Day 14 started off
with an excellent homecooked breakfast of eggs, bacon, and pancakes.
As I had run out of chain lube, I borrowed some of Jack's to fix my
squeaky chain and also lubricated the rear derailleur cable housing
that was causing my shifter cable to stick horribly, thus causing
poor upshifting. Jack himself was getting ready to go mountain
biking with some friends on some nearby trails later that morning.
After bidding Jack and Pat farewell and thanking them for their kind
hospitality, I set off from their house around 10AM with the goal of
makng it to Wyoming by that evening. Nothing too much notable along
the way other than seeing the Teton Range from the western side. The
Cathedral Group is pretty impressive – much more so than any other
mountain peaks that I've seen!
Towards the end of the day as I passed
through Victor along a bike trail in the town park I cam across a
sign stating 'Cyclocross Course.' Of course I had to ride it,
especially considering that I missed racing in the Seattle race! It
was pretty fun course and had some cool banked berms to ride. I was
able to ride all of (albeit slowly) except for a stair stepped
incline and I skirted the barriers (no tape was set up).
As night
closed in, I biked a few miles further and set up for the night in a
campground right on the other side of the Wyoming border before the
start of the Teton Pass climb. I finally had non-rocky soil so
driving the tent pegs into the ground wasn't as big of an issue this
time around.
Day 14 started off
with an excellent homecooked breakfast of eggs, bacon, and pancakes.
As I had run out of chain lube, I borrowed some of Jack's to fix my
squeaky chain and also lubricated the rear derailleur cable housing
that was causing my shifter cable to stick horribly, thus causing
poor upshifting. Jack himself was getting ready to go mountain
biking with some friends on some nearby trails later that morning.
After bidding Jack and Pat farewell and thanking them for their kind
hospitality, I set off from their house around 10AM with the goal of
makng it to Wyoming by that evening. Nothing too much notable along
the way other than seeing the Teton Range from the western side. The
Cathedral Group is pretty impressive – much more so than any other
mountain peaks that I've seen!
Towards the end of the day as I passed
through Victor along a bike trail in the town park I cam across a
sign stating 'Cyclocross Course.' Of course I had to ride it,
especially considering that I missed racing in the Seattle race! It
was pretty fun course and had some cool banked berms to ride. I was
able to ride all of (albeit slowly) except for a stair stepped
incline and I skirted the barriers (no tape was set up). As night
closed in, I biked a few miles further and set up for the night in a
campground right on the other side of the Wyoming border before the
start of the Teton Pass climb. I finally had non-rocky soil so
driving the tent pegs into the ground wasn't as big of an issue this
time around.
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