Day 3 and another 4hr day planned. This time up the climb we had descend on the first day, Val d' Ebo. Then the roller coaster of a road, as it's nothing but steep ramps up and down.
Just over 2 hrs in and after just stopping for water, going up another series of ramps, my right gear lever decided to just stop working! Brand new cables, cables are fine, the shifter just breaks! Fantastic! So luckily i'm stuck in a gear I'm able to get home in, well over the ramps at least, 39/25! But after that not so lucky as it was down hill all the way! Down the super highway from Castells....not so happy, it was spin spin spin, aero tuck trying to carry as much speed as I could in the 53/25!
By the time we got back to the apartment I'd come to the conclusion that pedaling is over rated!
Next thing new shifters for bike, so a trip to local bike shop! It could have been worse I guess, (apart form the cost), at least it happened day before a planned easy/rest day.
Tuesday, day 4.
After a couple of trips to bike shop, I finally got my bike back at 2:30, half an hour after the bike shop supposedly shut for lunch!
Bike back and I notice there was a chain ring bolt missing! Grrrr another trip back to the bike shop then, from where I'd just been, only problem, it now didn't open again until 4:30!
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| Is it really that cold in spain? I wasn't even dressed like that for a ride in the dark here :-) |
So an hours spin on the bikes, then back to shop and new bolt for chain ring. Finally problem solved! For the past 3 day's my bike's been creaking up every hill, and felt like something was moving when climbing out of saddle. So hopefully that was the issue all along and so maybe it's problem solved!
Report back tomorrow, a long 5 or 6 hour day is the plan!
