Originally Posted by
WalksOn2Wheels
Yeah!
And the chain drop: ouch. That's one of those things that if I decided I didn't want to "blame" my finish on it, I don't think I could ever bring myself to tell anyone it happened. I would just let it eat at me endlessly on the inside. That's why you're a better person.
But seriously, great job!
Seriously. $hit happens when you're racing. You have to roll with the punches.
My coach raced at Nationals in the tandem TT. His partner came unclipped and his foot went into the front derailleur. They actually had to stop, get off the bike and fix it, one minute of stopped time in the middle of a TT. And they STILL won by 30 seconds. That's actually more bad a$$ than just winning by 1:30 IMO. Because its way harder to keep your head in the game when something goes wrong than if everything goes perfectly.
Amateur bike racing is just a fun thing, as far as I know, there's no penalty for not winning.
