Super foggy start to the day's ride. Cool and damp, but not cold.
Today's ride is to the city of Porto. Along the coast with lots of tourists. Mostly on bike trails.
The sound of the waves crashing could be heard for most of the morning, but never any view of the beach for most of the ride.
coming down off the bike path on a steep curb, the rear right crank of the tandem hit, tossing the chain into the spokes. It caused the derailleur to snap in half bringing the bike to a stop. A true mess!
Lucky for me and our tour leader, I had tools to turn the bike into a one speed. The rest of the days ride was flat for the most part. All was fine until on a short climb, the chain broke where I had joined. Fixing it once more with a master link, we were fine for the rest of the ride.
When we reached Porto, the sun was out and the fog had burnt off. Beautiful city, we all look forward for a day off tomorrow when we get a chance to walk around and get the story about how this town works.
Flaming Portuguese sausage
Would they have been able to fix it? I think you saved your own day twice.
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