Preparing for our trip - one week out

Jason puts finishing touches on his custom (and fiery) fenders

Preparation for bike tour includes a lot of different things. One thing is to get your bike looking good. This is important because your bike is going to be in a lot of beautiful photos of awesome places! So, yea, these red and orange fenders will match Jason's panniers. You'll see.

We also, of course, took our bikes in for some serious pre-tour check-ups. Several hundred dollars later, we have some new components cleaned and greased parts, and are ready to go.

Finally, please note how nice the photo looks! Although Daisy may have an eye for photography (we'll see about that more over the next 6 weeks...) it can be chalked up to our fancy new camera. We decided to go with a Sony NEX 5N. It is basically a point-and-shoot sized body, with attachable lenses and a serious software/hardware upgrade. It feels great, and will be easy to whip out of the handlebar bag for some clear, high-quality photos on-the-go.

Jason out.