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Originally Posted by brian p
So we've all seen the bikes on RTW trips packed up with spare tyres.The question I have,is there really a need?fair enough if your heading to mordor,but surely in this day and age with some pre planning there isn't a need?Tyres can be ordered enroute in most places.....or am I missing g something?
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Hello
Is there a need?
Some of my bad/annoying memories from my RTW some years ago are the constant searching for tires.
I liked the TCK80, did 18tkm front and 8tkm rear, so every other month I needed a new reartire.
If you have planned ahead your years of travelling in your Garmin you know where you will be in 58 days, maybe then there is a shop that takes your order with no downpayment and you will be able to happily change the tire there on its last mm of tread.
But if you don't want to know where you are in 3 days, it's annoying if you have to go in 58 days to a place, that is now way off your path, just to pick up a tire that you've already paid, and maybe it was not even a bargain.
When I found my preferred tire, for a good price, I just bought it, even if I had to carry it some time.
You see, it depends.
And since I'm not a member of the "church of lightweight", I don't have a problem carrying a tire on the back of my bike, it's build for two-up riding.
sushi
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