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

Mojave National Preserve Mountain-Bike Camping Bicycle 2000

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Day 11: Providence Mountains State Recreation Area to Baker via Foshay Pass and Kelbaker Road

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Finally, I reach the end (for me) of the Powerline Road where it crosses Kelbaker Road and I get back on pavement. I look back

Date: November 15, 2000 Views: 23

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

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!

Date: November 15, 2000

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Other bicycle camping trips:

Henry Coe State Park Bikepacking 2008 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle-Camping and Day Hikes 2008 (two weeks)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping Xmas 2007 Trip (one week)
Henry Coe State Park Mountain-Bike Camping 2007 (eight nights)
Death Valley Bicycle Camping 2007 (two weeks)
Henry Coe State Park Bicycle Camping 2006 (four nights)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2006 (two weeks)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 1999 (one week)

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