I ride a 57ish. The bike is at the dealer now, and I'm waiting to hear from the Swissy's what's going on. Thankfully I'll be fishing for the next week. Hopefully we'll hear something in that time.

And, FWIW, the bike didn't get jacked up completely at RA. I notice the crack after Wonder Lake. After the RA hills, though, it's a billion times worse. That frame is dead. According to the guy at the bike shop, it's the first time he's ever seen an aluminum BMC crack like that. Being fat really doesn't pay in this silly sport.

Anyhow, RA was fun while it lasted. First lap seemed tame. Small ring between 5 and 6, coming up through 13 and then again on the start finish straight. Nobody really tried to do much of anything. Second lap was a little more animated with a few riders getting shed on the hills. Coming around for the third lap, things were fine through turn 1, down into turn 3. On the LOOOOOOOOONG downhill run to turn 5, though, some dudes touched wheels and set off mayhem. I was sitting towards the back of the pack, and it looked like the domino effect of the wreck started moving right. I was already on the far right corner of the road and headed for the grass. As I did, I got run into from behind and knocked out of one of the pedals. By the time I made it back over to the pavement, most of the pack had rocketed down the rest of the straight. I chased and did managed to get on the back coming out of 12, but I had nothing left and was dropped hard on the finish straight.

Looking at the stats, I was doing about 30 before going down to about 0 and then having to get back to about 30 running into turn 5. For the 35 minutes or so I was in the race, I think it was a 20 MPH average with NP just shy of 300.