Amazing info from everyone. Thanks again. This forum is amazing.

@ FBinNY I am riding from Columbia to Argentina over 2 years and will explore the ins and outs of every country along the way (Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Ecquador, Columbia). I imagine 700c s would be in the big cities, but in the remote countryside towns, if anything goes down, 26" will be my best option.

read here http://familyonbikes.org/blog/2011/0...nitive-answer/ and here http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=174187 ...

@ wrk101 Thanks for the great tips. Good looking thread. I will be reading through it shortly.

@ Hillrider Right on, no clearance at all.

@ dbg Yup. I'm going to get everything working and exactly like I want it here. Spirit air allows a bike to be shipped with the passenger for only $75. That's one hell of a deal and then I have transportation from the airport .

I might post some of my options here soon to hopefully get some input.

How about this Trek 830? $99 locally. 21" frame (although it looks small :/)