Obviously one of the biggest decisions for this trip is going to be what bike to take. For those of you who ride and probably many of you who don’t, bikes are a very personal choice, one that should be made with at least as much reference to heart as to head (probably more so!)

So when it came to thinking about what we would choose to ride we were kind of looking forward to a battle of the bikes, each of us choosing our preferred bike and then the inevitable piss-taking and one-upmanship that would ensue as things went wrong or right on our trip.

The latest advice we have received however, suggests that as we’re traveling unsupported, we should all be on the same bike … it makes sense actually as we only have to carry spares for one model, thus allowing us to spread them across all three bikes. I like to think that we would have worked this one out for ourselves, but I guess if you knew it all, the whole notion of advice would be redundant wouldn’t it…

Anyway what it comes down to is that now we ALL have to be happy with our choice of bike, this is where I can see things getting messy. For starters … well there’s no easy way to say this … Ben is short, not pick him up and throw him short, but let’s be honest we’re not getting him on a KTM without a step ladder! Actually that’s a bit harsh, cos none of us are particularly tall, so maybe seat height won’t be that big a deal, but there’s still that heart thing to be contended with. We’ll be on the road for a long time, so we’re really going to need to be happy with our bikes.

Anyway keep your eyes on our bike page as we’ll be adding photo’s, links and our own personal impressions of the possible bikes over the coming months.

Cheers

Chucks