I found some muddy tracks this weekend.
At Omni-motion's 24 hours at Rietvlei.
The race was stopped for 2 hours due to a thunderstorm.
When the tracks opened again at 7-30-ish, it was a fairy-land of red & white lights out there on the tracks. Some bikes made it through the mud. Some weren't so lucky.
After half an hour for 2 km's, i decided to give the lap up and dragged the bike back to camp. It was slow going - the bike was too heavy to pick up, and as soon as i stopped pedalling, the backwheel stopped turning. Believe it or not - up till that stage the rear derrailleur was still working. It took another half an hour to get it back, and then about 2 hours to get the bike ridable again.
Thank you to all the samaritans out there who helped with getting the mud off!
Luckily the organisers decided to cut that 2 km out of the loop, and i was back on the bike for another few loops.
A good weekend!
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