Got out for a road ride on the mountain bike today. Did the academy loop twice, plus the ride down to Jon's house. So, about 29 miles total. My legs felt pretty wasted for the first loop, then felt a bit better the second loop (was probably going a bit slower, though). Anyway, that will probably be my last hard and long ride before the race.
I have a creak on my bike that is driving me bonkers. Need to figure that out. Seems to be from the bottom bracket/chainring/crank area. Same as earlier, but not as annoying as the last time around.
I also noticed something weird w/ the back wheel when we were stopped for a brake today. With the back brake engaged, the wheel would still rock back and forth a bit. Turns out my centerlock rotor lockring was loose. Fixed that.
I tried Jon's seatbag and still had thigh rub. We then compared seatposts and noticed that the thigh rub on my setup is due to a slight setback post. So, I'll go looking at some seatbags and see if I can find a tiny one.
I also noticed Jon was using a small pump attached to his frame. I've used this in the past, but had forgotten about that option. I think I'll give that a shot, so I can reduce the size needed for my seatbag.
Oh yeah, as suggested in the mtbr thread I started, I velcro strapped my spare tube down by the bottom bracket for today's ride. Worked fine. I think that may be a go for race config.
The ghetto Stan's setup worked fine for the ride, too. Rim strip and valve for rear Arch should arrive Wednesday or Thursday and then I'll be full tubeless.
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