Last ride, I dropped the chain on a climb. It jammed, badly, between the carbon frame and the smallest chainring... upon examination it had dug right through the paint and into the carbon itself!
Nooooooo! My beautiful new bike!
Took it in yesterday, the guy seemed certain it was no big deal and said they see it all the time. Bad design, that!
In any case, I'm on pins and needles hoping my bike is OK. As a backup plan i can always toss road tires on my cyclocross bike just to get to race... hopefully doesn't come to that though.
Update: my bike is OK! Fixed and ready to go!
Meanwhile I managed to get in a long 1850m swim straight through. Felt OK, just a bit boring (74 lengths... Zzzzz). I haven't been in open water this year but shouldn't be a problem, been there, done that, and no major expectations.
Goal is just to go through all the disciplines and see if I'm missing anything. The run is famously hot and shadeless so pacing will be a game time decision.
1 comment:
Hi, same thing happened to me twice with the chain, getting stuck 70 km from home, husband not happy to pick me up, so I installed a chain catcher, problem solved, you do not want that to happen in a race that would be the end ot it!!!
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