This morning Jody drove us 6 miles north from LaGrange back to the route up the large highway with construction that we cycled yesterday. As we were unloading shortly after 7am, I noticed I had a fourth flat tire! 😩 This time on the front, and the culprit was another very tiny metal wire from a road sweeper or a steel belted radial remnant! Quick fix again with Steven’s help and on the road again. The first 38 miles were generally lovely country roads and 13 miles were in Buescher & Bastrop State Parks with some steep rollers, great road surfaces, no dogs and no traffic. But then the roads changed to no shoulder and lots of traffic with huge distribution/data center construction, and I called it quits! Jody had been graciously checking on us several times during the day, so I called it a day and hopped in! The boys of course kept going into downtown Austin. 53.4 miles 2326’ (boys 72.1 & 2800’)
Checked into our Airbnb apartment, and the boys took our bikes in for a previously scheduled tune up at an Austin bike shop. Now a day off!! 😊 Rest, buy some new bike shorts, and sightsee a little (I’ve visited Austin multiple times before so feel a little less pressure to see the sights in the capital).
TransAm Cycle 3.0 