Diving

Well that was fun .
Yesterday is definitely not going into the scrapbook of pleasurable rides , more like the scrap heap .
I've never been a fan of off road cycling but when it's on a rocky loose surface with 32mm tyres I become even less of a fan .
After losing one of my front pannier rack clips when my bike box was delivered at Venice in a saturated and disintegrating condition ( no idea how because it wasn't raining ) so I was left with only one clip and bolt which proceeded to work its way loose on the rocky trail . The result of this was to allow the pannier rack to fall onto the tyre creating an instant brake and me sailing through the air to endure a rather solid all points landing .Not to be daunted we got going again for another 100 Mt with a very similar result only this time with the loss of a lot more bark . The Russian judge gave me 8/10 for dismount , a bit lousy
Hopefully that's the end of my antics for this trip and the rest is pleasurable .
Happy pedalling
Kev