The areas won't always have hotels/hostels. I'll tour Lebanon, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Saudi-Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesch, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Maledives and Philippines next year. Probably 1-3 of those I have to cancel due to visa/safety issues. I can't afford the hotels in some of them, others have lots of remote areas.
Brompton is sponsoring me, I get the bike directly from them. Only reason it's not the TI version is time, it would have taken ~2 months longer to get it due to them producint the steel-only Black Edition atm. I might be able to get the 2 TI sections send to me on the road, I'll add them myself in that case.