wow. Very thorough. In my opinion that is overkill (especially the occasional use "fix" items, which you would be able to divert to a city/town to buy?), but I guess some people aren't into eating nothing but mentos for three days at a time/hastily washing their bib shorts and their bums in a cafe bathroom once every few days/using zip ties to fix everything. And I guess doing that for two months vs four years is a totally different story. I imagine you'll want some comfort/sense of security. It sounds like a fabulous trip! Don't know how it's possible to go back to "real life" after four years on the road.
Definitely overkill! One of those things where you have to decide how self sufficient you want to be - Uzbekistan, for example, apparently has not a single bike shop, but spares could obviously be shipped from home. It was a fun exercise to figure out in any case
wow. Very thorough. In my opinion that is overkill (especially the occasional use "fix" items, which you would be able to divert to a city/town to buy?), but I guess some people aren't into eating nothing but mentos for three days at a time/hastily washing their bib shorts and their bums in a cafe bathroom once every few days/using zip ties to fix everything. And I guess doing that for two months vs four years is a totally different story. I imagine you'll want some comfort/sense of security. It sounds like a fabulous trip! Don't know how it's possible to go back to "real life" after four years on the road.