November 2, 2021
Day 2 in Malaga
This morning, after we'd finished breakfast at our new hotel, I got a text from Stefan at Bike2Malaga, who had said he'd call around this morning to find a shop that had a Di2 wire. "Take your bike to Eurobike" followed by the address, "they have the cable."
We rode over and it turned out to be a very busy shop with nobody who spoke much English. I could show them the broken cable but we were stuck there. I called Stefan and he spoke to the mechanic. It can be done, maybe mañana but more likely mañana mañana. They showed me the long queue of bikes waiting for service.
I walked back and Al rode his bike. We each came up with an idea for something to do tomorrow as we are done with walking around the town. My idea, to somehow visit the Caminetti del Rei, wasn't going to work since the earliest we could book an excursion was sometime in December and (according to my guidebook) there's only one train per day each day and no bus. (The good news is that it seems to be open in December so we might be able to visit when we ride through the area.)
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Al's idea, though, we will do. We went to Bike2Malaga and rented me a nice carbon road bike. We will do a loop ride to the north tomorrow. It's a pretty challenging route with lots of climbing but I'll have until 5:00 to complete the route and get the bike returned.
With this arranged and the bike in the hotel lockup, we had lunch in the old town, walked around some more, and then I visited a museum and Al headed back to the hotel.
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Afterward, we went out for more walking (we hadn't seen the city by night yet), another glass of wine and a light meal. We've managed to stay up until a normal bedtime--the question is, will we be able to sleep?
Today's ride: 4 km (2 miles)
Total: 41 km (25 miles)
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At least it’s not raining? And there are a few rides straight north of Málaga that look really attractive that we’ve never ridden. I’ll look forward to seeing what you find.
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