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North America » United States » California » Quincy June 14th 2013

Tuesday 11th June Out for another run today. Same bike line up as yesterday. Jims loving the KTM. Hal brings up the rear on the beemer, he says he's happy going at our pace, but I strongly suspect we're far too slow for him. Stopped for a drink at Downieville, an old mining town on the river, a fantastic looking place, ( I stupidly left my camera at the house) before heading on back. Probably about a 90 round trip, up mountain passes and through forests in just the most perfect weather. Back for a couple of 'suds' before firing up the BBQ and having steak for supper - it really doesn't get any better. Wednesday 12th June Next day, slow start, after having breakfast cooked for us, spent most of the day hanging around the ... read more

North America » United States » California » Quincy June 11th 2013

After breakfast and a long chat with Kimberley at the Lodge we set off for Lake Tahoe. It was another blistering hot day and more lovely treelined, shady roads. We stopped briefly in Quincy for a drink and another quick look for leads for the GoPro, with no success and headed out of town. Jim seemed to be taking it very steady, and stopped and asked if I agreed that it was a particularly bad road surface. I didn't! He checked both tyres were ok and set off again for a brief 2 minutes before stopping again. The bike was broken!! Same rear drive gearbox had failed. Jim had noticed that we had passed a bike shop coming out of town, so I sat in the shade while he took my bike and disappeared off. 20 ... read more




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