Tight schedule

Just before noon the welder called, our pannier racks were finished. We directly went to pick them up and Marianne's motorbike aswell, as for the afternoon we had an appointment with HyperPro. They are going to fit our bikes with a new set of spring. To do so, we had to take some extra weight that we will be carrying during our travel. So we loaded our panniers with a couple of old books.
Due to this tight schedule we did not have any time to fit the pannier rack to Sander's bike. As with most handmade stuff, the fit wasn't entirely right. Some effort was required, to get the rack on the bike in a way that it could carry our heavy cases. For fitting the new springs, it will be alright, but before we take our bikes on the road the racks will require some extra work.
Unfortunately the person who is going to work on our shocks turned out to be ill. Just lets hope this won't be any more trouble for our already tight schedule. As our plans are to bring the bikes next week to Pharaobike to do a full service.