We soon discovered that bike repairs couldn’t be avoided.
But there were also plus points. It was an excellent excuse for a rest stop, a good moment to work on the suntan and it was a social event as each passing cyclist stopped to chat and lend a hand.
Paul had tires from Korea that were a couple of sizes too small and not so strong.
Tim didn’t know what a flat tire was, let alone that the bicycle itself could break down.
Then there were also group members who had a few spoke problems…
A fragment from a live recording:
The fact that we haven’t talked about bicycle repairs doesn’t mean that suddenly everything is going well. It has more to do with the fact that it is so boring to keep on talking about them.
Nevertheless, we will give the ‘scores’ up to this moment. Joanie 18 flat tires, Patti 16 flat tires, Ronald 13 broken spokes, Paul 12 broken spokes and Tim 40 liters of beer.
