completed my first race

[madguern]

Completed my first race today, determined to do this after starting road racing. I did ok for first time however tumbled off quite a lot, very rocky so new bike took a pounding too. First ever step desent fine, second resulted in a cartwheel and trying to stop bike hitting me in head.

Really wished I had my multitool as half way around saddle worked loose.

But despite being battered and bruised had fun and much harder than road racing.

Cheers

Rob

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Congratulations. Which race was it?

Completed my first race today, determined to do this after starting road racing. I did ok for first time however tumbled off quite a lot, very rocky so new bike took a pounding too. First ever step desent fine, second resulted in a cartwheel and trying to stop bike hitting me in head.

Really wished I had my multitool as half way around saddle worked loose.

But despite being battered and bruised had fun and much harder than road racing.

Cheers

Rob

 

[madguern]

It was the local MTB series , started road racing at start of the year and thought I would give it a go. Being honest, it is much harder racing off road than on. There is no letup and technically difficult to do, especially as pretty much first proper off road course i have ever ridden as well. By the third lap go into it apart from the broken saddle.....

http://www.guernseyvelo.org.gg/

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I have never raced but have done two MTB Marathons so I know what you mean about the technical difficulty

It was the local MTB series , started road racing at start of the year and thought I would give it a go. Being honest, it is much harder racing off road than on. There is no letup and technically difficult to do, especially as pretty much first proper off road course i have ever ridden as well. By the third lap go into it apart from the broken saddle.....


http://www.guernseyvelo.org.gg/

 

[madguern]

It looks like I came 6th out of 10 which considering I fell off more than stayed on not a bad result. Very different to trail riding ;-) need more practise. Back to road racing next week