North Island Downhill Cup Round 3 (Leivn 24&25/01/09

Practice day didn't go so well, I only got 3 runs max in on my bike. The chain kept falling off and then got jammed in my rear wheel locking it up. I ended up having to get a new chain, front chain ring and rear cassette and did a couple of runs on a 09 Demo a bike mechanic had there.

Race day wasn't any better. Instead of the chain falling off the outside, the chain fell off between the chain ring and bash guard and got stuck so I ended up doing my seeding on the Demo, and I was all over the place. My feet kept coming off. Race run I did on my bike and ended up crashing twice and nearly losing it a couple of times. I wasn't used to riding with Tripples, so I couldn't turn as sharply as I was used to, so I crashed a couple of times because of that. I had just put my rear shock back on when I realised that the shock I had borrowed didn't hold the air.

My seeding run was way better than my race run (seeding about 20 secs faster then race) but oh well. I ended up coming 6th but I should have finished at least 5th. Another weekend of learning more lessons!