I was entering the (uphill) sprint for second place with four other riders at the Raccoon Rally Cat 1/2 Road Race today when the wheel of the guy directly in front of me rolled off his tubulars, causing him to crash. I was forced to bail into the ditch on the side of the road, not a good place to be with less than 100m left of a 50 mile race.
Luckily, teammate Tom K. was behind me and still managed a fifth place money spot. Nice job Tom.
I raced my ass off today, so I have no regrets.
Meanwhile, I became "that guy" today at the start line. I usually rail against the silly and excessive consumerism involved in bike racing, yet somehow managed this year to acquire a fancy bike and wheels. Then, someone at the start line today commented to his friend about how "sweet" my bike is.
Crap.
I think that makes me a hypocrite.
4 comments:
Then it isn't really the tires you hate, it is people that don't know what they're doing or how to use them. That is a real peeve of mine too.
I'll take those wheels off your hands, if it makes you feel better.
What I do is own fancy stuff, yet say I think it should be banned. It covers the bases. "Yeah I have carbon tubulars, but so does everybody else, if they banned them I would be happy"
The fancy stuff is the reason you are racing so well!
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