Hello Ted,

so you made it half way thru East Africa, very good, as Chris said the other half down to Cape Town can be a lot easier.

I saw that you have posted more than 2000 times here on the HUBB, thank you for this. But I hope not all of your posts are like this.

Why do you use British pounds to tell how expensive things are? Pls use also Euros and USD, because not every traveller using the HUBB lives on the small island off the coast of Europe ;-)

What part did you order by DH hell ? I assume that you ride a bike that makes sense to ride thru Africa, so why couldnt you find the spare part locally? I know that there are quite some bike shops and Chris at JJ knows all of them - but maybe he never visits them. Maybe you wont find the perfect part, but you will find something that works until you get to Namibia or RSA.

Tyres. Paying this amount for a tyre is just encouraging the seller (and other locals) to take even more money from stupid tourists. Do you never think of the people that come after you??? .... even 165 Pounds ( 200 Euros, 250 USD ) is not a lot of money for you?

What a traveler would have done with prices like this: ask around for used tyres, you will find them for 10 - 20 USD. spend half a day looking around the shops and buy two used ones for maybe 40 USD. Look for a new one further down the road, lets say in Lilongwe or in Lusaka or in Livingstone.

If you pay this prices, it means that the prices are ok and the seller (or company) will charge more from the next customer. Please dont complain about them AND pay them. You grew up in a capitalistic society and you traveled a lot, so you should know this.

Enjoy your journey.

Mika