Apologies been away for a bit and then life got in the way.
To answer your question Piha, I’m not prepared to say how much I spent, but lets just say this, I saved up a lot of money for the trip and nearly spent all of it. It was nice to know I didn’t have to skrimp if I didn’t want to.
With regards to border crossings no real issues.
The only ones were crossing into Bosnia, where I had to go back to get my passport stamped by a bemused Henry Rollins lookalike and crossing into Greece where I forgot to get my passport stamped as was so relieved to enter my final country.
This bit me on the bum going over to France recently, as I had no evidence of entering Greece and so got abit of a grilling from French passport control on my return. Thanks Brexit!
Bit of a run down of mechanical’s/ parts used:
2 pairs of brake pads
2 cassettes and chains
1 rear bike tyre when the sidewall decided to give way in Southern Albania
10 punctures (Most of these were in the last couple of weeks when using a tube setup)
1 set of frame bearings and fork/ shock service within last month of trip
Apart from the odd worrying creak at times, she ran like a dream
