This is not conducive to a good race result:

From Bikes

I dropped my chain on the second climb. I quickly shifted it back on to the chainring, but apparently DESTROYED my front derailleur in the process. Six months of waiting, 30 minutes of warming up in the cold rain, five minutes of racing. Sweet.

I scooted back to the start/finish, then scooted back to the parking lot. Great way to start the season.

It should also be noted that I was rather cavalier in my pronouncement that I would clear the bar I set last year. Clearly, finishing the race was too great a goal…

Posted on 29 March 2009