training bike, or that the race tire ran flat in the garage. A simple end-to-end check the week before catches the easy ones.

The checklist below is mapped to the fields the Hub tracks, so going through it also gives you a chance to update your equipment records.

Bike

• Primary bike confirmed. The is_primary flag is on the bike you intend to race. Managing multiple bikes.
• Race wheels noted on the BikeSetup. If you are swapping in race wheels for this race, update the front and rear wheel fields now and log a BikeChangeLog entry so the change is timestamped.
• Race tires mounted and verified. Brand, model, width in the front and rear tire fields.
• Tire pressure target set. Update tire_pressure_front and tire_pressure_rear with the race-day target so you have it on race morning.
• Crank length unchanged from training (do not swap cranks the week before a race).
• Saddle height unchanged from training (do not chase a fit change in race week).
• Helmet verified on the bike setup record. UCI or WTC-legal where required.

Swim

• Wetsuit decision: write it in the race-day plan (legality + temperature decision is yours, the Hub does not auto-check).
• Primary trisuit / swimskin confirmed on the SwimEquipment row.
• Goggles: race pair plus a spare with a different tint for changing light.
• Cap: official race cap on race day, but log your warm-up cap if you have a preferred one.

Run

• Race shoes present and noted on RunEquipment as primary. Confirm mileage is in the "race ready" window for the shoe model.
• Socks chosen.
• Insoles in the race shoe.

Nutrition (linked to equipment)

• Bottles mounted on the bike, both with the planned race drink.
• Gels / bars counted out per the fueling plan and pre-positioned where you will reach for them.
• Salt tabs counted out and stored where you will reach for them.

Final pass: ride the race bike

Twenty to forty minutes of easy riding the day before the race, in race kit, with race wheels, exposes anything that slipped through (rubbing brake, mis-aligned saddle, slow leak, untuned shifter).

See also: Race readiness checklist, Race planning workflow, Race plan: where saved outputs live.