Well it finally happened, a good day, probably a very good day actually. I got up early and when got on my wiggly wobbly bike everything came back to me. All the bad feelings from yesterday's ride were there immediately. The bump with every rotation, the wheel twisted like a rung towel. Terrible. Awful. I almost ended the trip that day.
Went out for breakfast while I waited for the bike shop to open and had an ultimate skillet, delicious. Little did I know that pre-skillet Bradshaw, with his doubts and concerns was in for a surprise. My bike is fixed! New wheel among many other things, turns out it was in quite the shape. Repairs done included:
- realigning the front brakes
- brake tightening
- replacing the front shifting cable
- aligning the shifting head
- cleaning of the cassette
- new chain
- new wheel, checked and installed
- quick bike fitting which included dropping the seat and handlebars and changing my cleat position
After all of that it was only $200, the last bike shop told me the wheel alone would be $350. No thank you other bike shop, I'll go with these guys. It was all so good that I wrote a review on Google, my first review of anything online ever. Ever.
So after all that I think my woes are over with and I'm riding so fast right now. It was a short day of riding because that all took quite some time but I'm feeling very fast right now. Pulled into Fort White and could have either bought groceries for the campsite about ten miles away or some ribs to go from Charlie's. Got the ribs! Amazing cornbread and beans also but I was debating if the coleslaw was a bit funky. I debated right up until I finished the whole thing so I hope I don't get poisoned. Great ribs though, talked to the chef about them, good ribs. The funny thing too was that one of the other customers thought I looked like her brother so she bought me a beer. Turns out it's not only Brad Pitt lookalikes that get perks.
Now I'm in the campsite outside of town and it is nice enough. Hoping for some real speed tomorrow though, I want to open this baby up!
Trip stats
Hours riding: 4:07.09
Day miles: 51.45
Total miles west: 143.80
Average speed: 12.4 mph
Max speed: 28.9 mph
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