Cowbell V - Conky's Cross Crusade - Hammer!

Seriously. Where the hell was Conky?  Last year had the missing cheeseburger.  This year, a missing puppet.  What gives?

I woke up feeling good, and scored some expensive french toast made with white bread with icing sugar.  Holy cow no wonder the world is fat.

Car packed, kids cranky, wife pissed off at me 'cause we're running late and I'm ruining my karma.

Arrive, snag a parking spot and drag out the tent and the rest of all my kit I brought to the races.  I think I over packed, and yet, when asked for some duct tape, I didn't have any.

My warmup was short, not enough for sure.  But I remembered the course from last year and was really looking forward to it.

I lined up again, early, and once again was rewarded by being in the lead for 100m or so.  The kids were impressed.

This course, while flat, was better for me, and I was on the gas the entire time. I did fall, loosing a place, but I eventually got it back and succeeded in riding past a couple guys. 

I even put in a bit of an attack and gapped a rider I was worried about. Nothing major, and the guys in front rode away from me at a very steady rate.

All in all a good race. 4th out of 27.  F! Yeah!

I'm pretty sure that rocking carbon wheels, on a friggin' Pinarello, gave me some added incentive to ride as hard as I could.  You can't hide on that thing and pretend you're just there for some fresh air.

Drill it.

 

 

Comments

[Jeff Moote]

What tires did you end up mounting to your carbon wheels (and therefore I am also asking what you ran on Sunday)?

I ran a file tread rear/fango front, and during the laps that I was riding with John Van Arragon I noticed how much more he was working to get his bike through the sandy corners with file tread front and rear. I'm convinced the Fango is fast enough to be worth the extra grip up front all the time, at least for me.

Might need to bust out something knobbier this weekend, if tonight and tomorrow's showers leave the Guelph course a little wet. The off camber there is enough to bump file treads off the list even when it's dry...