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- <p>One of the all-time difficult days. I won't rehash the details, but it was a case of getting within 5 miles
- of my destination, getting a flat, quickly and carelessly replacing the tube, getting another flat, and
- later yet another.</p>
- <p>The day was 85 miles on 100% interstate shoulder which is comparable to uphill riding for stress to the
- body and mind. Additionally, there were many uphill stretches, so like... double uphill.</p>
- <p>It's interesting how, with my bike fully deconstructed on the side of the road, tools strewn about,
- obviously in a moment of distress and crisis, no cars will pull aside to ask if I could use help or a lift.
- A classic good Samaritan story, sans Samaritan. But earlier in the very same day, at a rest stop where I
- was safe, content, and relaxing, parades of people went by asking if I needed help, food, water. At the moment
- when I least need help is when people most often offered it. And in the moments of most dire need, there was
- no one but myself.</p>
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