Started out late today on a short 45 mile run to Harrodsburg, and quite early into it, I heard a metallic clang that I’ve heard before and realized I’ve broken a spoke. on my front wheel. I removed the offending spoke from the nipple (haha), and continued on my way only noticing a slight bit …
20190717 – So much for my plan not to break any spokes Read More »
Did nothing, nothing new to say. Sorry for wasting your clicking time. Going forward, I’ll try to find something to say on days off.
It’s easier to get up, moving, and motivated when your campmates are rolling out at ten after five am. My nightowl tendencies didn’t serve me well today as I was tired when I left this morning about an hour later than my campmates, and I was super tired. The day started with a long slow climb, …
Today was a pretty easy 20 something miles into buckhorn campground. When I got there, I saw a fellow cycle tourer (Mike, early twenties) hanging out, and we got to talking and he is eastbound traveling with two other guys (Ken and Bob, retirement age), and we decided to share a camping spot. One of …
I had planned to go 50 miles today to buckhorn campground but I decided to call it a day after only twenty miles and a few steep hills and the promise of more steep hills in the next thirty miles. I got chased again by two sets of dogs today, but this time I had …
First flat of my tour today, and not too difficult to get a new tube in there and find the offending tiny piece of metal. Looks like little bit of wire from radial tire. Having way way way too much trouble seating the bead on the wheel though. It’s just not going into place resulting …
Today was my first day to ride in the rain. It was light rain and I was already drenched in sweat. My feet were squishing in my shoes even before the rain, so whatever. There aren’t many places to stay for the next couple hundred miles, and they are supposed to be the hardest couple …
Day off did nothing. Took the day off because I wanted to clean my cook kit and laundry because days ahead look hard, and yesterday ended up being way harder than it should have been. Also I thought there was a decent chance I tromped through some poison ivy, and if I did, I wanted …
Google tried to kill me today… alone… in the woods. Not sure why it sent me down a road that turned out not to be a road, and I should have turned back when it first turned in to gravel, but I was sure it was going to turn into a real road again. I …
20190709 – Google tried to kill me today… alone… in the woods. Read More »
Took an off day at the wonderful hostel I found myself at. It’s full of Appalaichain trail hikers, and they are a wonderful group of guys who all go by a trail name. Lionheart was cool, Treehouse runs the place, Outzi the Iceman heard I was looking for bear mace, and gave me a big …
20190708 – Chill day at a great hostel with some great people Read More »