Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN

One more quick comment, when touring I use bolt on skewers, not quick release. I have no clue if it has saved me from having a wheel theft, probably not, but I need a 5mm allen wrench to remove a wheel. My assumption is that a thief is unlikely to have a 5mm allen wrench in their pocket. I have a small multi-tool stored with my spare tubes, the big multi-tool elsewhere, so if I loose a wrench, I still have one. I do not use something like the pitlock ones that require a special tool that I might lose. Just a thought on anti-theft measures.

And one more thought, do not ford streams with a dynohub. A friend of mine was complaining that his SP hub quit working. Then I saw a photo of him fording a stream with his bike, the hubs and bottom bracket were under water. I told him that was probably why his SP stopped working. He said - but it is waterproof, I should be able to do that. Dynohubs are not THAT waterproof.

Have a GREAT trip. Sounds wonderful.