In the morning we went to look for a shinomontage to change our tyres. If I could I would stick with the Heidenaus but they were not available and I had the TKC’s. So we found a place. I removed the wheels myself and let the guys change the tyres with the machine. We balanced the rear, put them back. Pressure of 2.8 and 2.3. I like them hard for the road and weight.

We road a little bit further on Traktovaya and found a bike shop called motosalon drive. To my surprise they had Heidenaus sent by Denis from Moscow. Unfortunately they were reserved.

Next we went to the railway station and the bagage department to check how much the transport would cost to Moscow from Irkutsk. This is good info to have and Seb Leeson had already made an article about it on the HUBB. Once at the department we were aproached by a lady who worked at the company. She gave us an offer, it would be around 10.000 roubles. Next Rostislav came in, he also gave us an offer, it would be just a little more. The ticket for ourselves would be 12.000 roubles in kupe. Good to know this, but as long as I can and want I will ride the bike 🙂

In the afternoon we did the green walk of the city. We saw the big bronze Lenin statue, paintings on the street, the statue of Tsar Alexander III and rested by the Angara river.

Further there were cathedrals and the statue of the foundation of the city.

In the evening we treated ourselves in a place called Broadway, which seems to be a popular name. They also had a disco in the place, which was good!