Topeka CX

Upon hearing that this race was hilly, I went in early to the store to work on my bike, had to swap the 11-25 6700 cassette to 11-28t. I have a 38/46 right now but the 38 is all bent up so I'm stuck in the 46t always, I guess this was kind of a good thing.

The race in Topeka on Saturday was good for me. It had a semi technical section with proper barriers into a hard climb/ technical descent. I won the ss pretty easily and didn't have to pedal much. In the open race we had to go a lot harder. After 2 laps it was me Justin, Ben S., and Mark C. The course had a good climb into a barrier, which then had a very steep run up. I hit the barrier fast and ran up hard. Got a gap and was able to keep it a while. Justin caught me but I kept gaining time at the run up. The last lap was pretty much a victory lap, I had lots of time to take it easy. The course was great, very flowy. All the tape was not breakable and the stakes were super strong, it you hit them, you were the first to hit the ground, no the stakes.

Thank you to Monster Energy Drink for having drinks there, I drank a few and they made me feel pretty good.


Some pics here.


Gonna try and race 1x10 now. Should save a little weight in the front, gonna probably try out the Paul deal since its the lightest.