You didnt know that you crash in three's?

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

piss off

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king of the road says you move too slow
KING OF THE ROAD SAYS YOU MOVE TOO SLOW

Glad you're OK. I raced the Quincy, FL road race today and watched a few guys crash when we had to turn right and one guy realized at the last minute he shouldn't be going straight. Fairly slow speeds, but at least one other guy hit him and I heard some more crunching sounds in back of me. Yeah, I thought about the thread here for a second. Then I got busy as we hauled ass away from there.

Funny thing was, we were talking about triathlons and cold water swims, difficulty breathing, chop, etc. on the way over this morning, and the cyclists I was riding with think we're nuts for doing that stuff.

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Kendall Frederick

Orange Park, FL

Hell yeah! Sounds great. Way to tough it out and not only finish the race, but pedal yourself home afterwards too! Did you change, or was your ass hanging out all the way home?

Looks intense and like a great way to spend your Saturdays.

I think we can all expect a redemption report next week.

I look forward to it!

I was wondering if anyone from S-twitch would be doing that race. I am a local

nah, rode home as-is (as-was?). i had tights on under the shorts, so there was no blinding white spot to distract anyone driving behind me. ruined two socks, a pair of tights & a pair of shorts. underarmor top & jersey survived unscathed.

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king of the road says you move too slow
KING OF THE ROAD SAYS YOU MOVE TOO SLOW

In my very first road race a guy t-boned me from the side and I crashed and broke a rib after landing on his hip. I had to do a 20 minute all out chase to get back on the field and ended up finishing 7th. Good on you for not quiting and finishing it off.

I've crashed 3 times so far this season... Once, my buddy cut me off cuz he took the wrong turn during a training ride. The other two were hairpin turns that I went into too fast. Luckily none of them have been too bad... just road rash and a contusion in my palm, and I havent taken out any other riders because I try to get into the turns first, which works most of the time as long as you can stay up yourself...oops.

Kudos for finishing, and nice pics too - makes one wanna race :-)

Glad you didn't get hurt. For completeness, here's the race report from the guy who I quoted to start that thread (names changed to protect the guilty):

"The weather was horrid. Rain. Rain. Rain. Well, it settled down into
just a drizzle a few times, but mostly it was rain.

Lovely start. Starter said "go", we went about 20 yards, and an
official decided to turn around in the middle of the road, halting both
the lead vehicle and the 40-50 idiots who turned out for this race.
I've never seen a slower K-turn in my life. Course was 6.3 miles/lap, 7
laps, 4 turns, basically a square course. 1st leg had 2 wooden bridges,
the first of which we hit at about 30 MPH on the first lap. Everybody
held their lines on all the bridges all day long, thankfully; there were
no issues.

Did I say it rained? If not, it rained.

The pace went up/down all day long as folks got excited and/or wanted to
exercise their Johnsons/legs. Not much to report until lap 4 or 5, when
I somehow managed to lose my chain. I could NOT get the damn thing back
on, so I had to stop and unravel it from my rear derailleur. Wheel van
stopped to admire my foul language, asked if I needed help, etc. Once I
was ready to go, I looked into the distance to see the pack WAY off
(>500 yds, I'd guess), and remarked "This is gonna really hurt." Van
driver said "Get behind me." and we regained the pack rather quickly.
It helps when the pack slows to 20 MPH all the while I'm being motopaced
at 35 MPH by the van. :-) That was *fun*!

I heard A--- had to stop to unwrap a jacket from his rear wheel after
that, so I suspect he received similar treatment.

I was trying to learn to breathe again so I was in the back, but I
didn't miss much. B---- chased down a break, then we all behaved until
a little over a lap to go, when M------ and I both moved into the top
10-15 spots. Pace was quite fast, > 30 MPH frequently. I was an idiot
and blew a turn, lost 10 spots, and had to work hard to get remotely
near the front, so I just pulled up the right side only to see the front
had been blown apart. 6 or 8 guys all spread across the road. So I got
back in the pack until < a mile to go, and again I headed up the right
side. I assumed I'd be towing a bunch of folks, but as I blew up and
looked over my shoulder, nobody was there to offer a wheel. M------ said
he was behind me until he noted I was dying, so he jumped over to the
main line in reasonable position. A wise move, indeed. Oh, there were
6 guys off the front by now.

I keep pedaling even though I was blown, passing B---- (who was riding
on the grass after having lost a shoving match), and A---. M------ got
close to breaking the top 10, and I think A------ was close behind him.
B--------- packed it up after 3 laps, as he was sick"

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"Go yell at an M&M"

thanks. it's not in me to quit. i wasn't strong enough to stay off the front for more than 5 minutes, so i knew i wouldn't be able to catch back up. i kept hoping they'd slow down & i'd see someone looking back, gesturing for me to hurry up...

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king of the road says you move too slow
KING OF THE ROAD SAYS YOU MOVE TOO SLOW

Wow, great pics! You look the part but unless the rules change for bike racing: your seat is too high!