Cycling trip - day 1
On the boat towards TravemĂŒnde \o/ It's been a few hectic days getting everything ready, but finally on the way. Now it's 30 hours of looking at the sea, and possibly hacking on things a bit to pass the time.
Having spent an hour queuing into the boat in hot sunshine with no shelter, kind of looking forward to the what looks like a bit cooler temperatures in Germany - at least for now :P Once I arrive, my plan is to do a night ride from LĂŒbeck to Hamburg, and catch the early morning train towards the south. Weather forecast says I'll be getting wet.
Also, I managed to get rid of the clicking noise on my bike, yay! It seems on the Marin DSX 1, the saddle post is too long for the frame. If you lower it to the lowest it will go (which I did when I installed my saddle, which has a slightly higher profile than the original one), the seatpost will actually hit the bottom of the tube đ€Ż. I really hope I've not damaged the frame by riding it like this for months. After raising the saddle by 1cm, the worst of the clicking noise disappeared instantly. There is still a little bit of noise when putting a lot of pressure on the pedals, so something to check up on later, but mostly it's now quiet to ride.
Distance cycled: 14.86km
