This is the question my latest helpful Sram email asked me just now? Here is Sram’s checklist:

• Check the App. After giving your bike a little shake, your app should give you a green light to ride. If it doesn’t, tap on the app and it’ll tell you which components you forgot to charge.
• Connect the app to your bike computer.
• Pack a spare battery.
• Monitor your controller batteries (the little disc ones that power your shifters).

I guess you should probably take a look at the tires, too, but they aren’t on this modern list. I must admit that I am happy with my Sram AXS, but I can’t help feeling like I’ve fallen into a dark, techno-hole that I’ll never get out of.

JFK famously stated that “Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike”. This might be even truer today because the pre-ride part is so fraught with stress….as long as you don’t forget your heart rate monitor, of course. Then your ride is shot, too.