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Team Bikeman -
Race Reports
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Written by Pete Werner
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
Coolest 24 (8 hour version)
Cool, CA
May 3rd, 2008
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Well we rolled into Cool, CA for the 8 hour race. It was hot and exposed mostly double track with some single track and lots of dust. We started off behind the 24 hour folks and it was almost a total black out with the dust that was kicking around. I tried to chill for the first two laps since there were so many people to pass. This is my favorite photo, not because I look all bad ass and stuff but, if you look closely you can see my buddy roadie joe in the background.....way behind :)
I decided that it would be a waste of energy to pass and then just get bogged down again. The dust was so bad that by the third lap I thought something in my rear wheel was dragging, but it seemed to work itself out.
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Anyway, I finished in 11th place out of almost 50 I think, which I was pretty happy with since I wasn't super motivated to race on this course since it was really hot and pretty exposed (roadie type singltrack), so I kept a pretty conservative pace throughout the race but, it did start to hurt a bit.
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Jimmy did a great Job putting on the race, the vibe was absolutely amazing and so positive, with all of the money going to Cancer Research.
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The Mamasita held up well. The Lefty generated lots of interest and the Salsa Delgado ghetto tubless converstion held up
Pete
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