McGill McTree . . . . . . George?

George of the Jungle? . . . . Watch out for that....

Break a Chain . . . hit a tree? Who put THAT in the rule book!?!?!?

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(I held the pieces together juuuuust right to get the upload onto STRAVA)

On the McGill mid section where you have to power out of some corners due to the slight climbs, I come out of a corner and stand up on the pedals to power up the next section to descend and my chain breaks (second time this chain breaks)...

Unfortunately, I was in the full "push on the pedal mode" when "snap!" and the next thing I know I'm watching this midsized tree on the left coming right at me! I thought, "I'm not really gonna hit this tree am I?" Blam! Just like Wile E. Coyote, hit this tree dead on, bounce back off it straight onto my back looking up at the sky right in the middle of the trail... yes, I did see sparks on impact, and yes, I saw stars as I laid on the ground...







So after I laid there a while trying to figure out if I broke anything other than my pride, I got up de-chained the rear derailleur and coasted the rest of the way down McGill to the "Y" parking lot with the shrapnel of my Garmin in my back pocket to finish the STRAVA...

Drove home, jumped in the shower with a Modelo and then went to a wedding that afternoon...
What's the chances of finding ANOTHER Garmin Edge 705 on Craigs List...huh?

 

Thanks for the RR I think? Looks like that was pretty painfull, no concussion luckly huh? Good story for wedding goers I guess, and I can't believe the Garmin was still working. I would just get some duct tape for now. :lol: glad you are alright!

 

...it's the next day and I feel pretty good, surprisingly. I need to pick up a couple of master links.

At the Wedding I tried to tell them I did it on my Mountain Bike and they looked somewhat incredulous at me, so when I changed it to domestic violence they settled down...

...as far as the Garmin I think I can fix it with some larger threaded screws or just super glue it shut and worry about the next time I have to replace the battery. ha ha!

 

LOL! And our ride wasen't really worth the drive today, so you didn't really miss anything .

 

Sorry about yo face!
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Is the tree okay? :lol:

Dang Mikie that middle section of McGill has it out for you. Glad you are okay!

 

ow Ow and Owwww! Hope you are ok - that face looks pretty grizzly!
Had a good day at Rim Nordic - won my very first Cat 1 race woohoo! Tracy won her first Cat 2 race by minutes!

 

I'm okay bud...
Congrats on winning the Expert Class. That IS a very good feeleing! NICE!

 

I cut myself worse shaving! :shock:

 

Your talking about the knee, right?
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. . . . . . . . no doubt....

 

Long time since I hit off a bong.....hmmmmm.....vapor is where its at

Nothing like a knee-bending, smoke belching, lung-busting, bong rip to start your day! :shock:

 

I posted this in the wrong Forum...so I moved it.