Type of terrain to expect offroad in SA
Hi everybody,
I'm going for a 8-9 months trip in south America this year, starting in about 2 months.
I'm riding a modified africa twin (the old one) with light soft panniers.
I would like to know the kind of terrain I should expect all around South America (west part) so to plan the kind of tyre I would like to use. Id like to use more offroad tyres when needed.. if possible. If I can't then I'll find an other solution.
I will start in Chile, santiago in may-june, then ride up to north Chile, Bolivia and peru for about 3 months. Then equador, maybe columbia, equador peru north chile and north Argentina for the next 3 months, then down from santiago to patagonia and up to santiago or Buenos Aires for an other 3 months. All this not in a straight line, i like to explore and look for nice trails, but I'm limited with mud or deep sand.
Where should I expect the most mud or sand ?
My idea for now is to get a set of 40/60 tyres for the first 10 000km, like mitas e09, shinko e804/805 or similar then change in bolivia/peru/equador for what I can find, as it seems "easy" to find (17 rear and 21 front) and change one last time in santiago with the set I brought from EU and stored there.
What do you guys think ?
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