Practice day was good, I hadn't ridden much during the week as stuff on bike kept breaking and then I strained a muscle in my chest on Monday. (The only reason I could do practice and stuff was because Ed from Planet Bikes lent me a rear shock after I broke mine earlier in the week. A big thank you to Ed and Planet Bikes!) About a week ago I had built up the nerve to do the end jump which I was glad to do. Practice was going all good until what would have been my 2nd to last run of the day ended up being last run because I crashed. I crashed on the end jump, as I was coming into it faster than I normally do, so thought I would try and clear it to the transition (bloody great idea that was), ended up coming off it wrong and went straight for a tree at full speed and bent the steerer tube on my new forks (not even a month old).
James Lewis from Sram lent me a bike for me to race on. It was a brand new bike and I got to have first ride on it. Not sure if it was his own or the company's. Just hope I didn't damage it too bad, or break anything on it. (It had a gear box thingy for the front 2 gears which stopped working after I had a small crash on it, and the rear shock pivot stuff came lose before my race run, only noticed it at the top when I was making sure I was in the right gear.)
So in the end I came 7th think, and I was happy with that, mainly because I still did the end jump and was on an unfamiliar bike. A big thank you to James Lewis and Sram!
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