Packed up from the nice B&B in Adast and drove through to Luz Saint Sauveur and arrived ready to ride around 9 am. Big one today up the massive Col du Tourmalet with around 1500 m of climbing.
Was progressing quite well as I headed into the small town of Bareges when I heard a pop from the saddle and it had moved to a distinctly upward facing position. After a few hundred metres passed the town it had got worse and I knew I wouldn't make in onwards without fixing it. Stupidly I didn't have my tools with me and there were no cycle shops in the town. It was still easy to go down so I did so back to the start to do the repairs and drove back up to where I had got to and continued the ride.
It was a long hard slog in great weather to the summit which was a bit of a building site for the most part. They are going to have to work quickly to be ready for the Tour de France in July. The weather started to turn at the top so I wrapped up and made the long rapid descent.
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