By CX...! on
11/22/2008 12:54 AM
So today is the first day that I'm allowed to ride. so, what did I do? I rode!here is a summary, so we get down to champions park wearing about 3-4 layers and off the bat I notice my front derailleur was bent so that my chain was rubbing against it. for just a short time fix so I could ride a bit I bent it away from my chain. that worked, for 15 min. but any way after that about half way through my first lap I realized that if I did not go back to the car and get my heaver gloves that my fingers were going to frost bitten. they were so numb I couldn't shift or feel my fingers when I was braking. so after that was taken care of I got back on the course and immediately got a ferocious headache. so I try not to think about it and it went away. while I was not able to ride outside for two weeks I rode a bit just for fun on a trainer, problem is it chewed the tread on my back tire (the tread is as smooth as a road tire) so I fell twice due to sliding out on frozen turns. and then when things could not go worse...
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