THe bike shop in Alta took out all the stops to fix my bike but as he took the casette off the back wheel he started to show the worried look, the one that says: " I can fix this but it is going to take all my skill and your money to get there", that look. An hour or so later and lots of Kroner lighter I left on a wonderfully light ride, that is for about 40km when another spoke broke !
Spent the next 90 km in the rain and found another bikeshop who did not have any appetite to try and fix it but I could have access to their workshop and do it myself ! Very generous and I ended up learning something, not about bikes b ut about listening to the locals when they tell you to stay in town because further down the road you will not have access to the big screen for the semifinal of the world cup.
I meet cyclists on a regular basis, from Poland czech republic, holland etc. and they are all male and in theit forties and fifties, mention the word Mid life crisis and they get really upset, quite rightly so we are a well adjusted bunch just doing what we love doing.
Even met a French guy in his sixties who had an old bike and a walking stick on the back that he needed for walking.
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