I must say it was awesome spending a little time with the crossniacs this weekend. Besides myself there was N8, Guy, Ladric, Eric, and Mike. Everyone was out there throwing down on an extremely tough course. Lots of climbing and somewhat slick single-track.
The comp race had a fast start that pretty much blew the pack up right away. We closed in on the tail end of the expert field so fast I couldn’t tell how many guys were infront of me. About 8 mins into the race I crashed (cause I have to once every race) and bent my brake lever at a 90 degree angle straight down. That sucked not having a rear brake going down some of the single-track. The thing that really sucks is the week before super* had just told me to loosen the screws up so that the whole unit would shift on the bar instead of bend or brake if I crashed. Something that I have now done. After I crashed I got into a perfect groove for the rest of the race. With a half of a lap or so to go I passed the leader but he soon got back around me and got away on the final downhill to the the finish line. I’ll take 2nd with a smile baby. Climbings not my thing and this course had alot of it.
A final thought. Neither myself nor the guy who won had a chance in hell of keeping up with a young man by the name of Jake Richards. (I think his name is Jake) He easily rode away from me and from the looks of the photos I saw he was in his own zipcode until he flatted. Jake is 15 years old. How cool is that.
cj