I did not make a decision to go to Eau Claire, WI to race in the Chippewa Valley Firecracker til Sunday morning because I do not enjoy cleaning & repairing my bike for hours! Loaded the vehicle & on my way there it was pouring out but, dry in Eau Claire---Sweet!
The race rolls out for a mile to clear out the field but, this "person" jumps in front of me as just before the single track to, I guess to slow me down!!! As the group rolled away in front of this guy we came to a hill & he could not make it up & not wanting to slow down I went to his right as he was tipping over my left brake lever hit his seat & Snap----there goes my front brake!!! I don't get to excited about racing anymore but, I still got after him about cutting me off and not knowing how to ride!!! Then a bit later he hit the brakes again so I did not want to hit him again so I hit my brakes--little did I know while I was hitting my brakes I was crossing a root & ended up going down as people were passing me I found out later that I broke a spoke in my rear.
Since I was having such a clean race I was a bit pissed off---that being said!!! I will just say that nobody passed me and that is all I did was pass people for the next lap & half!! I ended up 4th in my age & only 20 seconds behind 1st in my age----AAARRGGGGGGG!!!!!
Later
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