Kunming Sept 11-18

**juice** · 09-07-2013, 01:50 PM

I got the bike packed and ready to be shipped to Kunming. Naturally I forgot a few things, but I didn't expect the weather to take a nasty turn. Like I should have put the knobbies on. Oh well! I decided to give the Giant Loop soft bag the nod. The panniers don't work well for me. I keep bumping into stuff with that large bulk hanging off the sides, and besides they weight a lot (even when empty).

**juice** · 09-07-2013, 02:04 PM

Attachment 13310 Attachment 13309Andy, one of the members organized all of the crating and loading at his factory. The crates were all built by Andy in-house and he did a wonderful job. Here you see us loading my bike into the crate.

**juice** · 09-07-2013, 02:17 PM

All the bikes are loaded into their crates and then onto the truck
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**juice** · 09-07-2013, 02:19 PM

Loading is complete

**ShuBen** · 09-07-2013, 02:50 PM

Wish you guys a big Fun, lots of ADV and all time rubber down!

**juice** · 09-07-2013, 03:03 PM

Thanks a lot, I'm hearing there is snow in the region and I'm a bit concerned about my tire choice. I'm running Metzler 70/30 tire which is pretty good in the rain and decent in the gravel, but snow is another animal. I really didn't think I'd have to brake out the heated clothing for this trip, but I'm thinking about doing just that.