hey chops you have a cracked stem... lol yea funny jak.. nope he was serious and well spotted i frantically headed to the bikeshop there and scored a new stem... nerves were settled and ready 4 a day of racing.
630am start we take off in a pretty hot start for this race which is usually a lil subdude.. i found my rabbit in the bmc jersy of troy bailey and the fellow rocky trail stars.. bout 12 of us broke off the front in search of a clean run at the big hill..
up and across the top i flat descending i stop 4 a change (and a spew). i change and continue on..
FLAT AGAIN.. i check my tyre and pull about 5mm of metal out of it.. and damn i never packed more than one tube... with top 3 un able to be caught i opted to wait for charli and help her ride her 1st 100k..
with my legs eager to fast we parted at the 50km..
two MORE FLATS on borrowed tubes... and shredded tyre wall i call it a day.. dnf..(1st one) and last.
charli rode the kayak bridge crossing and is eagerly waiting for her (i rode the bridge band) in the mail...
and finished in 6hrs 37min 3RD PLACE..... AWESOME... sponsorship anyone?????
gimme another race hungary and cranky...
CHOPS :(
What tires you running Chops?
ReplyDeletei ran the WORLDS LIGHTEST MTB TYRE.. kenda klimax 345g 1.95...
ReplyDeletei found a website with tonnes of reviews (after i raced) lots of good and bad.. not for hard core rocky tracks... will be converting to tubeless now.. got some experimenting to do.. they are to fast to give up on just yet..
try these, they are fast and reliable....http://www.notubes.com/product_info.php/cPath/42_45/products_id/439 470g and genuine tubeless too. I have a set if you want 'em. Also a set of crows too!
ReplyDeletewow kool site... hmm i need a lil more tread than that... they cant be to good in loose stuff or lil rocks
ReplyDeleteyou run them at 23-26psi and they have a really surprising level of grip. Also no pinch flats are because of their size, and really comfortable
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