After an emergency roadside rescue, 4 bike shops, and 8 hours of work, at 9 pm tonight, my bike was complete again. It took a new deraileur, 12 spokes, a chain, and a bit of frame bending, but my bike is better than new. After copious bribes (lunch, beer, etc), the total bill came to under $200. Could have been much much worse.
Plan for tomorrow is to get up at 6 and add the milage we were planning for today onto tomorrow’s ride, since tomorrow is our scheduled- oh-god-we-have-to-make-it-by-Sunday- train day. With only 40 miles of riding anyway, it won’t be bad to tack on some extra milage. Wish us luck!!
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