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Rising out of the wash just past Stagecoach Well, the road is really rough, with loose rock on the surface

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I drag the 10-ton bike up this little hill. My rear wheel is rubbing against the bike's frame again. I would stop and adjust it now, but with only a mile or so ahead of me, I decide to just put up with it.