The guys work so hard for that event yet there were people moaning about the queue for the bike wash.
90mins I waited… Having been told I had no choice basically (I’d happily take my bike home dirty but was told wasn’t allowed!), then they did a rush job on it (still plenty of mud on it now anyway), and then 10mins after they’d washed mine (and with a queue of 100’s of people left still to get their bikes washed), they just packed it up and went home!
That was what irked… The rules were being made up as they went along. The lack of organisation (2 jet washes for what, 1200 people?) didn’t help either, but was possibly forgivable given it’s the first time they’ve had to do this, but changing the rules as they went along took the piss!
Anyway… Other than that… Some brutal climbs (as ever), not helped by the fact I’m really not bike fit at the moment, and some class rocky descents. To the guy that swerved right (right into where I was going) when I shouted “on your right” to him as I was passing on WC descent (and then continued to throw profanities at me!), “on your right” means exactly that… I am passing you on your right… Where there was a gap to do so until you decided to try to close it off! Everyone else all day was superb, and to the many that passed me on the climbs I thank you for the encouragement!