Editor's note: Dave Oshinsky is a Los Angeles attorney, off-road warrior, and a well-wired guy (both electronically and on custom-blend Willoughby's coffee). He's also spending the next six weeks making a solo bike trip through New Zealand. Dave's been a gearhound for all of the ten years I've known him, and here he offers us insight into the gear he's taking, and the gear he'll be breaking. He'll be e.mailing us periodically during his trip.-dkg