Average speed 14.7mph
total ascent 1032m
Compare this with day 11 and youll see that i covered the same distance with the same climbing but required more than an hour less to do it. This is not really down to the rest day. it helped a little. main reason was the 15mph head wind f rom day 11 turned into a 15mph tail wind and it felt TREMENDOUS!
Thats not to say there wasnt the odd wee challenge thrown in.
Florence has a bike shop and i only have c2 days supply of chamois cream left. This shop opens at 10 but im ready and raring to go at 0920. Theres another bike shop in north bend (expected lunch stop) so i decide to get on the road. In those 40 mins i covered 10 miles but when i got to north bend i discovered that shop is closed sun AND mon! BAH! The next bike shop is 90 miles away in brookings so I'll have to ration!
After lunch there were some proper steep hills as I went off the 101 at charleston. the wee road was called seven devils road and ... tbc ...
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