>>1047920I'm going to improvise a lot of the route, but I'll definitely be using parts of pic related. I currently live in South Carolina so I might give the Palmetto a go during the summer prior to setting off (with incremental buildups like you mentioned).
>robbedI think about this everyday. I'm very skeptical of my wishes right now because I *want* to do this forever, so I can't be completely reliant on something so fragile. I really want to incorporate the ability to pack up and hike when it gets too rough, and if I do in fact get robbed then I'll have a back up plan.
>comfortMy clothes (and tent relatively so) will be shit to start off all up until I've worked the Patagonia back up to the U.S. Then I'll work however I can for money to stock up on winter supplies for the beautiful cancer of cold that is Canada, Alaska, and eventually Russia.
>componentsI'm lost for most of that but I can tell it's very useful, thanks.
>knowledgeI have a department store mountain bike that I got a few years back that I never ever ride (mostly because I have school and nowhere to go that isn't miles off). I'll be tinkering with that for a while; learning the basics and dissembling certain parts. When I move in about a month I'll be really close to an amazing bike shop (what people say) so I'll definitely be spending time down there and learning what I can.
Thanks for all this help, by the way
