We got on the road around 8 am, with a mission of reaching the bike shop today. After biking 20 miles, 2 more spokes broke on Lenny's bike; several Adventure Cycling people helped us with the repair. We were able to ride the last 8 miles to the bike shop in Monmouth. John's Bike Shop rebuilt all 4 wheels, changed the cranks and chainrings, tuned up the bikes, and changed the bottom bracket. We bought a new air pump & spokes. He gave us a chain whip & cassette tool. The atmosphere in the store was like that in the movie "High Fidelity" - except, here bike dudes John Anthony and Ross hung out, read magazines, talked about bikes, and helped John sell bikes and do minor repairs. We spent 6.5 hours there, until 7:30 pm. It was too late to reach Corvallis, so we stayed at the Courtesy Inn motel in town and ate dinner at J's Restaurant.
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