ICEMAN 2010...

ICEMAN 2010
6th wave was way cold in the early morning I had to ride back to the hotel before the start and put on my subzero gloves with one more big white base layer and face mask. The early morning waves got to ride real ice on the roads and single track going up hill was slick ice same going down. I was riding in the top 10 in my group...people were getting pretty side ways going down hill and some went down. Almost halfway on the single track someone yelled ROOT as I heard that I had hit it pretty hard and set me off the track.
As I went to get back on the course I noticed my chain had fallen off... the 1X9 set up I was running all year and never came off before...It was a freak thing so I tried to put back on by trying to ram it through the Paul chain guide... after a few good tries I had to get the tools out "Bummer" people were flying by and so were the minutes. My Paul chain guide allen bolt was mounted so close to my frame I couldn't get the wrench into that angle to loosen it...I was about to give up when I caught a bit of the inside of head and it turned! I put the chain on then it was time to tighten the bolt which took as long as it did to loosen. All in all it took me 13 min to fix and get back into the race. I now have in my tool kit a small "L" shaped 5 wrench. I don't think anyone passed me after that I was on a mission to kill or be killed. I went down once on some ice but jumped back on just as fast. I ended up 17th 2:13:42. I was bummed about the mechanical I had...But rode good... felt strong and there is always next year:-) I got to meet Gary Fisher on his 60th birthday. Thanks to Activator Cycles and T6.