Bevan, Bon Rouleur
25 July 2005 | Perth, Western Australia
Today's Monday, and we realize we can't leave today so we get the hostel for another night. I've bought a metal file and have quasi given up on filing the 1" cable drop, so I go around to another bike shop looking for the right part. Filing metal is really hard!
At the new bike shop, I buy some other gear I need, and head back to the hostel to fashion my own cable drop. I end up securing the brake cable housing to the stem and head tube. It takes quite a few zip-ties, but eventually seems to work fairly well- hopefully I won't have to use my front brake that much!
That night, we want pizza, so we walk to a nice-ish Italian place to celebrate the commencement of our journey. While we're waiting for our take-out pizza (cheaper than eating in), we sit next door at a nice brewery, and I get a small four-beer tasting tray (all local beers). It was pretty good I guess, I don't really know; I can't compare it to much else. We bring the pizza over and eat it there. Then, we get another pizza. We are so hungry!
After dinner, we go back to the hostel and finish packing. I try to enjoy the luxury of a shower (who knows when I'll shower again?) but it just dries out my skin. A lot. I hope my eczema clears up soon; this could be really bad.
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