Our first full day together as an LVsRide team proved to be an exciting one. After spending the night on the gym floor, we began the day with breakfast conversation. We then gathered around Brother Ed's colorful parachute circle and ran through some basic need-to-know items - from expectations to health and safety. An important focus was flexibility, which we were soon able to put into practice...
Around lunchtime, everyone inspected their bikes. Some of us unpacked and reassembled our bikes from shipment boxes, while others practiced changing tires and fixing flats. We soon discovered several red flags - from damaged frames to broken spokes to tangled chains. The rest of the afternoon was peppered with impromptu trips to local bike shops and lots of teamwork. The gym was full of upside-down bicycles as small groups tried to trouble-shoot and share skills. The day's schedule was also turned on its head, as we learned an important first lesson for this grand adventure:
Things might not go as we plan. In fact, they'll probably never go exactly as we plan. The important thing is to be flexible and go with the flow, because we are a team, and we have an awesome adventure ahead of us!
Past couple of years at FCS should have allowed for flexibility training;)
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