Two Wheel Blogs

During yesterday's P12 race a rider stops pedaling, slows, and unclips his right foot. From the follow vehicle we note that he can't unclip his left foot because his entire left crank arm has come away from the bike.

Ah, the things you see in a bike race.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of working as an official at the inaugural Tour de Grove in (where else but) the Grove section of St. Louis. Now, I wasn't one of the officials who spent their day in the shaded and sheltered start/finish area. I was the lowly official set off to the back side of the course to man pit #2.

That was one long week.

Actually it's been well over a week; but the first bunch of days after my crash the week before last were the absolute longest days of my life. Bar none.

Last night's TT was the sixth in the series of 15. It almost wasn't for a couple of reasons.

Friday morning already? I can't seem to get caught up. This season will almost certainly go down as the busiest season on record for me. I must be making up for having lost last season.

So here I am on Friday morning catching up on Wednesday's TT. What a night we had. About 35 toed the line and experienced the best conditions yet this year for fast soloing.

According to the weather record at yesterday's Timetrial, the wind was blowing a constant 17 mph at the time of my ride. I can tell you, it was all of that.

Thankfully it wasn't gusting. I think that would have been the undoing of my day. I greatly prefer punching a whole into a steady wind over being constantly punched in the gut by a gusting wind.