Taking the road less travelled (not travelled at all?) *Video added*

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Zanie

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On the weekend of 24-27 September, 4 friends set off on a 4-day trip that promised to comprise mainly of beautiful gravel highway. What we actually encountered was a very, very different story…

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Twice we ended up on “roads,” for want of a better name, where we were forced to turn around. Out of the four bikes, three had to have a rear wheel removed at some point in time; not always for the classical puncture reason. Only on one out of the three nights did we end up staying where we had originally planned. We got to learn first-hand which tools were useful, which were useless and which were sorely missed, but unfortunately missing.

Yet again, as seems to be an increasingly common thread in my ride reports, the planned and actual route differ. The gpx file (attached) represents the planned route. The Google Maps links under each day show the actual route taken (I stand corrected - it is also a track of our actual route, but in a different format).

There are a couple of useful bits and bobs that we learnt through this ride. I’ll make note of these little lessons throughout.

The cast: me (650GS) and Lance (800GSA), and Ilse (650GS) and Gerhard (Tiger).
The film crew: Lance and Gerhard.

From left to right: Gerhard, Ilse and Lance.
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Lance and I
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Video added in post #25
 

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