So the day after flying back from our Maui vacation, I’m out at The Forks doing a 16km bike race, Icebike 13. Fortunatly, it’s the warmest For an Icebike ever at -4°C. There has not been an Icebike for a couple of years and I was really pleased to see it come back this year. Participants were sporting all manner of bikes from high end road, cross and mountain bikes to some low-end bikes, like the 30+ year old steel commuter bike I road. While a nice light bike might be an asset, especially dragging it up some of the cross-style sections of the course, I think it’s more about the rider. Besides, I didn’t have time to switch over the studded tires to the Specialized Rockhopper, and I really wanted those tires. The tires really paid off as this year there was quite a bit of “ice” in the Icebike course, and while others were slipping and sliding, I was riding hard and confident.
I think this year was my best race result as well. I’d heard that 58 riders registered, the results list 49, 2 DNFs and I placed 26th! Not bad in my estimation. Too bad they don’t rank by age categories. I think that would have moved me way up in the standings. 😉
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