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You will be able to find tubes in most cities if you have 26' wheels but not with 700c. You will probably only find 700c in Lima, Santiago...

Cheers for all your positive feedback! Sertx - Let us know how it goes.

I agree with the others you will be fine with your present bike. Just fit the fattest tyres that the forks will take and take spare tyres...

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Great idea! Some lovely photos in there and really enjoyed Claude Marthaler's story about Eric Attwell...how things have changed! ...

Stephen Lord's Trailblazer book is the Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook...

The Google Earth method works well in many areas of the Andes - we used it a lot in Bolivia, Peru and on the Puna. We were a bit more...

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Just managed to find that blog I mentioned - it was this one by Vagamundo:...

Sorry, when I said I assumed that's what you have to do when going clockwise I should've been clearer. When we were looking into this route...

We bought a Peru map published by Lima 2000 in La Paz at a little map shop up by the cemetery (the tourist info office in the centre told...

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