Hose clamp and duct tape

Just when you think you've got it in the bag life offers you a different option! Stopped at the SAG at the 40 mile point to fill up my water bottles. All was going along just fine. But when I cleated in to ride the last segment my chain jammed. Looking down it was totally obvious that something was wrong with my front derailleur. Walked back to the SAG to get an allen wrench to reposition and tighten it and discovered, with the help of Lisa (our SAG driver), that the clamp that attaches the derailleur to the down tube had snapped. Uh oh! Not an on the roadside fix. So we racked up my bicycle and I rode in to our nightly accommodation. There our trip guide rummaged through their tool kit and found a hose clamp that she attached under the derailleur clamp and then duct taped the whole thing together to the down tube. So I am now fixed gear in front with my middle chain ring but still have gears in the back. In flat Florida that will easily get me through the police motorcade into St. Augustine tomorrow on the final miles of the tour to the beach. What's amazing really is that my original Campy equipment has lasted through the thousands of miles I have put on my bicycle until today. I can hardly complain! It may mean that I will have to buy some new components when I get home....
Tomorrow is going to be hectic with the motorcade (about which I have little excitement), a picnic at the beach for the riders and who ever has come to welcome them and then a final celebration banquet for riders only in the evening. Then Friday morning a shuttle to Jacksonville airport for my flights home. The adventure is coming to an end!