Day 18 - Break Down

Morning camp then a broken hub. A large diameter wire from a concrete sub structure entered Matt's rear wheel seized its forward momentum and ripped the spoke from the hub, rather than the typical broken spoke. You can see the wire in the picture.

Matt took a taxi into Des Moines about an hour north to buy a replacement wheel. We're going to crash here for the night. It's 3:30 and not really worth riding just for 10 miles... until tomorrow.