Strava record of today's ride - Owen Sound to Earle Rowe Provincial Park. 141.49km, 21.4km/hr
At this point my body is running out of steam. It would usually take me several weeks into a bike tour to work up to these daily totals without taking any days off. I've been managing okay, but I can feel my body isn't recoverying, so each day is more difficult than the last. Fortunately there are only two days left.
To add to my physical issues, Dolores is starting to fall apart as well. Her chain is stretched to the point where it's unpredictable whether I'll be able shift gears, stay in gear, or skip off the gears entirely. I was lucky enough to pick up a new chain from a fellow rider last night, but it didn't solve the problem. The new chain wasn't aligned with the worn out gears so I had difficulty shifting into my big ring, and didn't have access to my second or third gear at all.
I was lucky enough to have a fellow rider take pity on me and let me draft behind him for big chunks of the ride today.
I limped into camp on fumes. one more to go!
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