Keith Kaetzel (a fellow rider) found out that he had a crack in his frame and had to make a decision whether or not to try and ride his bike or try and get another bike somehow. He ended up taking it to the bike shop and found out that it was definitely not safe to ride and searched for options all day at different bike shops and finally decided on renting a bike. I will report further once I have more information about his status and situation tomorrow.
Overall the day was a quick 87 miles and it was foggy the entire day. We started around 8:45 and decided to stop in Ventura for a cup of coffee and to get out of the heavy fog for a bit. Once we pulled ourselves together, we departed and held a quick pace to the lunch stop and then continued on through Malibu and ended in Santa Monica. We were on highway 101 for a considerable amount of the day, but luckily it was much better and less congested than it was yesterday. The fog rose and it was more of just a cloudy day for the remaining portion of the ride. This allowed us to see the ocean while riding along the coast which provided some distraction while still feeling the burn from lactic acid build-up in our thighs from the fast pace we kept.
Tonight we are very close to the Santa Monica pier and we are going to head out to dinner near the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. We have a long riding day tomorrow with about 108 miles of riding to do. Hopefully we do not have many mechanical issues to deal with so we can get in to see the Ohio State versus Wisconsin football game in the evening. Time will tell.
I am dedicating day 7 of the ride to friends and relatives of mine who are cancer survivors. The list includes the following people: John Blome, Ruie Spurlock, John Ross Grant , Cindy Griffis, John Ferguson, Anne Hunter, Gail Momirov, Doyle Stoner, and Marty Mishler.
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