What bikes to get where?
I'm looking to leave the end of next month to Caracas. I would like to either have a bike shipped down from the states, or to buy a bike in South America and use that to ride through as much of South America as I can.
I've read here that it is possible to buy a bike in Chile. Does anyone know anywhere else that it is just as easy to get a bike? Unfortunately Chile is in the wrong location for me.
If I ship a bike from the US, how do I go about doing that? Do I need to send it from Miami or something like that? If I have a bike from the US, with US plates, is that going to cause problems?
Also, what kind of bike do people recommend getting? I'm going to be travelling a lot, but don't want to spend very much on a bike, up to $2000. I want high reliability, some comfort, but nothing cushy.
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