April 15, 2024
Day 69: Ste Luce
After 69 days on the road, today somehow came up as a rest day. This was not really by choice, but stemmed from the fact that the bike shop can only work on our Nexus hubs tomorrow. Even as I write this, I am having to admit that this might only be an excuse, since nothing stopped us from getting up this morning and taking off on a day's ride, preferably with Michel. Michel actually did have a ride in mind, but somehow we all were seduced by the flood of yummy meals coming from Jeannette and the kitchen, and Michel's fall back idea - a long nap for everyone.
Michel contributed to the lazy day for us by getting up and sneaking out to the bakery. He returned with a huge number of baguettes, including the thin ones called ficelles, plus pains aux chocolat, and of course a pile of croissants. I must have been already lulled into complacency, because I didn't capture the full spread, but only these few left over baguettes.
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The unaccustomed surplus of time did also give me a chance to look closely at the Magura rim brake pads, especially Dodie's. Josephine at the bike shop had pointed out that the pads were riding too low, and consequently creating a ridge where the pad was not in contact with the rim. I had claimed that the mechanism refused to raise the pads any higher, but Josephine gave me the technique for getting that to happen. It really is a luxury to have time, plus light and warmth, to fool with a bike. I will also have Josephine tomorrow, to check if the brakes are set up well.
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Jeannette continued to output all sorts of foodstuffs and treats through the day, with stuff for lunch (actually, chile, made by Michel, but with home made corn bread as well), and tea time (a giant cookie like tartelette called Broyes de Poitou - When not available homemade, Michel likes the pictured commercial version. Broyes means "crushed", which just means I think that the cookie like dough is pressed down.) You can't see Jeannette's giant version of this, because of lax photo work by me today! Supper seemed to fall hard upon tea time, and featured that home made quiche, plus chocolate fondant, a rich kind of chocolate cake, and ice cream. We need to get back on the road, while we still can fit our cycling clothes!
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Tomorrow will feature for us another exciting visit to the bike shop on the machine island, and then a walking tour of Nantes while we wait for them to do their magic with the drive trains. Wednesday we will take off up the Loire, but with an honour escort of Michel and his friend Christian, who has the same trike!
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