The End of 2022 C2C

Thursday May 12th The ride was truly a total success. Only 2 flat tires, one occurring the 2nd day in California, in front due to a stone sliver in the sidewall and the other was a piece of exploded truck tire wire in the rear on day 4 thanks to a long ride on the shoulder of I-8 on the way to Dateland AZ. And I did require a rebuild of the freewheel hub in Kerrville TX, no fault of the bike, just a maintenance issue. So my 12 year old Custom made Titanium Independent Fabrication Cyclo Cross bike performed flawlessly. My French leather bicycle seat was very comfortable. No complaints from my body while on the bike other than a restless feeling whenever the riding days went later than around 1:30 PM. You can sit and pedal just so long every day. And having NO rain days almost made you forget that nearly constant head wind. Our ride directions were provided by my Garmin GPS which was spot on for the entire route with just a few turn r...