Mountain Biking - Midwest Fat Tire XC Race (pics)

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Wait
04-27-03, 03:02 PM
That would be me..
http://www.joekiske.com/speed.jpg
Dirtgrinder..
http://www.joekiske.com/chainbreak.jpg
Check out DG's jersey!
http://www.joekiske.com/stare.jpg
::Caption::
I don't know what that smell is man, do you think something died.. ?
http://www.joekiske.com/thoughts.jpg

Chuvak
04-27-03, 04:38 PM
Did you win?
Wait
04-27-03, 04:42 PM
First in my class. It was also my first race. :D

Chuvak
04-27-03, 04:45 PM
What class are you in? Sorry I don't race so I 'm not familiar with all the classes. Anyways, gongrats!!!!!!:thumbup:
Wait
04-27-03, 04:50 PM
beginner..
I was 2min and 4sec ahead of 2nd place. :cool:
It was 5 miles each lap (2 laps for beginner) and most was up hill.
http://www.joekiske.com/1st.jpg
bac
04-27-03, 06:27 PM
Originally posted by Wait
First in my class. It was also my first race. :D

That's fantastic - good riding!!! :beer:
Middi-zon
04-27-03, 06:36 PM
Compairing pic #1 to pic #2, it looks like you were going a hell of a lot faster than Dirtgrinder :D

-Middi-zon
Dirtgrinder
04-27-03, 07:40 PM
Originally posted by Middi-zon
Compairing pic #1 to pic #2, it looks like you were going a hell of a lot faster than Dirtgrinder :D

-Middi-zon
If you'll notice, I'm further up the hill and still going straight. Turning pics always look faster.
I doubt if anyone went down the hill faster than I did right then. I was extremely pi$$ed at the time. You can't see from the pic, but my chain is in my left hand. I was kickin' butt up until then. Even after pushing the last mile, no-one had passed me yet.
I wasn't in the same race category as Joe. Congrats Joe! :) And it was great to meet you.
Wait
04-27-03, 07:54 PM
Thx,
Good meeting you too.
I figured if you wanted anything said about the chain I would leave it up to you. Now you know how you will preform at the next race... be sure to get a new chain before then though..
Dirtgrinder
04-27-03, 08:00 PM
I figured out what caused it. The popping I was hearing was actually my pos Formula hub again. It started slipping last week. I took it apart, (again), and cleaned it up. Thought it would make it through the race. It would slip a cog or two and then catch, hard. I really think that is what made the chain snap like that. The chain wasn't that old and not hardly stretched at all. I almost cancelled going to that race because of it. Guess I should have! :) It was fun anyway.