Woke up and went down to the complementary (for that money it better be) breakfast. It being quite delicious, I filled up my belly pretty well to get me through the morning. 
Headed out slowly at 11.00h, when I noticed that one of the spokes on my back tire had broken. Got out the tool kit and 20 minutes I had new spoke (still going by day's end!) Rode another 10km, when I noticed that my front tire was getting a little bit soft. Found the piece of glass embedded in my tire, pulled it out and fixed the puncture. Started rolling again and had reached about 72km when I pulled off to a cafe and had borsch and more shashlik (delicious grilled meat!). 
Rode another 13km or so and then found a nice wooded road to ride up. About 300m or so up the road, I crashed into the woods 25m, found a nice flat place to camp close to a large field and set up for the night. There must be others somewhere nearby, because I hear the faint echoes of Russian electronic dance music from over the hills.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Day 12, May 9 - Belgorod - 22km South of Gubkin
115km - 850km, warm and sunny 16C little headwind, 0 shots, 0 saunas, 0 lenin, Camping, 4th flat tire
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Dude, You've already made it to Mother Russia?! I'm impressed. I'm also impressed at the number of things you've managed to get lodged in your tires.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the posting!
Dima(Kiev): keep moving, Jeff! Reading your blog is like riding by your side:)
ReplyDeleteJeff, inspired by your example I rode 55 km yesterday. To get the full experience, next time I'll be sure to double the distance and break a spoke or two.
ReplyDeleteJeff, this is so cool!! Keep up the posts!!!
ReplyDeleteJeff, waiting for your "talk" tomorrow morning~
ReplyDeleteby the way, we have seperate rooms for every student this year since not enough sponsors are coming
The others ;) LOL
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