Getting your new bike home

Cycle-touring, Expeditions, Adventures, Major cycle routes NOT LeJoG (see other special board)
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Redvee
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Getting your new bike home

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Most people get their new bike from their LBS, not Josh. He went direct to the factory in China and rode it home :shock:

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. . . . and now he needs a new bike as it is worn out. so a continuous goto china loop :lol:
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Just watched it: stunning and amazing historical sites such as Samarkand.
Raleigh Randonneur 708 (Magura hydraulic brakes); Blue Raleigh Randonneur 708 dynamo; Pearson Compass 631 tourer; Dawes One Down 631 dynamo winter bike;Raleigh Travelogue 708 tourer dynamo; Kona Sutra; Trek 920 disc Sram Force.
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And great advertising for Giant as he collected his new bike from the Giant factory in Shanghai and visited Giant Europe HQ in the Netherlands.
Raleigh Randonneur 708 (Magura hydraulic brakes); Blue Raleigh Randonneur 708 dynamo; Pearson Compass 631 tourer; Dawes One Down 631 dynamo winter bike;Raleigh Travelogue 708 tourer dynamo; Kona Sutra; Trek 920 disc Sram Force.
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markjohnobrien wrote:Just watched it: stunning and amazing historical sites such as Samarkand.

+1: stark contrast with the gales and rain outside now 8)
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Four months on the road self-contained: I'm impressed with the minimal size of his kit.
The Silk Road from Shanghai to Newcastle: durable bike.
Four months sleeping on the ground in a bivy: robust young man!
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