Friday, August 19, 2005
Shake Down Spin
Out for a shakedown spin after working on the Epic reveals :
- I have a not so slow leak in the rear tubeless tire, needed to fill it twice from CO2 to make it home.
- My front wheel is WAY out of true. I don't even have a spoke wrench for the Mavic Crossmax SL's
- My left pedal is seized up and wont spin. My fault for never lubing the thing.
Grrrrrreat. More to do before the race tomorrow. I got some pedals, but no one stocks any tubeless MTB tires around here, or tubeless patch kits. Contes gives me a spoke wrench. After finding the leak I still have no way to patch it so have to put a tube in the tubeless, no other choice. The wheel actually trues up well, but after trying every tool I have I can't get the freakin' Crank Brothers Candy pedal off. Why don't they make these to work with a regular pedal wrench like the rest of the world?
Here's the map for the course this weekend. 8.5-9 miles 800 feet of climbing per lap. A great mix of single track double track some gravel road too. A pirate ship, a fort or 2, some TeePees, 8 bridges, 3 lakes, 7 dwarfs and rumor has it Snow White herself will be out there looking for a date!
