What a crazy day!

Nürnberg-Kronach was a very hard stage, in spite of  the beautiful bike lane along canals and rivers.

Strong wind, rain, cold temperature and just in the middle of our track  Daniele’s wheel had another serious problem.

In the middle of the land area after Bamberg the free wheel broke, after the day before the same wheel needed to change “coni and mozzo”.

In this condition a bicycle becomes a piece of steel, with two wheels… nothing else!

The bad words we sent  to the mechanic (Filippo!) who prepared the wheel didn’t help to solve the problem.

No other option that Claudio riding for two people, pulling Daniele’s bike, for about  6 km where, at the third attempt,  we found someone  who was able to save us (And good for us that in Germany bike shops are more common than Kaffeeklatsch).

This place was like a paradise for us. A warm bikeshop with a large bar inside (sofa included).

But once the bike was repaired we still had to ride  70 km to reach our destination.

We rode the last 30 km mainly along a completely dark  land bike lane , counting one by one the decreasing number of km.

When we were two km from our hotel in Kronach and our dream of having a long  warm shower, food and drinks was coming true… we got lost under a heavy rain.

The indication for bicycles (fantastic in every  place and able to guide you to  important city sometimes from 50 or more km of distance) failed completely in a crazy cross of rivers, bridges, and large street for cars.

After several turns around  the area and the indication of very rare people walking under the rain we found the right way to the place where we could  change our clothes and have the deserved dinner after 12 h and more than 150 km  on our bikes.