the GOT bike

 ...but I've definitely had practice. December of 2015, while staying with two hosts through warmshowers.org, our conversation inspired my posit of the three most important things to pack on any bike tour: flexibility, ingenuity, and resilience. My hosts had a penchant for touring in the non First World sections of the the globe, and they agreed emphatically.  Of note, my planning for that particular tour was riding a salvaged bike from my uncle's house in northern New Jersey to Philadelphia after Thanksgiving, selling said bike on the street, which reimbursed half my bus ticket south, visiting a friend in Ashfield, busing across to visit another friend in Santa Barbara, then figuring out how to transport myself to visit mom and sis in Seattle. I figured out a buying a 1989 Stumpjumper to pull the kiddie trailer my friend's wife refused to let him use with their son amungst California drivers, and then eventually figured out the original bottom bracket grease from 1989 didn...