Yesterday, we were broken down in guymon, and had to wait for te bike store to open at 1pm in order to look at what we could do for Casey's bike. Well, turns out, the crank was so worn down because we biked 200 miles without a bolt on his bike, that he would need a minimum $400 repair job for a new crank set! Which would also set us back a couple days. Rather than spend a ton of money on something that should never have happened and set us back a couple days (which we might not be able to make up for in the end) Casey decided to buy a new aluminum jamis bike. And then we were back on the road!
We ended up leaving guymon close to 5:00pm, thinking there was no chance to get to our previously scheduled destination of Meade, ks, 80 miles away. Well, with the wind at our backs, we raced the sun all the way to Meade, averaging 25-30 miles per hour! What a blessing! Even with some grocery shopping, and 3 flats, we were not to be denied and pulled in right as it got dark, found a campsite, and called it a night (after a quick bite of pasta to recharge our bodies)
Here's a picture of a new friend we made in guymon while waiting at the public library for the bike store to open, here's Pat Lindsey. She was so great to us!
We also set a new record for the fastest tube change so far. We'll have to see if we can improve on it!
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