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I think far too much time is spent by prospective cycle tourists agonizing over bikes, equipment and gadgets. I love planning trips so tend to do a lot of this myself, but am trying to cut down! The thing that really inspired me to do a big trip (London to Istanbul in 2007) was reading this blog: http://kidderminstertothecaspianbybike.blogspot.com/
(pearoast btw). It's written by a chap who cycled all the way to Thailand on a beat up mountain bike that he bought for £50. Last year I rode to Paris with a friend who had borrowed a very heavy raleigh step through and strapped a rucksack to the back - she managed fine!
As black rainbow project mentioned earlier, it is possible to get stuff delivered all over the world, usually in a couple of days (SJS are supposedly good at this), so there is really no need to worry about having a bomb proof bike with the right size wheels and universally replaceable parts. Just pick a destination, pack a bag and ride...
edit: what they said ^^