You can't win them all!
A tough day in more ways than one!
Got off to a good start, holding the lead for two & half laps,
Then the Gremlins came out causing some drive train mechanicals costing me big chunks of time.
I think it was caused by grazing the rear derailleur on a rock in a very tight section.
With the amount of steep climbing on this course, approx 350m per lap, smooth shifting gears was quite important to say the least, wheels don't turn real fast with a chain wedged in between the cluster & the spokes..........Boo
A couple of laps later throwing a chain on a smooth slight downhill???............Hiss
I ended up completing 9 laps, 5th or 6th place, with over 3000m of climbing & due to the early fast pace & spasmodic chasing between mechanicals feeling like a spat out half chew unwanted anchovy from a Pizza.
Great course & should be some good pics to come.
Live to ride, ride to live,
Troy
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