This cross race was a blast. Long trip out but K and all 3 dogs went along, which was fun getting all going, but it is all good! Left in plemnty of time, got there in plenty of time. nice warm day. Able to wear short sleeve jersey and shorts! Really nice course in a park right about a mile away from downtown charlotte. Fast course with some technical aspects but not too shabby. Feeling good today off last weeks good showing. day in the upper 60's weather wise and ncie and sunny ouy! Dry course as well. Start line at bottom of paved road . got there again to line up about last 2 rows. Started well, but got stuck behind someone who had trouble clipping in, had space so darted around him and into the grass section. this was a sweeping section with gentle cures which led to the first off camber downhill and then a 150 deg. turn to the left and a short run up. In decent position yet and still feeling it! This once the top obtained , remount and then sweeping left corner into a straight and than a right corner which came back on itself. This was all right near the spectator section and tents. this brought us out on bumpy grassy section and then back on itself and a sweeping right hand bend which took us over to a tennis court. Around the tennis court and back over to the spectator section. andinto the sand pits and a few turns. sandpits werent bad but followed someone the first three tiems who had trouble going through them without dabbing, hence slowing me up slightly. A few turns/switchbacks and then this took us into the woods for a hard packed slight downhill section and then a sweepinguphill to a longer gradual uphill back out onto the parking lot. follow the parking lot to a corner and turn right and sweep around through the woods and onto a trailed and than back on grass. this takes you into switchback area where the barriers were. This followed around and than led to back to the section where the run up was, they cut out the staging start area then. Feeling great, probably in top 15-20 and moving up with everylap. first lap got the course down, 2nd lap moving fast up the line. On the 3rd lap doing fantastic, going around tennis courts and cla-clank-clang loud noise?! look down and see chainrings loose!!!!! I broke all five crank bolts, sheared them off!!! my chainring were completely loose. Just checked them few weeks ago and they were snug. Never would have guessed this!!! So my race was over. This DNF put me back into the 21 place overall! That sucks!!!
This cross race was a blast. Long trip out but K and all 3 dogs went along, which was fun getting all going, but it is all good! Left in plemnty of time, got there in plenty of time. nice warm day. Able to wear short sleeve jersey and shorts! Really nice course in a park right about a mile away from downtown charlotte. Fast course with some technical aspects but not too shabby. Feeling good today off last weeks good showing. day in the upper 60's weather wise and ncie and sunny ouy! Dry course as well. Start line at bottom of paved road . got there again to line up about last 2 rows. Started well, but got stuck behind someone who had trouble clipping in, had space so darted around him and into the grass section. this was a sweeping section with gentle cures which led to the first off camber downhill and then a 150 deg. turn to the left and a short run up. In decent position yet and still feeling it! This once the top obtained , remount and then sweeping left corner into a straight and than a right corner which came back on itself. This was all right near the spectator section and tents. this brought us out on bumpy grassy section and then back on itself and a sweeping right hand bend which took us over to a tennis court. Around the tennis court and back over to the spectator section. andinto the sand pits and a few turns. sandpits werent bad but followed someone the first three tiems who had trouble going through them without dabbing, hence slowing me up slightly. A few turns/switchbacks and then this took us into the woods for a hard packed slight downhill section and then a sweepinguphill to a longer gradual uphill back out onto the parking lot. follow the parking lot to a corner and turn right and sweep around through the woods and onto a trailed and than back on grass. this takes you into switchback area where the barriers were. This followed around and than led to back to the section where the run up was, they cut out the staging start area then. Feeling great, probably in top 15-20 and moving up with everylap. first lap got the course down, 2nd lap moving fast up the line. On the 3rd lap doing fantastic, going around tennis courts and cla-clank-clang loud noise?! look down and see chainrings loose!!!!! I broke all five crank bolts, sheared them off!!! my chainring were completely loose. Just checked them few weeks ago and they were snug. Never would have guessed this!!! So my race was over. This DNF put me back into the 21 place overall! That sucks!!!
Hey GS,
ReplyDeleteYou're moving up this year and I'm right behind ya! Hope you're using steel chainring bolts this time... see ya in Charlotte!
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