So, yay for all that!

That's for sure!

I live near Palm Springs, which is near Joshua tree national Park
And I do go to San Diego to visit regularly
Tonka yellow
I bought it a few years ago from a man who had it for 10 years and never got to do the ride that he wanted to do with it and it is sat in his garage
Hi, subsequently had to send the roll off to cycle monkey to redo the seal as it was leaking oil
And it has been great since
It definitely has less than 3000 miles on it
I have only had it out on tour for less than a month a quick trip for a few days along the Pacific coast of a few days and then several weeks in Montana sort of following the great divide route and then I also was using it for a bit to ride to work
This bike according to the specs says that it’s for a person from 5’10-6’2
It feels a little bit big for me and the opportunity came up to buy a smaller one another nomad and so this one is for sale ready to go
It currently has the butterfly handlebars on it, but I do also have the original thorn, flat bar, and grips, depending on what you like
I have an almost new black Brooks Springer seat, or you can have the air gone saddle from the bike that I am buying when it arrives
It has the front generator wheel attached to the front light in addition to the sign wave USB plug-in
I will add photos, hopefully shortly

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That's grand news, Matt.

Thanks for the report, Danneaux.

Love the photos Ron. Thanks for sharing. Certainly inspires me for my next tour. 
Re abandoned/closed train lines. Although driven by immediate economic necessity seems quite sad to see them consigned to history.
There’s a comedy duo from yesteryear named Flanders & Swann, some may know them.
Amongst their most well known songs ( Armadillo, Have a Madeira M’Dear etc) is The Slow Train; a bit of a nostalgic ode to many branch line closures under the so called Beeching Report springs readily to mind. Anyway here it is. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/U6OHD2uCpfU?si=WP93Ga4SxbAbkzE7

  Well spotted, Ian. I believe I adjusted the eccentric on the evening after the photo you were probably looking at was taken.
 I am running a 38 x 17 combo right now, but before my daughter moved back to Canada from the UK I ordered a Thorn 43T chainring and 19T cog and had it sent to her to bring back. It's in my toolbox now and I'll probably throw it on before the next tour.

A few more photos from the ride.

1  One of the consequences of rural depopulation.The rail line between Sapporo and the southeast coast of Hokkaido closed down a few years ago.

2&3  Curse you, Komoot. This is my third cycle tour in Japan and I'm still waiting for a mapping program that doesn't send me on an adventure almost daily. After about 10 km riding in a beautiful valley with no traffic, my GPS instructed me to "turn left here". I thought “this does not look too promising” as it went past a farm, heading into the woods. A check of the map showed that the only other option was 10 km right  back where I had come from, so off I went. After about half a kilometre the dirt road turned into a dirt path and pitched upward. It still would've been rideable if not for the 70mm of rain that had fallen overnight, making it very soft. After a few hundred metres though the path pitched up again and basically looked like a dry stream bed. Luckily for me, it only lasted for maybe 500m then began to improve. My fun for the day.

4 Sunset from camp.