For my Alaska to Argentina ride I decided to build my own bike. It was the first bike I ever build and in this video I go over my decisions for each component.

I figured building my bike would help me learn bike maintenance and allow me to end up with exactly the kind of bike that I wanted. Well, I did learn a lot and there are many aspects of the bike that I like, but it's far from perfect. Some might say "It's foolish to learn bike building on a bike you plan on riding across the planet." To them I say, "You're probably right, but it's too late to turn back now."

Even so, it's made it this far, who knows, maybe it'll go all the way.

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About the Ride:
My name is Alex van Gelder. I'm from Seattle and I'm just starting my first intercontinental bicycle tour. The goal is to ride from Deadhorse, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina in one go.

I also want to ride some bikepacking routes as part of my route including the Great Divide Route through the Rocky Mountains and the Peru and Ecuador Divides through the Andes.

If you have any other questions you can check out my FAQs video:    • Alaska to Argentina | Episode 0 | FAQs  
or leave a comment and I'll get to it as soon as I can.