Crap, crap, crap

It has been a while since I have trashed something on my bike and yesterday ended that streak.  As I was going up a small hill on loop 13 at Rowlett Creek the derailleur hanger snapped and wrapped the derailleur around my cassette.

I tried to do a makeshift conversion to single speed by taking off the derailleur and shortening the chain but it wouldn't work with the 10speed chain and cassette.  This is also when I discovered the cassette was trashed too.

I'll be taking my bike over to the bike shop this morning to have them look at the frame.  The derailleur did some damage to a one of the seat stays and I am not a carbon expert so I want them to look at it.  I am not sure what is going to happen if the frame is trashed.  The beauty of bike designs is that the derailleur hangers are designed to rip off before they do damage to the frame.  So getting the derailleur back on shouldn't be too big of a deal.  However, one of the bolt sheared off and I am hoping the bike shop can get it out with out too much issues.  I don't have to tools to drill out and retap the hole.  The derailleur is a little banged up but doesn't look bent so it might be okay.  I know I will have to replace the chain, hanger, and cassette.  

Quick update, races announced!

This has been a rough year for my MTBing and my weight.  After spending some time in Arizona climbing hills at altitude I finally have motivation to get my weight back under control.  Pedaling my fat ass up those hills sucked.  Yeaaa for motivation.  I have been severely lacking in that department for a long time now.

The lakes are still over full and will probably stay that way for the rest of the summer.  One of my favorite races series finally threw in the towel and said they are cancelling their races.  There would be no way they could put together their races with so many trails closed.  

However, there was some good news.  DORBA finally announced the dates and trails for the North Texas XC Series and there are some ball busters in there.  All of these trails are going to be hard races.  I race my best on fast and twisty single track and these trails are not that.  This is like a nightmare lineup for me.  

Date	Name	Location
11-07-2015	DORBA XC Series - Rain Date 2
10-25-2015	DORBA XC Series - Race 5	Boulder
10-18-2015	DORBA XC Series - Rain Date 1
10-11-2015	DORBA XC Series - Race 4	Dinosaur Valley
09-26-2015	DORBA XC Series - Race 3	Frisco
09-13-2015	DORBA XC Series - Race 2	Big Cedar
08-30-2015	DORBA XC Series - Race 1	Tyler State Park

I doubt I will make the first race. I don't think I will be ready by the end of August but I might go out and get my ass kicked anyway.  :)

There will be a vacation blog coming soon, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.