A nasty little surprise

August 31 was the last hill ride of the year. After the Snelling hill I couldn't shift into the big chain ring. I kept adjusting the barrel stop to get it to work. It wouldn't, so I did the rest of the ride in the small ring. No biggie. I still crushed Ramsey like it was nothing. Rolling back on Summit the crank started making clicking noise, no big deal. Rolling back over the Lake St. bridge I noticed that the left pedal seemed loose. I looked down and the crank arm was at a strange angle. I wiggled my foot and the crank arm was moving. I clipped out an pulled the crank arm off. The crank arm. Pulled off. That's not supposed to happen. So I 1-pedaled it back over the bridge and called CycloFiance to pick my ass up. Took the bike to Freewheel - bottom bracket bearings got stripped out. Result of getting bumped at State RR. So, I had to get a new BB. That was fun. So, State cost me $75 for the new BB plus the entry fee, just to finish 26th. Not happy about that, but no one ever said it was a cheap sport.