We had a pretty good field (John Curry, Ben Parsons, Butterfield, Procter …) but it was the usual Ben, John, and Myself that took off the front on the first climb. Half way through out the first lap John twisted his chain and had to retire. I chased down Ben and settled in behind him.
On lap two I passed Ben on the climb midway through and powered away. With one lap to go I had 4 minutes on Dan and tons of time on the rest of the field. With a couple miles to go my chain snapped.
Instead of settling down and fixing it properly I elected to try and run it in. Soon I realized I was too far out and tried to fix the chain. I went 100 feet and it broke again. Ben passed me and I made my bike into a single speed. It broke again, this time three others passed. I finished on a single speed in 5th.
It was quite a race … My current status!
- Headset – sounded like a bad bearing so I took it apart and cleaned up so I will have to wait and see if the crackling sound pops up again. Should be good to race with.
- Bottom Bracket – Unaffected by Sundays catastrophe.
- Chain Ring – Arrives today!
- Chain – New one is on the bike and looking good.
- Cassette – New one is on the bike and feeling light.
- Rear Dérailleur – Stressed and bent, needs replacement. Tweaked and adjusted … Works fine and shouldn't break down anytime soon.
- Rear Cassette Body – (questionable) Bearing worn out probably from the cross gearing Sunday. Cassette has excessive play but shifts ok. "Should" make it till end of season. Bearing needs replaced. I'll need a 17mm deep socket to extract.
- Brake Lever – bent! I was able to bed back. Time will tell if this will hold up.
- Myself – broken but repairable with time. Going to race Sunday.
The worst part is that I made an ass of myself at the parking lot as I threw my bike in the car (busting the brake lever). That is the part that I regret the most.
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