I am in Taipei now the capital of Taiwan waiting out my return flight to LAX. I pulled a “classic” last minute blunder and realized that I was departing from the Narita airport in Tokyo which is over 60 miles from the city! Luckily I realized with enough time to strap the cardboard box to the back of Gaby and pedal there, but just as I was leaving the city CRACK!! A loud noise came from my crankset and I looked down to realized that my bottom bracket, one of the strongest in the world had broken in half!

It was late so carried Gaby like a wounded soldier to the nearest park and slept with a group of homeless. The next morning I……….Will continue this story in America the flight attendants are getting really annoying. See you guys soon!