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Sounds awesome! Couple questions if I may.
Did you have a brake on while touring? and what gear did you use?

Sorry to disappoint y'all biggin' up the brakeless touring, I had a front brake and these bars: with an inverse lever. It was a a comfy set-up once dialled in. That terrain is no joke and tbh I don't think it would be doable brakeless, certainly not with luggage on board.

When you say gear, you mean gearing or equipment? I was running a fixed - fixed hub, 48x17 99% of the time but had a 15t cog on the other side that I would switch to for long descents (e.g. Lake Tahoe to Sacramento, 100mile downhill), guaranteed flat sections or if I fancied really putting the work in.

Awesome skant! have a write up of your tour anywhere?

I don't but have been meaning to for a long time, I kept a diary but no blog as I was off the grid for the most part. I'll start a thread and add chapters as and when the motivation grabs me.