Instead of riding in the burbs (due to Britt forgetting the bike rack in mom's car), we ventured out to find a new route. North Branch Trail - here we come...
The North Branch Trail is a 20 mile path located north of the city in a forest preserve. It took us 10 miles (45 minutes) through the streets of Chicago to reach the trail. For the most part we were moving along well, except for Britt having some minor chain issues. 29 miles into the ride, we stopped twice to fiddle with the chain. Over the next mile, Britt tried to make sure everything was working properly. The chain became a lesser issue when her entire PEDAL fell off. The first attempt to fix it, Kirstin put the pedals parallel to one another. The second attempt the pedal fell off after a couple rotations. 30 miles away from home, we knew we weren't cycling back. Unfortunately, we didn't know where we were either, nor did other cyclist from the area. And to top it off, we had limited cell service (GO SPRINT).
We walked & pedaled with one foot to the nearest metra station (over 3 miles). Waited over an hour and 1/2 for the metra train (of course train was late due to technical difficulty). 6 hours & 45 minutes later, we're finally home.
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3 comments:
My gosh--- you guys seriously have some bad luck!!! What's with that? I guess it is all character building and if anything you can look back at this during the IM and laugh!!! :) Keep up the good work!
Amanda
Wow, I thought it was just me who went through this stuff.
It just means we won't have to go through this stuff in Sept, right???
Only you Brit! How does your pedal just fall off??? You gotta love those epic adventures. By the end of this you will officially become an expert bike mechanic, you know in case teaching doesn't work out!
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