Random bike updates: Running wiring for a new tail light on the tourer gave me a chance to press eyelets into the fenders. I found this shiny first generation Rival derailleur at the co-op. I made a new frame bag for dirt overnights.
I smile everytime I use this little toggle press to set a rivet or grommet. It feels like a giant piece of industrial machinery, but it’s only 9” tall. Small but mighty, it exerts 600kgf at the bottom of the lever travel. And the color is rather fetching too.
A slippery and splashy bike overnight. Thanks to @communityrides for all the organizing!
Yesterday’s 400k concludes our 2022 randonneuring series. Plenty of rando left, but the SR is out of the way!
Yesterday’s 300k was…rough. Lots of climbing and nearly 100F for much of the day. Thanks for all the ice everyone!
600k in the bag
Day 20. 45mi along a familiar route, the Canal du Garonne, to our conclusion in Toulouse.
Day 19 was an easy 39mi along the Aveyron that climbed to a road under the cliffs we saw from camp last night. A few more miles beside the Tarn to our arrival in Montauban.
Day 18. Rolled out late to avoid the rain. We still got wet in the morning, but the ride up to Najac’s 13th century castle was warm and dry. By the time the rain returned in the evening we’d already enjoyed sunset along the limestone cliffs of L’ Aveyron.
Day 17. Rolled into Capdenac after 63 steamy miles. The landscape went alpine to positively tropical with lush ferns springing from the banks of the Lot River
