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Old 11-09-14 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by robow
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Right about where your bike is parked in that one photo is where I slammed into that big stone wall. It was raining so hard that when I came out of the tunnel (way too fast mind you) that I hit those slippery wooden planks and slid to the right and planted my front wheel right into the wall. With some work I got the wheel straightened out well enough to ride on but I spent the night in a hotel room tearing down and truing my front wheel so I could make it ride-able the rest of the way. For some reason I don't remember it being that scenic
Major bummer on slipping on the wet boards. I walked my bike thru the tunnel and by the time I got to the end, the batteries in my flashlight were almost dead. I had accidentally left it on earlier. Maybe that is why I thought it looked so nice, I was really happy to get thru before the batteries completely died.
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