A 50 mile day into stiff headwinds, leaving Newport at 8:30 and finishing in our target city of Florence at 3.
Our challenge today was to beat the forecast of rain, thunder storms and 10 to 20 mph headwinds. 2 out of 3 isn't bad.
On the northern entry to the Yaquina Bay Bridge a few miles from our motel. Yea, we decided to walk about a mile across the bridge.
Today we saw a lot of Pacific Coast line. The dark clouds to the right of the photograph are the rain clouds to the north we're trying to avoid
Lots of wind today and lots of big wave action all day.
Now it's a party. Our first flat of the trip on Angela's rear tire. I'm not disappointed though. She has over 3.500 miles on her Marathon Schwalbe tires and this is her first flat. Not bad.
Lots and lots of sea foam today. I kept singing God Bless America today because of the phrasing "to the oceans, white with foam".
Stephen Swift is heading home to Newport, OR after riding his bike since 2012 to Mexico City and to Newfoundland among other places. 21,000 miles in total he said. A cancer survivor, he's been trying to raise awareness and help people he meets along the way. And some people think we're a crazy for just just riding the Pacific Coast for 6 weeks. Hah! http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/shasta/cancer-survivor-bikes-across-the-country-raising-awareness_20160513204647127/11431359
That's a sea lion swimming in the foaming sea far below us.
Chain day. I checked my chain before I cleaned and lubed it and it had stretched enough to be replaced with my spare. Old chain in my hand, new one on the bike. Voila.
When I replaced Angela's tube earlier in the day I noticed her brake pads were quite worn. In Florence I found Jeremy at Bikes (and Guitars) 101 and asked him to replace the front and rear brake pads for her. I went ahead and had him replace her chain while it was at the shop rather than use her spare chain back at the motel. Nice job Jeremy and he didn't even charge me any labor for the new chain. 👍
Good that your keeping on top of bike maintenance. Should be clear sailing from here.
ReplyDeleteGlad you avoided the rain! We got dumped on yesterday from Bandon to Gold Beach (mostly just the first half though). First flat after 3,500 miles? That's crazy! Sounds like it was a productive day of cycling and bike maintenance. Happy trails! -Leanne and Katherine
ReplyDeleteKatherine, were glad you guys are doing so well in spite of the foul weather. We'd love to make it to Golds Beach tomorrow but it would be almost 90 miles for us. Since the weather is turning in our favor we may camp out at Humbug State Park just over 60 miles from Northbend. Enjoy the nice weather and the winds from the North by Friday!
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