Firstly, well done Niranjan on your tour.

I haven't done anything like that for some years now and your inspirational posts have made we want to put the racks back on my bike and go and explore Switzerland.

You make it sound as enjoyable, and simple as it needs to be.

There seem to be two sorts of sports enthusiasts on this forum.

Those, who just go out and do it.

And those who get hung up on believing that the more money they spend, and the tweaking they do , the better you will be and the most enjoyment they will have. They always blame their lack-lustre performance on their gear and never themselves. It's almost a drug -"if only I had one more shiny bit replacing this or that shiny bitthen I'm sure I would be better."

You seem to be in the first category - my advice is try and stay in it.