The title of that blog says it all, haha. I'm too much of a worrier for such adventures. I'll stick with such travails as dog poop in the bike lane, hahaha. On Feb 26, 2015 6:05 PM, "Jim Bronson" <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The common cycling route through the 'Stans does not go through > Afghanistan or Pakistan but rather through the mostly stable countries of > Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, on the M41 highway. > There are lots of touring blogs on this region on bike touring sites like > crazyguyonabike.com. > > I also had a friend who cycled the route last summer in a supported tour > from Chengdu to Istanbul, including Iran even. > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Goshen Peter <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> From what I see in the news things are a little hot in the "stans" right >> now. I always dreamed of a tour of japan by bike, it just looks so >> beautiful there. Would def need the Bill special low gear for those >> mountains tho! >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The only reason I would go 8 is if I was cycling something where I was >>> going to be out of civilization for a long time like maybe riding the >>> 'Stans in Central Asia and wanted slightly higher perceived reliability of >>> the wider chain. I wouldn't go 7 because then you have to keep track of >>> the 4.5mm spacer were you to take your cassette off the freehub. >>> >>> Actually I would love to cycle the 'Stans, especially the Pamir Highway, >>> but I just don't have that sort of free time at this point in my life. >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:46 PM, cyclotour...@gmail.com < >>> cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Nine works as the best "modern" gearing for me. I'm slowly moving >>>> eights over to nine, and may move my one 10 to nine at some point. I like >>>> standardization :) >>>> >>>> On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 1:35:36 PM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That being said, you can get the 9 speed HG50 for about the same price >>>>> as the 7 speed, so IMO if you are starting fresh there's really no reason >>>>> not to go 9 speed. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 02/26/2015 04:05 PM, Jim Bronson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I like the comment "The HG-50 is still made in Japan, thus the >>>>>>> higher price". $19.95-$25.95 is expensive? Seems like a great deal to >>>>>>> me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I use the HG-50 9 speed 11-34s and I'm very happy with them. FWIW, >>>>>>> and YMMV. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps that's compared to the HG50s of 2 years ago, which as I >>>>>> recall were all black and looked kind of not-so-nice. 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