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01-20-13 | 02:27 PM

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Ekdog

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From: Seville, Spain

Bikes: Brompton M6R, mountain bikes, Circe Omnis+ tandem

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Originally Posted by gpsblake

28 days on a Walmart bicycle... about $400 total from Leesville, SC to Abilene, TX...Only bike repair was getting new tubes. Didn't spend a single night in a hotel. $300 on food (estimate), $50 on batteries for my toys and GPS unit, $30 on 4 tubes... If I wasn't addicted to gas store sodas, i could have spent less. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/i...oc_id=858&v=5r

I donated the bike to charity at the end of the tour and took the greyhound back.

Wow, that's cheap! It might be worth your while to some kind of a battery charger so as not to spend so much on batteries.

Edited to add: Just read your journal. Enjoyed it very much.

Last edited by Ekdog; 01-20-13 at 03:39 PM.

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