Wow just looked at all 105 photos amazing country amazing tour .
thanks for shareing how did bike and gear preform would you change anything .
jags.
Thanks Jags. The only trouble I had was the front tire moving on the rim and shearing valves.
A weird one that, but after the fourth or fifth incident (all on long, steep dirt descents) I finally figured out that, on inflation, the slick plastic schwalbe rim tape was being gripped by the tire (Conti Top Contact) bead and was being pulled between the bead and rim wall. So under the harshest conditions consisting of heavy braking, heavily laden bike, heavy rider, steep descent, super hot rims and powdery dirt surface (grip, slide, grip, slide...) there was enough play for the tire to start rotating on the rim. Very frustrating as it meant I couldn't really enjoy the downhills, and indeed had to walk down some of the better ones as I was a long, long way from the nearest bike shop and was riding on tubes with some very dubious valve repairs.
