It's both. I'll be a student with a bike for the semester, and then I have a month of free time afterwards to tour, so I'd like to bring my bike. If it's fairly easy to find well-priced, used touring bikes in Germany, I'd consider going without the bike and just buying one. But I have put some work into this current bike, and I'm satisfied that it'll be reliable.
Yes this is FRA. I should have made it more clear that I'm considering somewhat seriously just shipping the bike. I can wait until I have a permanent address to get the bike because I'm not in a huge rush to get it. However if the shipping cost was over $100 I'd definitely reconsider the shipping idea.
Last edited by kyledr; 02-25-08 at 01:28 PM.