So, the UltraMidwest isn't going to happen for me. The gallbladder just took too much out of me. I was released back to the bike on the 20th, and scheduled the Wabash River Century on the 31st. I only got two rides in before the Century, but still, I was feeling good by the 31st. It was a beautiful October day in August when the ride commenced, and everything looked good. My GPS died 3:09 into the ride, but I was averaging 18.5 mph to that point and the day was still looking good. About an hour later, around mile 75, I slid into a descending corner that was flat, back tire slipped, I went off the right side of the road past the turn, buried the front wheel in sand and went over the handlebars into the trees. Of course, the bike came too, since I was clipped in. When everything stopped moving, I was laying on top of the back wheel, with the horn of the saddle through my chinstrap (I cannot begin to understand what happened to allow this). I couldn't move because the rear of the saddle was resting hard against my left cheek, and the strap was tight across my throat. Eventually, I figured out what was going on, and got loose. I got up, and everything looked OK, except for the bright red liquid on the leaves...
So, a little blood from my left cheek, and a scrape on my left leg, but the real pain was the "s" shaped bend to the rear wheel. Ride over at 75 miles in...
Good news: Mavic says they can repair the wheel for "only" 200 dollars...
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