Today was the first of several LONG bike days. I was looking at a 7 hour ride and the weather wasn't looking very sunny. It turned out to be just fine with plenty of sun breaks and break of other nature as well.
Chris and I rode out HWY 1 to 101 to Refugio Beach. A nice 90mins later we were somewhere close to the top before it turned to gravel. We were int he clouds somwhere between 3000' and 3500', Broadcast Peak was somewhere up a head at 4000' My bike was making horrible noises and I couldn't figure it out as well as skipping gears. The descent was very cold. We were at 4 hours now. I fooled with the rear derailuer and started to ride - snap - there goes my chain. A brand new SRAM 1090 chain broke!!! WTF? Now what? Luckily, two ladies who were showing other cycling camps around the area gave me a lift to Solvang for a new chain. Took nearly an hour, but I was on my way back to Lompoc. Two hours later I arrived just before dark. 90 total miles.
No transition run, I'll do it tomorrow. I wanted to go to SLO and see a mass finish of the ToC, but oh well.
I got my flight to Abu Dhabi this morning finalized...holy shit, I'm flying half way around the world for a job interview!
About Me
- Garren
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Expat from Portland, OR living, working and training in the UAE
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