day 22 ride day 7 Connelsville to Pittsburgh

The day is supposed to be 57 miles to Pittsburgh. There was confusion because Joe really wanted a picture of everybody at the end. Then he found out some people were going to the end. They were going to the bike shop to get their bikes ready to ship home and in my case I have a mechanical problem with the squeaking thing and my right brake. Benjo wanted to meet at the Hot meadow bridge but everybody's traveling at different times at different rates and there's no way that people will wait there for a picture. I suggested that the hotel people drive by the campground and get a picture since the camping people had to wait till 8:30 to leave for the luggage pickup. That's what we ended up doing except for Dale who was in a hurry to get home and took off. So we left the hotel at 7:30 in the morning and then we got our group picture. From there we were split up the rest of the day. 25ish miles put us at West Newton at about 10:00 in the morning and we didn't want to climb a big hill to see if there was food so we just had a bar. About 10 miles. Further, we stopped at Boston and found a cute little restaurant we were referred to by some volunteers on the trail. Really lovely food. we finallywound our way to the bike shop and dropped my bike off to get checked the right brake and the squeak which another mechanic and others on a ride think it's the rear hub. We ran into Corey in the bike shop, shipping her bike back home and her and I took an Uber to the endpoint of the ride. I had a tough time finding Paul who was on the other side of the fountain.Studly Paul rode his bike all the way to the end, another 2.5 miles. Then he rode to the hotel. 
When we came back the bike shop had texted. They fixed my brake but they think the hub is okay that the squeak may be coming from the bottom bracket. There is some corrosion there. But they think it's safe to ride back to Cumberland. So I guess we're going to ride. We all went out for a final dinner 
On the way home from dinner Paul, Mark, and I stopped at insomniac cookies. I had a brownie, Paul and Mark had a huge cookie with 2 scoops of ice cream.
and people are starting to disperse.
Sunset from our window on the 4th floor.

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