Race begins, things are looking good until our second pass on Rt7 where I feel some sluggishness in the rear tire. This happened at the end of Sturbridge RR. I fiddle with the rear brake bridge and things appear to be better but I see 300 watts when I'm in the middle of the pack. Soon after (2mi) I have a true flat. The follow car pulls over quickly and the driver opens the rear hatch. I say "Shimano 10", he knows nothing of branding or wheels - I fish out a DT240 rear wheel with a DA 10 branded lockring.
As I'm reassembling, a Razorfish guy goes by and calls out "Cat4?". Yeah! I yell back. So he hangs back a little and we proceed to finish the race together. On some of the climbs I drop him a bit and on every corner he must have yo-yo'ed himself. Still he was very strong on all the flat straight sections and I could tell he was a TT'ist. I was glad to have him for company and to have worked together. Steve, start doing some 2x20's!
Race done, finished 12 or 13 minutes back, stayed out of a crash (due to the weary) and shoved off to NoHo for some grub at La Veracruzana.
Update: I found a small metal shard stuck in the center of the tire casing! Now that it's removed I can super glue the mini hole.
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