Shaun Rides His Bike

Trans Am, Day 37: Fredericktown, MO to Pilot Knob, MO

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I planned today’s ride around a stop at a bike store in Farmington, MO.

My Brooks Cambium bar tape was disintegrating after 37 days of riding (boo!). So I replaced my BB7 brake pads and put new bar tape on in a motel room. This might be the worst bar taping I’ve ever done. (No, I won’t post a photo!) I also tightened all the bolts on the bicycle, and lubed the chain.

And I saw many more dead armadillos, but still no live ones.

A note on the tools: I collect tools I find when I am on my bicycle, just for fun. I’ve found dozens, maybe more than a hundred, over the last few years. I haven’t found many on this tour, likely because it is so rural, but I found three wrenches on one 18 mile stretch of road today!

Third wrench find!
Third wrench find!
Back on the TransAm after the detour through Cape Girardeau, MO.
Back on the TransAm after the detour through Cape Girardeau, MO.
Second wrench find!
Second wrench find!
First wrench find!
First wrench find!
This brave turtle is the first one who poked his/her head out after I'd picked it up, and it did it repeatedly! Sorry the photo is blurry. My phone was misbehaving (I think a drop of sweat hit the screen and was causing problems).
This brave turtle is the first one who poked his/her head out after I’d picked it up, and it did it repeatedly! Sorry the photo is blurry. My phone was misbehaving (I think a drop of sweat hit the screen and was causing problems).
Before the rescue.
Before the rescue.

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