After my initial panic, I started looking at all the things I needed to plan. The list was extensive and varied. Some of these things really need to be done well in advance, some can be done later. I will write about these as time goes on.
Just a Sample of the questions I have to answer:
- Which bike to use?
- Where to buy it? Here or at my destination?
- Do I use what I already have?
- How do I register it?
- Do I use a cheap one, or more capable expensive one?
- Do I get multiple bikes, buying and selling as I move along?
- Chain or shaft?
- Tube or tubeless?
- What modifications?
- Where to “live”? How to have a fixed legal address?
- Where Start?
- What route
- What seasons?
- Camp or Hotel?
- Carnet?
- Insurance?
- How do I get rid of stuff?
- Where to I store stuff that I don’t get rid of?
- Computer or Tablet or Smart Phone?
The questions never stop. My list will be a mile long in no time. And these are questions for before I leave. What about as I am travelling? What about when I am “done” if that means anything.
I will keep you all informed as time goes on.