Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
As we rode, I asked about her tour, and asked why she had a bike with a brand I had never heard of. She was doing an around the world tour, started in the UK with a high end touring bike, and was heading east. Then she was robbed at gunpoint of everything in her possession in one of the Balkan countries. So, she had to start over and this time everything including her bike were much lower budget. But she had made it all through asia, flew across the pacific, I met her in Madison Wisc, she was heading east.
That is the only time I have heard of a bike tourist being robbed of their gear.
I can't speak for robbed at gunpoint, but this summer I met a guy in Whitefish Montana whose bike had been stolen while he was in a store buying food. He had to buy a replacement to continue.
I'm going to be in the Balkans again next spring.