>>2771127As chance has it, I'm currently on such a trip. I'm going from Hanoi to Bangkok via Laos. I bought a new trekking bike for 100$ in Hanoi. Unfortunately it only sports 26" wheels, but the Vietnemese are short on average and my usual 28" would have been outside of the budget, just like flying in my bike from Europe. Initially, I wanted to buy a used bike the flea market or something, but the options were meager. What I ended up with seems sturdy enough, though also cheap, kinda paradoxically. It has 3x7 gears of which I pretty much exclusively use the highest one, which is still rather slow. The disc brakes are squeaky but work like a charm so far. I could honestly do without the shocks at the front they're not really useful and only use weight. Plus, I'm always apprehensive of those things, once had the lower part slide out of the upper part during a small jump (from sidewalk to pavement), landed on my face and got knocked out for a bit.
Did 92 km the first day and 147 the second. The whole route is 1275 km. So far so good, had to change one tube, orher than that no mechanical issues, but my dick and inner thighs hurt from all the friction. Need to buy more spare tubes and skin cream.
As for equipment, I have a hiking backpack, a small tent, plastic planes to keep my stuff sort of dry and a few changes of clothes. You can buy dry parashooter rations at convenience stores here, of which I now own a considerable stock for times when there won't be small restaurants lining the road. Up until now, I've been eating Pho everyday.
What I'm puzzeling over currently is what I'm gonna do with my dirty laundry, even if I manage to wash it, I don't wanna hang around to dry it, nevermind the constant rain I've been subjected to these last 2 days.
>>2771198You mean to say you do this indefinitely??? Surely not, right?
>>2771259You just go, dude.
