Even though I died with a bang it was completely devoid of drama. As I hiked my bike all the way down from the very top of Solitude I told everyone that asked that I had double flatted. That wasn’t really true it just seemed like the easiest thing to say without having to explain myself. I mean who has time to listen to a story at race pace?
I got a big hole in my tire on the very first rocky section and the Stans didn’t seal until it hit 5 pounds of pressure. Or, so I thought. I wasted my only air cartridge getting it back up to about 40 pounds before it started blowing air again. I went ahead and changed the flat thinking maybe I could bum some air off another racer while I hiked off the mountain. The more I thought about it the more stupid it sounded, “hey, can I have your air because I only brought one?”
I said nothing and hiked it out. I can’t complain too much, it’s the only flat I’ve had all year. Too bad it had to be on my last ICUP race of the year. Next up, Butte 100. I guess I better start training.
Congrats to Sam for the W and everyone that hung in there just to finish, It looked like it hurt a lot.
Sorry about the flat. You were flying (as always) until that happened. And the sleeveless was the right call today.
You know you would have had more fun riding the Nebo Loop with us on Sat.
ARGH, sorry about the tire … when Stans fail, they fail big … see you at the Butte 100