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Bachelor Dog
I was very sorry to see Tom's trip come to an end before it really started.
Especially after having sourced a second hand front wheel - by pure luck and pretty much last minute.
Like really last minute - six days prior to departure and after caging the Midget's DR donkey in luggage carrier.
The replacement wheel was in plenty better condition than the El Cheapo putty rim the KTM came with. In a knee jerk disassembly, straighten & reassembly action it was made travel fit whilst I had to endure relentless messages & calls from Tom questioning my assurance that a 530's (suspected) and a 690's hub ARE identical and the replacement will not miserably fail once facing the first Angolan pot hole.
Lucky that you made something out of the time spent in Northern Namibia and from my limited and long past experience of the Kunene (April 2002) I can assure you that you have made the best out of fleeing Opuwo - which over a decade later still seems to be one of the most uninspiring places on the African continent.
Especially fleeing Opuwo for Epupa Falls. The term "a pretty special place" sums it up well. Don't say more.
Especially after having sourced a second hand front wheel - by pure luck and pretty much last minute.
Like really last minute - six days prior to departure and after caging the Midget's DR donkey in luggage carrier.
The replacement wheel was in plenty better condition than the El Cheapo putty rim the KTM came with. In a knee jerk disassembly, straighten & reassembly action it was made travel fit whilst I had to endure relentless messages & calls from Tom questioning my assurance that a 530's (suspected) and a 690's hub ARE identical and the replacement will not miserably fail once facing the first Angolan pot hole.
Lucky that you made something out of the time spent in Northern Namibia and from my limited and long past experience of the Kunene (April 2002) I can assure you that you have made the best out of fleeing Opuwo - which over a decade later still seems to be one of the most uninspiring places on the African continent.
Especially fleeing Opuwo for Epupa Falls. The term "a pretty special place" sums it up well. Don't say more.
