The rim on my rear wheel began to crack a few days ago, and I wasn't sure how long I had until it would completely fail. The last bike shop for about 200+ miles is in Del Rio, and unfortunately it wasn't open yesterday (Sunday). I figured it was probably necessary to suck it up and wait for the bike shop to open and see if they had a replacement rim.
While we were waiting, across the street was a "River City Donuts", so we had a (few) donuts. Turns out they all used to be Dunkin Donuts, but then they wanted some exorbitant fees so many of them in Texas set off as River City Donuts. I had 1, but I was still hungry so I bought 2 muffins for the road. I intended to save one for Melina, but I ended up eating them both pretty quickly along the road.
Now the bike shop was open, so we went over. It turned out the only decent rear rim the guy had already had a power tap hub on it. We chatted for a little bit while I tried to decide if I wanted to spend the money on it now, as I have been seriously thinking about getting one. He offered it to me, rim and power tap, for $300, so I took it. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure it could have easily cost me more than $1000 elsewhere.
Now it was noon, and I still had 70 miles ahead of me. My goal was to get in before dark. I rode a steady pace, despite cursing the wind and chipseal, and made it in about a quarter to 7. It was a rough, hot afternoon, but the last hour as it started to cool off was beautiful.
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