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Wednesday 12th September We had a really nice meal in a restaurant next to to the vegetable market, a family run place, same as normal photographs all over the place, with the children practicing their English with us, all good fun. The a walk home with an ice cream, living the dream. We woke up to a dull grey morning, never mind said Keith it will brighten up after breakfast, Linney & I did not seem to be too convinced, rightly so the rain was coming down like stair rods after breakfast, it was another coffee in the room then, before we said come on "lets go". Got all ready to go first Keith had a puncture, then Linney before we left the hotel, fixed them in the foyer of the hotel, then off we set, well nearly, we got around the corner to join the express way, the girl at the barrier said No bikes, so we turned around, then Linney said his tyre had gone down again, back to the hotel foyer again for another repair. Lets go again in the pouring rain we said 1/2 mile up the road we went through the biggest puddle in living memory, Linney tried to gat through it without pedalling no such luck, we were soaking now, but carry on. Bit further up the road, we check the GPS, well Linney does, if we go left we can join the express way maybe, well we could if we were prepared to slide down the embankment in the pouring rain, so we turned back and stayed on the minor road. The minor road was ok but does not have a very wide hard shoulder to ride on or for that matter mend punctures on. The weather was getting worse as we rode on, though still in a pretty good frame of mind following the river down stream, thinking there is more water on the road than in the river. As we ate up the miles, Keith had another flat in his rear tyre, not surprising really with the about of debris on the road, then another and another, we took the tyre off all the time checked it thoroughly could not find anything protruding through the tyre, though we were getting very short on inner tubes. Finally we put the past one in, it lasted a fair while then the shout went up, puncture again. Luckily we where in a very small village, with one café ,in we went soaking wet with our hands full of inner tubes waiting to be repaired. First things first, we ordered a large bowl of noddle soup, think it was the only thing on the menu, very hot and filling, then we started on the repairs, few of the locals very intrigued on where we going. Linney showed them on the map Lanzhou, about 23 miles away, then using google translate said if we can fix the bikes, one of the older guys said my son could give you a lift, first we said no thanks, then Keith checked his tyre again flat and said I had a flat front tyre as well, so we took up the offer of the lift to Lanzhou,we had done over 70 miles in the pouring rain. Not sure the son was so pleased to give us a lift, in what looked like a very new people carrier, would not let Keith near the car, it was a work of art getting three bikes, one on the roof and all the baggage in the car, then just as we were ready to go, he said take off your dirty cycle jackets off, before you get in, but thankfully he got us to Lanzhou, a very busy bustling city. He dropped us off just by the train station, we rebuilt the bikes, replaced and fixed the flats in Keith & I tyres. Linney searched for a hotel, found an Ibis just down the road, so we headed for that, but found another one on the way, managed to book in first time, hopefully a sign of things to come. Bags up, then out to locate the cycle shops. either one, 1mile in one direction or two 1.5 miles in the other, we chose the latter. We marched towards the area, but could not find the cycle shops, finally after using google translate we found the shop just closing up, really nice guy ended up buying two replacement tyres and six inner tubes, he chucked in a puncture repair kit and two bottles of lubricating oil. The had a photo shoot with him, before finding a place to eat. All in all a pretty crap day, but all well that ends well, Linney finally marched the two old soldiers home through the winding backstreets of Lanzhou.
By: | Dale |
Started in: | 乐都区, 青海省, CN |
Distance: | 100,8 mi |
Selected: | 100,8 mi |
Elevation: | + 2823 / - 4535 ft |
Moving Time: | 03:25:43 |
Page Views: | 106 |
Departed: | 2019/09/12 9:13 |
Starts in: | 乐都区, 青海省, CN |
Distance: | 100,8 mi |
Selected distance: | 100,8 mi |
Elevation: | + 2823 / - 4535 ft |
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Total Duration: | 11:43:00 |
Selection Duration: | 42180 |
Moving Time: | 03:25:43 |
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Stopped Time: | 08:17:17 |
Max Speed: | 70,7 mph |
Avg Speed: | 29,4 mph |
Pace: | 00:06:58 |
Moving Pace: | 00:02:02 |
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