We've stopped in around 10 bike shops as we've crossed the country, but J&D Bikes is the best so far! Not only because they had the tubes that no one else had, but Steve was also super willing to help us. He helped us find a new, flat route that avoided downtown St. Louis, and even gave us some free stuff and service. It's no wonder that they've been in business for over 40 years!
So we crossed the Missouri River to the north shore to bike along a flat road in order to avoid 'hillatial hills' on route 50, as Steve had told us. We added on 40 miles to our route as a result, so we bikes 112 miles total that day to try and catch up a bit. But we couldn't stand the steep up and down hills of the Ozark Mountains anymore, so we were grateful for the flat.
But traveling in the dark, we were forced to go up into the hills again; and it was 9 miles of up and down steeper than ever hills, in the pitch black other than our little bike lights. We heard the craziest sounds ever in the dark forest, and we are pretty sure we were being hunted by a wolf pack for half the time...
Today we also want to give a shout out to US Highway 54! We rode that highway all the way from Tucumcari, NM to Jefferson City, Missouri. Today marked the end of hwy 54
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