DNF

Rode my first intermountain cup race in the singlespeed division this weekend at 5 mile pass. I struggled at the start mostly due to nerves, but then felt better and got it going, attacking the climbs and staying off the brakes on the downhills, only to flat coming down off the hike a bike (I pinch flatted on the descent into the hike a bike).

Still feeling ok about things, I removed the detonated slime tube and had the tire changed in fairly short order. I was able to ride the following steep descent more aggressively than normal, and carried good speed through the flat section, only to find I'd pinch flatted again on the bottom part of the second descent.

At that point, as I was out of tubes, my day was over. After about 10 minutes of hiking I stopped to help someone else make a repair, and flagged down Leslie who had crashed earlier and was limping out with a bent rotor. I was able to bum a tube and ride back to the start.

My friend, and team mate finished third on the day - I had to console myself with being happy about letting it rip downhill. Now if only I could do something about line selection and avoiding rocks... might need to go with prescription sun glasses.