The premise was golden. Meet teammates Hannes Schneider and Krissy for a morning spin on some gloriously tight pine forest singletrack, over some gnome-built bridges and along wide doubletrack. Valley skiers know the Schneider name and its link to modern day skiing. Hannes also mountain bikes, and after a hiatus, he's back in the saddle. All was sweet, until the carnage. Just over a mile into the ride, my rear derailleur snapped off and took a chain link with it. Hannes and Krissy rode on like brave soldiers while I hobbled with my wounded pride back to the truck. I vowed to press on, and decided to train for the night ride. So I went home and took a nice long nap. Upon awakening I looked at my road bike.

Comments

Re: Carnage
by Krissy on Jul 23rd 2007, 3:17 pm

Marty - sorry you missed out on the rest of the ride. The riding was fun until we popped out on an unknown road just short of a pit bull. He knew better then to chase Hannes and instead came for me - I screamed - we escaped - finished up unbitten, a little lost, missing your humor and a bit shaken by the dog scare but overall a great ride.

Re: Carnage
by Sven on Jul 24th 2007, 12:12 pm

this is why you should ride a single speed!

Re: Carnage
by Ryan on Jul 25th 2007, 5:19 pm

Who invited the tough guy?

Re: Carnage
by Hannes on Jul 27th 2007, 8:53 am

I'm here to post in this very important entry that what Marty says is the truth. Especially the part about the post ride training.

Re: Carnage
by Ian on Jul 27th 2007, 9:55 pm

Single Speed!!? Marty, be sure to ask Sven how he's feeling after the race!