Bike Repair and climb to Silverthorne

Hooray!! The front derailer works. The bike shop in Kremmling was essentially a part time Mountain Bike shop, but between John's tools and bike stand (the owner of the shop) and our combined trial and error we were able to replace the front derailer cable and index the front derailer to work reasonably well. After 2 1/2 hours working on the bike, Betsy and I pulled out of Kremmling at noon for the 40 mile and 1200 foot climb up to Silverthorne. Today was scheduled to be a rest day but we elected to stage a slow climb to Breckenridge and our final climb from Breckenridge over Hoosier Pass with an elevation of 11542 feet. The highest point on the TransAmerica Bike Route. We will be climbing for 11 miles from Breckenridge (9600 ft) to the Pass at 11542 ft. Whew!! Makes us nervous.