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Sunday Sep 18, 2016 #
MT Bike xc race 2:05:00 [3]
Shepherds Hill xc "race."
For some reason I thought after yesterday's fine weather that the tracks would be ok today ....mistake!
So it wasn't really a race for me just a survival plod in the slippery conditions.
Rock drops, mud and running water are not a gd combo.
Did half a lap warm-up which did get me warm.
The lap had 2 big climbs to top and 2 descents.
I had 3 laps but just after the 2nd lap my chain got stuck over my back cluster and when I realigned it I noticed that half a link was hanging off....not gd.
I pushed it to the side and walked both climbs and rode quietly on the descents hoping that the chain would hold together. It did, to my amazement.
Luckily I had put in a spare sheet in the car for the muddy bike to lie on.
Off to Flinders for an outdoor ed camp with 30 girls tomo!! Zero tonight up there..
For some reason I thought after yesterday's fine weather that the tracks would be ok today ....mistake!
So it wasn't really a race for me just a survival plod in the slippery conditions.
Rock drops, mud and running water are not a gd combo.
Did half a lap warm-up which did get me warm.
The lap had 2 big climbs to top and 2 descents.
I had 3 laps but just after the 2nd lap my chain got stuck over my back cluster and when I realigned it I noticed that half a link was hanging off....not gd.
I pushed it to the side and walked both climbs and rode quietly on the descents hoping that the chain would hold together. It did, to my amazement.
Luckily I had put in a spare sheet in the car for the muddy bike to lie on.
Off to Flinders for an outdoor ed camp with 30 girls tomo!! Zero tonight up there..