The 1st mistake happened last Friday, over-thinking and under-prepairing (mechanically) for this weekend’s race… Against my better judgement I switched rear cogs on Friday evening without a hard shake-down ride on Saturday. 19t was the call, but not having a single specific cog was a big mistake. No shake-down ride an even bigger mistake. The Mrs. tells me the course was sweet (we’ll get to her ride in a second)… Temps good for racing. We’re off… At least everyone else was. 1st power-stroke and Ka-ching. My chain’s hanging around my pedal. Get it back on… Ka-ching dangling again, check the tension ok.. Last attempt up the long climb (soft pedaling) Ka-ching… That’s it… I’m chalking it up to lessons learned. My 1st DNF on a bike ever… On the bright side!
The Mrs. raced her 1st WORS race ever, taking 8th overall and 2nd in her class. Stellar result and she’s super 
pumped. Dax took the kid’s race. The lead-out guy told him he’d give him $5 if he beat him. He must have offered it up right here, cause the pass was instant… When I asked him to go, he told me he was waiting for his $5… Hey, when you’re a kid, a throw-down is a throw-down..
