Other side of the pond

I was a little trepidatious about my plan to forego the bike box and just put my bike on the plane in a large plastic bag – because my bike is so large, it’s hard to find a box but enough\n for it, plus it usually takes at least an hour to disassemble/reassemble it. With the bag method, I could just ride my bike to the airport, pop off the pedals and handlebars, and I was good to go!

Thankfully, the bike arrived unscathed. The only issue was that I had removed my rear derailleur in order to protect it, and somehow knotted up my chain while putting it back on. This resulted in me sitting on a train with bike grease up to my elbows trying to figure out how my cable ended up routed through my chain. But I made the connection with Erin without issues, even though my flight was an hour late, and the train from the airport was twenty minutes late.

Frittes!

Mmmm.. Tasty Belgian beer
Thanks for the tour, Tammy and Joe!

One thought on “Other side of the pond”

  1. Looks wonderful already. Visiting relatives who know the area a plus. We’re so glad the bikes got there okay, well, basically okay. Anyhow, we’ll be enjoying your trip vicariously through this great blog and looking forward to more.
    Kette rechts!

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