Kittatinny Hose Down Thread

John Baumann said:
This is only my third race, so I expected everything to go like my first two; well it didn't, but I still had a great time and the experience and lessons will stay with me.
I still say that everyone who entered and tried is a winner.
My day in the twilight zone began as I pulled into the lot @7am and realized I forgot my helmet. Too far to go back home, I hoped to rely on the kindness of others. PTB66 came through big time and lent me a spare(THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS "Sport"!).
So he, Liong, and I do a preride. I'm ordinarily superstitious about being on the race course the day of but I rationalized my way through it by acknowledging the current altered conditions warranted a new strategy. We talked about stategy and what lines to take. I'm deciding to be cautions because conditions were as slick as I've seen anywhere and that it would not be prudent to go ape shit mad dog. I experienced some erratic shifting at my front derailer but figured I would tweak it when I got back to the lot. After all I would need to do a quick cleaning and let some air out of my tires anyway.
Back to the lot and truck to do my thing and greet and chat with all my new riding buddies. OK I thought..."the race Gods are smiling"... when we were called to the staging area.
Idle banter, everbody wishing each other well while silently scoping out the competition and finalizing strategy. And we're off! A couple hundred yards in the grass I'm in fourth after passing several guys as we turn up the hill into the woods. I figure this will be a good place to hang (if I can). Then, left turn onto the singletrack rock garden. They're all slippin' as I new they would. Here I go-but, pssssstt flat tire. Pinch flat I thought; I softened my psi too much. off the trail I go to change the tube as the rest of my class passes me. New tube in as the 50+ crowd passes, then as I'm filling it with
CO2, I can't decide what bothers me more; all the women and children going by or the sight of the new tube bulging through the gash in my sidewall, then Kaboom! I'm out of the race.
Carrying the bike down the trail past the timekeepers and out of the woods I get this peaceful sensation as I come across Liong frantically pulling on his locked truck doors. It really put things in perspective for me. I feel as if he saved my day...
Sometimes you just can't do anything about the unplanned stuff that happens...but you can decide how you react to it.
I had a great day and congratulate all who showed up for life.
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This is the best race report I have ever read. :popcorn:
 
Utah Joe said:
When I saw him, he landed from like 11 feet in the air and the bike sound like someone broke a broom handle in half. hahahahaha
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I'm sorry, I actually saw someone throw their Superfly into the woods after having some chain issues. Kinda like the David Milar bike toss off the cliff.

-matt
 
walter said:
Good times today. Today was my first race and while I'm not totally excited with my finish, it wasn't that bad. I have been going back and forth or quite some time if racing is really for me, I pre reg'd the other night and up until this morning I still had thoughts of bailing.
See you freaks in two months.
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John Baumann said:
Sometimes you just can't do anything about the unplanned stuff that happens...but you can decide how you react to it.
I had a great day and congratulate all who showed up for life.
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Congrats Walter...you are inspiring me, after baseball season I think I'm gonna do a race. Maybe JH???

John, sorry to hear your tire blew out. Sounds like you had fun any way..good deal.
 
RacerChick said:
I want to see the bears!
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Christina, I saw a mom and two cubs while I was pre-riding. I also have pixy's ability to attract bears.

As for my race, things went pretty well and I had lots of fun. I enjoy Kittatiny and the Bulldogs did a great job as always. I held on for 9th overall but 2nd in the state championship.

Thanks again Luke for hanging out all day and getting some awesome shots!!!!
 
It seemed Norm got a kick out of me stopping to take a drink at the start finish. Haha I was so tired from the long azzz flat/feild thing. :popcorn:
 
In this picture there are 2 people racing, and 1 pre-riding. Can you tell which is which?

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MTBTyler said:
It seemed Norm got a kick out of me stopping to take a drink at the start finish. Haha I was so tired from the long azzz flat/feild thing. :popcorn:
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Dude - Camelback or bottles on the bike.

You cant stop like that. :getsome:
 
I must have made 70001 pedal strokes in that stoooopid feild with my SS. It killed me!! That stop was well worth it.:drooling:
 
It's okay, I had a ponytail, mustang, and singlespeed when I was in highschool.
but that was the mid 90's 😛
 
poor iggy said:
...you are inspiring me, after baseball season I think I'm gonna do a race. Maybe JH???

John, sorry to hear your tire blew out. Sounds like you had fun any way..good deal.
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Thanks Chris. I've been wondering why you weren't racing but then I remembered the baseball thing.
I think you'd do great on the race course.
 
Norm said:
Yes. You only stop for flats and when the contents of your saddle bag blow out all over the trail. 🙄
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I thought about stopping for the bag.. but decided against it..

And i had no choice for the 2 flats...


rough crowd in here 😛


and for the record, stopping in the woods is different than stopping at the start/finish line.. 😀
 
mattmor said:
I'm sorry, I actually saw someone throw their Superfly into the woods after having some chain issues. Kinda like the David Milar bike toss off the cliff.

-matt
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That guy was so mad by the time he got back to his car he gave me his bike. He told me that he will never ride it again . Must have been my lucky day.😀
 
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