it's day 15 cycling across the USA from Miami to La all to raise money for the
fantastic cause get kids going today we're cycling from Bay St Louis to New Orleans but
we have a bit of a problem in the form of a massive Bridge halfway through the ride which
is closed indefinitely and there's no easy way around but we have a solution a guy called Raul
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much nicer when you're leaving this place than it is when you arrive look at this beautiful it makes
you want to leave every time we stayed in a casino last night which was pretty weird we're very happy
to be leaving there was a giant storm as well we were a little bit worried that it would still be
going on this morning but we just have a moist Road admittedly that's still not that nice for
Justin because he gets sprayed right in the face whenever the road is slightly damp I also feel
like we smoked about 100 cigarettes last night it does feel like that it's really weird being in a
hotel where they've got smoking rooms and even if you're in a non-smoking room because everyone else
is smoking you're essentially in a smoking room the plan this morning is to follow the Highway 90
for as long as we can towards New Orleans at some point we're going to run out of Road there'll be a
blockage and that is where we're gonna meet Raul a guy we haven't met before but reached out and told
us that the bridge was closed so thanks to him we haven't got a nasty surprise today what happened
to your wheel yesterday Francis we didn't get a chance to talk about that well we were cycling
down the cycle lane and then suddenly there was a massive piece of wood in the middle which I
hit while I was on camera oh somehow I didn't get a puncher but it did loosen a couple of my
spokes in my wheel so it's kind of it's not very round anymore we're gonna get that fixed as well
what do you mean it's not boring look how many different Vehicles
we can see what do you reckon that road over there is like
probably similar what about that one there oh it's not the one you were talking about yeah
one really good thing about this bridge being closed is that with this road leads there so
there's no reason for any cars to go down it massive Highway all to us I can even do this
yourself oh nice to meet you likewise we smell quite bad now well I'm sorry I'm really
sorry your truck's never gonna be the same again it doesn't smell as bad as the hotel
room last night like I said 20 years in the Marine Corps unless you're in the middle of
Iraq in the middle of summer with a bunch of Marines it's not gonna be that bad I've still
got the tape on it I'm gonna take the tape off today does heat help it does cold help
it anything like that I was icing it so for the first few days basically every 20 minutes
keep me appraised a little bit of all the problems so it just sounds like one thing after another
yeah and then we have people like him that come along and rescue us and just do amazing things
restore your faith in humanity exactly hey Jim welcome to Trek this is our place sorrow works
at track bicycles here just outside New Orleans and they're very kindly helping us out with a few
extra spares and a very special surprise which I don't know if I'll talk about today yet to help
us with the next bit of our trip always easier working on bikes in a proper environment every
time Mr Renee gets uh chained that he has to replace he'll take it and he'll put it up there
so that's this little instead of a bead uh curtain he has a chain curtain oh nice [Music] very lucky
to be in a bike shop right now and we need to make the most of this situation so I thought I would
reset up my Wheel tubeless from the uh the tire that I destroyed and then had to put a tube in
so at least going forwards on the next few rides we'll have a chance of this ceiling [Applause]
some other Anonymous person donated a grand oh my goodness people are amazing it's not
just that we're an hour or something like 1500 people that have supported yeah like
all different amounts is just people are incredible like this man over here my pleasure
y'all got a mission I'm here to help it and support it spins good as new this is the one chip
challenge we're talking about the problem with the chip is apparently it is extremely it's extremely
hot yeah and the problem is not eating it from my understanding it I mean you're going to be
in a lot of discomfort it's when it comes out that you're going to really be feeling it the spicy one
chip which has been in my Pioneer for two weeks it's probably matured so it got worse how much was
it nine dollars oh thanks you spent nine dollars on me yeah man it's the only car that's ever made
me look small what the heck it's a Call of Duty Black Ops truck so board made a Call of Duty
no they um they've done it I thought that was a sticker wow I would love it if it's like a five
foot tall person this we've been in America quite a long time now but we still make the
mistake of ordering way too much food every time we stop it's time to get a special box
you're only a third of the way through your ride yeah
um and you've already more than exceeded your original goal you know we've gone straight
most of them it just show you you know you've gotta you you do something people will help
um kind of like the movie Field of Dreams you know you build it they will come yeah
hi yeah good how are you did you sell us some bungee cords tell you yes keep
running them up himself and they don't pay me to do it you'll get your W-2 form one day
don't worry thank you so much no worries don't have a good one
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slightly shorter video today because we've just been doing loads of admin and fixing the bikes and
getting everything ready for the next chapter in this adventure everything is in hand we now have
working bicycles we now have a fixed wheelchair and we have a brand new piece of equipment which
I'm going to show you in the next episode are you excited I'm very excited it looks very
cool doesn't it yeah I still don't understand why it's banned in Europe but this could work