Hey folks! It's been a little bit since we've had a chance to post because the service is pretty scant here in the Adirondacks. I have lots of things I want to post about, but don't quite have the time now as it's almost noon and we haven't left yet.
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| Neva at the beach at Camp Fowler in Speculator, NY |
We did RAGBRAI, that was fun, and I have a post of that to come. You can take a quick look at the
small interview we had.
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| Neva fits right in at RAGBRAI! She did about 350 miles of the total 470. |
We had some troubles on buses and trains which delayed us by 3 days, but luckily there were many kind warm showers souls to help us out when we were down on our luck.
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| Thanks Carla! |
Thanks to Carla, we got on our way, and kept a smile (mostly) on our faces.
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| Um, well, she was smiling... |
Currently we are in Indian Lake, and hope to go a little west through Raquette Lake to Inlet, NY to check out some mountain bike trails there.
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| This morning when we woke up, Neva touched a slug and it got fatter, and left goo on her finger. She would touch it and then go, "Eeewww", and proceed to touch again... |
We've had some issues with brake rubbing, clunky shifting (a derailleur that doesn't want to stay in place), and a slightly squirrely linkage bar, but overall we are doing okay. Six different people have looked at it, but it seems that things are just tight with a triple chain ring and disc brakes, even though it has a Santana spacing in the rear (145 mm). Maybe the Inlet bike shop can offer a good fix.
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| Here's us as we headed off yesterday. |
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I don't want to leave you guys thinking it's all doom and gloom! It can't be all bad when we have days like this...
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| Our warm showers host in Schenectady had a farm, and Neva got to pick fresh blueberries for dessert that night. Happy trails, and I'll try to write soon. Back on the ol' asphalt trail again! |
