First of all, the new single front-ring setup for my cyclocross bike is all it's cracked up to be! 42 x 11–32 cassette 10 speed SRAM is the out-‘n-out! Quick gear changes. Never having to feather any front shifts. I never felt like I didn't have enough gears for any situation and the rig ran rock solid. Besides the Bridgestone, this is the best bike I've ever built! That said, my legs and body fitness did not have enough gears or giddy-up run rock solid; go figure.
Right away, I got blown out the back and was holding off the Lanterne Rouge. I was feeling pretty swell about that and fighting back the tears all at the same time. On one of my laps, somewhere in the huge toilet swirly simulator, I heard my 6-year old yell "go Dad!" and then right away ask Mom, "is Dad in last place?" Yeah, hey, I'm a stunning example to my offspring. Go Dad was not helping that heaving huff-and-puff in lycra.
So, I only had one choice; throw my race! Somewhere during lap 4 or 5, I though; "hey, go down really hard right here." Plus; "Make sure there are plenty of witnesses but also make sure no one filming it happen" Ya know, in case on review they can tell I faked the whole thing. Neither Chris nor Kerry had that on video, whew! Then I thought; "If you are lucky, when you crash, you'll bend your derailleur hanger, like, two cogs in toward your rear wheel!" Then I thought; "to make this even more believable, make sure the chain can't shift and pushes into your wheel spokes." Eww, I hate that sound, chain in spokes! "Once it takes like two minutes to free that up and put the chain back on the cassette, do it again to make it a convincing mechanical."SKWAKINK-KISWAGGLE-TINK or some crazy expensive-sounding sound like that with the chain between my cassette and spokes. Finally, I though, "take this all the way and bruise up your right hip bone and put the stingiest scab you've had in a long while on your elbow that stings like crazy while it cracks and oozes all week long!"
First of all, the new single front-ring setup for my cyclocross bike is all it's cracked up to be! 42 x 11–32 cassette 10 speed SRAM is the out-‘n-out! Quick gear changes. Never having to feather any front shifts. I never felt like I didn't have enough gears for any situation and the rig ran rock solid. Besides the Bridgestone, this is the best bike I've ever built! That said, my legs and body fitness did not have enough gears or giddy-up run rock solid; go figure.
Right away, I got blown out the back and was holding off the Lanterne Rouge. I was feeling pretty swell about that and fighting back the tears all at the same time. On one of my laps, somewhere in the huge toilet swirly simulator, I heard my 6-year old yell "go Dad!" and then right away ask Mom, "is Dad in last place?" Yeah, hey, I'm a stunning example to my offspring. Go Dad was not helping that heaving huff-and-puff in lycra.
So, I only had one choice; throw my race! Somewhere during lap 4 or 5, I though; "hey, go down really hard right here." Plus; "Make sure there are plenty of witnesses but also make sure no one filming it happen" Ya know, in case on review they can tell I faked the whole thing. Neither Chris nor Kerry had that on video, whew! Then I thought; "If you are lucky, when you crash, you'll bend your derailleur hanger, like, two cogs in toward your rear wheel!" Then I thought; "to make this even more believable, make sure the chain can't shift and pushes into your wheel spokes." Eww, I hate that sound, chain in spokes! "Once it takes like two minutes to free that up and put the chain back on the cassette, do it again to make it a convincing mechanical."SKWAKINK-KISWAGGLE-TINK or some crazy expensive-sounding sound like that with the chain between my cassette and spokes. Finally, I though, "take this all the way and bruise up your right hip bone and put the stingiest scab you've had in a long while on your elbow that stings like crazy while it cracks and oozes all week long!"
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Eagle Island (is) #1
First of all, the new single front-ring setup for my cyclocross bike is all it's cracked up to be! 42 x 11–32 cassette 10 speed SRAM is the out-‘n-out! Quick gear changes. Never having to feather any front shifts. I never felt like I didn't have enough gears for any situation and the rig ran rock solid. Besides the Bridgestone, this is the best bike I've ever built! That said, my legs and body fitness did not have enough gears or giddy-up run rock solid; go figure.
Right away, I got blown out the back and was holding off the Lanterne Rouge. I was feeling pretty swell about that and fighting back the tears all at the same time. On one of my laps, somewhere in the huge toilet swirly simulator, I heard my 6-year old yell "go Dad!" and then right away ask Mom, "is Dad in last place?" Yeah, hey, I'm a stunning example to my offspring. Go Dad was not helping that heaving huff-and-puff in lycra.
So, I only had one choice; throw my race! Somewhere during lap 4 or 5, I though; "hey, go down really hard right here." Plus; "Make sure there are plenty of witnesses but also make sure no one filming it happen" Ya know, in case on review they can tell I faked the whole thing. Neither Chris nor Kerry had that on video, whew! Then I thought; "If you are lucky, when you crash, you'll bend your derailleur hanger, like, two cogs in toward your rear wheel!" Then I thought; "to make this even more believable, make sure the chain can't shift and pushes into your wheel spokes." Eww, I hate that sound, chain in spokes! "Once it takes like two minutes to free that up and put the chain back on the cassette, do it again to make it a convincing mechanical." SKWAKINK-KISWAGGLE-TINK or some crazy expensive-sounding sound like that with the chain between my cassette and spokes. Finally, I though, "take this all the way and bruise up your right hip bone and put the stingiest scab you've had in a long while on your elbow that stings like crazy while it cracks and oozes all week long!"
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Good times.
Eagle Island (is) #1
First of all, the new single front-ring setup for my cyclocross bike is all it's cracked up to be! 42 x 11–32 cassette 10 speed SRAM is the out-‘n-out! Quick gear changes. Never having to feather any front shifts. I never felt like I didn't have enough gears for any situation and the rig ran rock solid. Besides the Bridgestone, this is the best bike I've ever built! That said, my legs and body fitness did not have enough gears or giddy-up run rock solid; go figure.
Right away, I got blown out the back and was holding off the Lanterne Rouge. I was feeling pretty swell about that and fighting back the tears all at the same time. On one of my laps, somewhere in the huge toilet swirly simulator, I heard my 6-year old yell "go Dad!" and then right away ask Mom, "is Dad in last place?" Yeah, hey, I'm a stunning example to my offspring. Go Dad was not helping that heaving huff-and-puff in lycra.
So, I only had one choice; throw my race! Somewhere during lap 4 or 5, I though; "hey, go down really hard right here." Plus; "Make sure there are plenty of witnesses but also make sure no one filming it happen" Ya know, in case on review they can tell I faked the whole thing. Neither Chris nor Kerry had that on video, whew! Then I thought; "If you are lucky, when you crash, you'll bend your derailleur hanger, like, two cogs in toward your rear wheel!" Then I thought; "to make this even more believable, make sure the chain can't shift and pushes into your wheel spokes." Eww, I hate that sound, chain in spokes! "Once it takes like two minutes to free that up and put the chain back on the cassette, do it again to make it a convincing mechanical." SKWAKINK-KISWAGGLE-TINK or some crazy expensive-sounding sound like that with the chain between my cassette and spokes. Finally, I though, "take this all the way and bruise up your right hip bone and put the stingiest scab you've had in a long while on your elbow that stings like crazy while it cracks and oozes all week long!"
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Good times.