Distance 151km
Ascent 2,878m
Beautiful Victorian high country cycling. A cold frosty morning followed by a lovely warm sun. We climbed gradually as we rode away from the Snowy Mountains, a Cyclist paradise and a welcome rest bite from yesterdays ordeal. We passed lake Hume and the flooded town of old Tallangatta before stopping at the new Tallangatta for lunch. After a steep climb at 60km the rest of the journey was reasonably flat. Thinking that the day would go without incident a load bang was heard and a single bike came to a stand still. That bike was Gary Roche's, his back derailleur had disintegrated sending pieces of cast aluminium in all directions. The reason for this damage, well there were lots of excuses but let me tell you readers bad gear changing is top of the list! Unable to fix the bike at the side of the road Gary used the spare bike to complete the rest of the journey. On arrival at the Townshiphill Motel the owner's son allowed us the use of his workshop and with the aid of new parts and a vice we managed to repair the damage to Gary's bike. Reunited with his trusty steed Gary was like a small child at Christmas. After a reasonably easy day the team was back to normal, joking about everything and anything. Of course Gary was teased about his gear changing ability!
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