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About 3 miles down the hill from the Providence Mountains campground, I hear a big "clunk" and feel something dragging

010_8-bike-rack-broke-800px.jpg Finally, I reach the end (for me) of the Powerline Road where it crosses Kelbaker Road and I get back on pavement. I look backThumbnailsThe Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker RoadFinally, I reach the end (for me) of the Powerline Road where it crosses Kelbaker Road and I get back on pavement. I look backThumbnailsThe Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker RoadFinally, I reach the end (for me) of the Powerline Road where it crosses Kelbaker Road and I get back on pavement. I look backThumbnailsThe Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker RoadFinally, I reach the end (for me) of the Powerline Road where it crosses Kelbaker Road and I get back on pavement. I look backThumbnailsThe Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker RoadFinally, I reach the end (for me) of the Powerline Road where it crosses Kelbaker Road and I get back on pavement. I look backThumbnailsThe Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker Road

Ooops, the brace holding my bike rack to the back of the seat post just snapped off!

I pull over and calmly remove the broken rack adapter and bolt the rack directly to the bike's braze-ons instead. The rack is now a bit tilted, but it's more structurally sound like this anyway.

Back on the road!