Couch2Boston

Nats was a lot of fun, but it didn't start out that way. The week before the race I didn't have time to switch my bike over to race configuration and do the necessary maintenance until the last minute. I worked on it for about 90 minutes Thursday evening, which included lubing the rear brake cable that has been lazy to pop back into place after I release the brake. This was the same problem I had before IMCT 70.3. In Connecticut, the bike maintenance folks replaced the cable and made it better but it still wasn't right. Since my disc wheel isn't true anymore I was nervous that if I didn't get this addressed it would start rubbing again. As a matter of fact, the way I found out that the disc isn't true is that after Musselman 70.3 when I was walking the bike back to the car I could hear and feel the rear brake rub every time the wheel did one revolution. This could have started happening during the race at Musselman, but I doubt it since the time for the bike l...