67 miles
6 hours and 10 minutes in the saddle
32.9 mph max speed
10.8 mph average speed
Weather - another hot and sunny day
Lexington street scene
We have had a nice ride from Lexington to Trouteville. On our way to Trouteville we bumped into a time trial. There were 100s of cyclists blocking our route. We asked the organiser if they would let us through, but no such luck. Instead we were re-routed onto another road that took us 5 miles out of our way. It was a nice ride, so it didn't matter.
Time trial near Natural Bridge - we are in good company!
Following a dog chase up a hill one of the spokes in my (Mette's) backwheel broke and buckled the wheel. Soon after the accident another cyclist pulled up next to us at a junction. He explained that there were no bike shops in Trouteville, but several in Roanoke. We arrived at the hotel and headed straight out to get to the bikeshop. The staff at the hotel routed us along a buzy by-pass. We decided to pull off the road at petrol station because the traffic was so heavy. After a few phone calls made by friendly locals a man in a van from the bike shop picked us up and took us and our bikes to the shop. They fixed my wheel and gave us a better route to cycle back to Trouteville.
Unfortunately, our troubles didn't finish there. As soon as we walked through the door to the hotel another spoke broke on my backwheel. We spent the rest of the evening considering our options, including hiring a car and driving to Missouri! That way we would miss out lots of hills and probably many nasty dogs. But that would be just too easy...
Maybe we should get one of these and drive to Missouri???
Plastic wildlife and real dogwood - aahhh!
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