For as well organized as we may appear, lots of weird things happen on a bike trip. Every day I make exclamations such as the following: "hey, what happened to my disk wheel?" "Where did my bar end go?" "What did you do with my bike!?" "Who took my pump?" Which may all seem like questions that imply that my gear is getting stolen, no, just borrowed, and I in turn am doing a fair share of borrowing. But people also do a lot of good things which make me make excalamations such as the following: "Oh, someone loaded my bike onto the rack for me!" "Oh, someone unloaded my bike and brought it up to my room for me!" "Who fixed my bar tape so that it doesn't have a gap anymore?" as well as specific thanks to specific people. People that have helped me out so far this trip that I want to mention:

*Thanks to Dave Tupper, Valley Physical Therapy, for about half an hour of massage and many hours already of driving me around and buying me FOOD!
*Andy Stone, Shimano, for giving me sweet Shimano stickers and for fixing my broken rear derailleur and putting a new pulley wheel on my bike.
*The mechanics at Sunflower Bike Shop in Lawrence for giving us 4 trainers to borrow for the weekend.
*Glenn Silver & the rest of my teamates for being supportive and cheerful!