Archive for February 2010
SKINNED, CLEANED & HUNG OUT TO DRY
Raced the Ronde van Brisbane criterium this past weekend in SoSan. Rain, fog and a slime storm kept the E3 starting field low. Maybe 40 peeps. The crux of this fun and technical biscuit was a hair pin turn followed by a pinched left turn. Rain. I held a position in the top eight for most of the race. Even tagged along on the back end of a break. Rain. Eight laps left to race. Seven. Six. Rain. Five. Ooops. It was here that I managed to posterize myself. Just me and the bike skating away on the thin ice of life. Up. Down. That quick. That simple. So simple that I tried to continue racing but soon realized that my rear derailleur was grazing the spokes."Citizen!!!! Please move away from the race course. " That was yelled at me from the race helicopter. The propeller draft almost lifted my skirt. So the day was done. Back at the truck wet with blood, sweat and tears I had one thought " I wish I could see where I would have placed."
Not a bad thought. When's the next race?
