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That was the dog of a colombian family of three (+ doggo) travelling the world since march. The poor dog had been attacked the day before by some stray doggos, hence the scars.

I must point out the dogs there are crazy for cyclists (and there are stray dogs EVERYWHERE). Five minutes before I took that picture, a dog jumped from the other side of the road and it was instantly smashed by a van coming in the other direction. Shocking.

The route above was planned for 15 days, but it was hardcore AF. You don´t want to do more than 80km a day in a trip like this in such a mountainous country, so 800 or 900km might be a good number for 14 days. All that taking into account that you may probably loose a couple of days on planes/airports and visiting Tblisi.

You can find the route above.

I wouldn´t reccomend less than 50mm unless you are strictly doing asphalted roads, but one of the beauties of this country are the Caucasus mountains and the 'gravel' passes there, so you´ll want bigger tyres to enjoy the route with a minimum confort.

Having said that, if you can´t squeeze more than 42mm, go ride with it!

Thanks!

This was the original rout but we did some modifications during the journey: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28294046

There are heavy rough stuff and bike pushing kilometres, so send me a PM if you want some more info and clarifications about it.

There´s no need for camping gear in Georgia, the accommodation is so absurdly cheap it´s totally pointless to carry a tent. There are guest houses almost in every village.

Georgia is small, but a single week it´s too short unless you only go to a certain area! Even two weeks is short, the ideal is probably three weeks.

Two weeks tour through Georgia this past August:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vacarneroveja/albums/72157672112307117

I´ve got Kool Stop grey pads on the front brake installed before I even tested the bike and still it doesn´t feel right. With the previous 105 80´s brakes I could brake as hard as to the point that the rear wheel would elevate from the ground, something totally impossible with the R559S.

I think I´ll give a go to Kool Stop salmons and see if there´s any improvement.

It´s now waiting for a new custom curved fork.

BTW, those using Tektro R559s how do you feel them? My braking power has dropped about 20-30% since I switched to them. Also they are super flexy, I mean I do feel a bit uncomfy when braking hard...

Are those Kojaks 26.x2,00 or 26x1,5?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vacarneroveja/albums/72157693748362301

Past weekend was lit.

http://www.norkabizi.com/2018/03/bilbao-bilbao-2018.html

Easyeast and probably best way: go with drops and Ultegra bar end shifters in full friction mode.

My drivetrain is fully compatible and after I tried friction mode I never wanted to go back.

BUT! Friction mode only works nicely up to 8 speed and maybe 9 aswell. Above that it´s a bit tricky to find the right cog.

It´s in Parque Nacional de Ordesa in Pyrenees. Riding inside the park is totally forbidden, but there´s an amazing gravel road (Pista de las cutas) that surrounds the valley of Ordesa and the views are something else.

Conti Speed Kings are 430g on 26x2.25. The rolling resistance is impressive, really close to RTPs if not faster (said by a friend who rides RTPs after testing out my Contis).

They are super thin though. Quite easy to get a flat in off road use, still can´t wait for summer to install them again.

Your wish is my command.

I think I might have already posted them, though. They´re from about a year ago. Now has same fork but shorter A-C, front rack and GB mudguards (as pictured above).

Closer look with a slightly different build.

Do I qualify?

Hahaha I´ll take that as a compliment.

Thank you!

Thanks! It´s a Nex 5N with stock 18-55 lens. I always take it on my rides. Small, pretty light and has all the functionalities of a DSLR.

Haha probably not. But I know a few foreign english teachers.

It was near my hometown, Bilbao (northern Spain). This was the route:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19121556

And this from a few days ago also.

From past weekend, but anyway...