Highway 401 to Chilliwack is not to be used for bikes (as per RCMP) so I had to take a back route from Langley.  I only had 4 1/2 hours sleep.  I started cycling at 4:45 am.  When I started I noticed a bumping from the road.  The road was smooth and so I checked the tires.   I found a bulge in the front tire.  I did not want to risk cycling over 50km to Chilliwack to a bike store.  So I asked my cousin's husband to take me to a bike shop in Langley to get a new tire, however they did not open until 9:30 am!  I lost 5 precious cycling hours.   I bought a new tire, tube and spoke protector for the back wheel.   I had the previous tire in the back put on the front and the new tire put on the back.   I cycled Fraser highway and zig zagged to Chilliwack.  From Chilliwack I went down highway 401 to Hope.  Due to the heat and and lack of sleep I felt quite sluggish.  My average time bore this out.   When I got to Hope I found out our van driven by my wife, had broken down in Vancouver at her sisters place.  I got a ride back to Surrey with my cousin. I was then picked up by my brother-in-law and taken to their house in Point Grey.  I discovered that the bike store had put the front tire on in the reverse rotating direction which contributed to my slow ride to Hope.

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