I have been trying to find a way to share GoogleEarth tracks, but cant. Ridewithgps, where I have the planned route is blocked here and I am having vpn problems as well
so I cant use that either, though that is where I made the following images
So I have added a couple of images of where I plan to ride.
This is the route through China
This might give you some idea of the remote parts... this is not the crowded east coast, but the high empty western parts. Until I get to Xining, at the point of the dogleg on the second image, about 1500 km, I doubt I will see a bike shop, let alone one that will have parts for a bike that wasnt built before the end of the cultural revolution.
After that, between Huaxi and Turpan, while I will be on a main road, there is very very little in the way of habitation. I looked at a few routes through more remote areas, but there seems to be no water at all, let alone food.
That gets me to the Kyrgystan border.
I have thought long and hard about a trailer. I toured with a trailer in Australia once and did like it. There is even a bob trailer for sale in a shop nearby....
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Damn, they got resized I think, so here are links to the originals...
http://i.imgur.com/GuRAJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8RRjK.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/nRoGM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8jGAZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HwvLr.jpg
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