Thursday, 9 September 2010

#September100 ride and another Jones XR rear gets torn...

Well, a quick thrash last night has gone to prove I probably could/should have gone quicker at the weekend in Kielder but hey ho, next year will be different as I think I have already said.

Nothing hugely technical last night but some proper hills to scale and some rough stuff to come back down. One nadgery little chute has still got me buggered though. I have ridden it, wildly and barely (well, not really at all) in control, all 15-20 feet of it, ages ago on my hardtail, but now...
It just spooks me, bit damp, bit uneven, few rocks that stick up just enough to stop you, no real line through so some rock attacking required but I keep bloody stopping at the top! My head says to itself on the way "come on, you can do this just ride it" but my body slows to a stop and I am too close to start and clip in, turning round and having another go just doesn't occur to me, so I get off and stumble down.
Bugger, bottled it again.
Then I take in out on the fast rough track further down, get load of confidence back and wish we were back at the top so I could show it who is boss (safe in the knowledge that we are not going back up).

This time however the brutal slamming through the rocks blasted a neat hole in the side of my shiny second hand Jones XR rear. Damn. Went with a bang it did, oh yea, though it might hold up for a few moments as I slowed gently but I was instantly crashing through the rocks on the rim at what the GPS reliably informs me was 21.9 mph. An odd sensation, but the rim survived ok and a tube had me back on my way again soon enough. At least it gave me another 13.2 miles towards #September100 and the encouragement to get to Ruthin for the Merida CRC marathon in a week or so's time.

So, what repair kit for tubeless tyres then?

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