It was fast and there were hardly any jumps. A hurricane had made parts of the old descent unmanageable and so they had to come up with something new, fast. Friday, a lot of bikers said that the track was boring and low standard, but it got more difficult the faster you went. Open turns, extremely wavy terrain and brake holes made it hard to keep up speed.

Also, a few of the guys took the old track back out of habit, even though the warning tape was impossible to overlook.Since the wooden ramp at the finish wasn't there this year, we had to drop anker going full speed at the end of the last incline.

I had a very relaxing descent during the race, because I said adios to my chain halfway down and I didn't have to pedal.

I was able to ponder the problem I had over some beer and bratwurst. Two races and two defects… coincidence??? Let's see what happens at Bad Wildbad.

Andreas