Bicycle Touring in Pennsylvania : Saturday May 31

Average Speed: 7.6 mph

Max Speed: 32.0 mph

Total Riding Time: 2:36:58

Trip Mileage: 20:42

Total Mileage to Date: 466

Wake Up Time: 8:00am

Leave Time: 9:30am

 

Wrote 9:00am...

Let's see if I can do Ohio today?

 

Wrote 8:02pm...

Yeah, right. I'm still outside Pittsburgh in a motel in Crafton on Route 60 north. I spent several hours after I left the Hampton Inn on Route 51 trying to find a suitable route out of this hell-hole. Everything is narrow and congested. Around 11am it started raining and I was walking the bike up hills trying to find a route. Got on Route 60 north and around 1:30pm found a little motel. I was drenched so I called it quits for the day. 

 

Very pissed off today. I really don't like this area at all. If it continues raining heavy tomorrow then I'll keep the room another night. While in the motel room I saw that my front left pannier rack is damaged. The bolt holding the triangle assembly had snapped off and now the rack tilts forward. Blackburn makes shit!