Originally Posted by badsac

I had my first race on the weekend. Well it was an adventure race with a mtb component anyway. After 15 years of faithful service on my old Trek 920, my rear derailleur fell apart probably 10 km into the 25 km ride (after most of the downhill sections of course). Of all the times to happen. We came in 113 out of 150. Even most of the chicks beat us. Not an auspicious start to my racing career.