Day 24: Smoke em' if you got em'

91.9 miles. Averaged 14.0 mph. We're smokin' the road and it feels great. It's tough though when the road smokes you, but you've got to love surprises. About 10 miles into the ride today Michael had another flat. He thought had a tube on hand but just in case he asked Tim for a back-up. After Tim left, Michael broke the nozzle on Tim's tube and started looking for his spare. Uh-oh. No spare. He must have used a bunch of them when his tire split last week. It seems that Gator Skin tires are the way to go. They haven't failed Tim yet. Rocks seem to jump out of the way when they see those babies coming. So to make a long story short, duck tape came to the rescue again. Somehow, Michael was able to blow up the tire and quickly cap the valve with tape. It held up for another 13 miles. Unfortunately, it was two miles short of where he needed to be. Regardless, he hoofed to a store, bought a tube, then caught back up to Tim later that evening. It was a great learning experience and enjoyable challenge. Guess you have to take the good with the bad and roll with punches, tomorrow's a new day. So we both made it to Gunnison, CO, had our Subway fill, and found a way to watch part of the Eastern Conference Finals. We're making great progress and tomorrow is our highest climb yet. 11,312 ft. Should be a good one, but probably not as good as Maui! Shout out to Chelsea Murray who went to high school with Tim and goes to college in Gunnison. Wish we could have caught up with you! That would have been fun. Next time around haha.

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