I left a bit late this morning, knowing that I had only about 75 miles until the planned meeting time with Vanessa’s cousin Leanne at 4:30p. Unfortunately, during my daily bicycle checkout, I found a broken spike on the rear wheel which was causing some pretty substantial rubbing against the rear brake. With no time to fix, I disconnected the rear brake and lived with the substantial rear wheel wobble the whole day. It was another nearly whole day on the stone dust Canalway, slow but peaceful.