After a fun opener at Canada Cup #1 in Baie Saint Paul, we made the trip over to Mont Tremblant for Canada Cup #2. The week leading up to the race was relaxing and sunny, and we saw some of the dryest and fastest conditions we have ever seen on that course.
Some of the exciting mid week adventures included converting, our travel buddy, Sam's wheels to tubeless. Sandra and I convinced her that tubeless is way better: less flats, supple ride, lower pressure... Of course she did manage to prove to us that tubeless does not mean flat free - when she whacked her rim on some of the sharp pointy rocks on course, bent her rim, and flatted on her first ride. We had to do an emergency pre-race repair. She did have success on her second try, and raced flat-free on Saturday.
Sam's pre-race quote was:
“I’m too klutzy. All I’m going to do is crash the whole time and get flats.” - Samantha Grover (AB) Pedalhead, who flatted twice last weekend in Baie-St-Paul, and again today in pre-ride after converting to tubeless.
Thankfully she had a flat free race and loved her tubeless Maxxis Crossmark tires. High five for no flats!
In addition to some excitement with tires, we also had some great eats this week. We had a delicious pizza feast after the race in Baie Saint Paul, where we experimented with thin crust pizzas on the BBQ. Delicious! We also sampled some great wine, including some Borsaro rose. Princess Sandra also experimented with drinking a post race glass out of her 3rd place chalice. Note the wine stains on the tablecloth.
Other adventures included dress shopping. I'm getting married this fall to Mike Berkenpas (YAY!!!) and I've convinced Sandra to be a bridesmaid. We also fed grass to some lambs, and named and created facebook persona's for our bikes (so productive).
Sandra's bike - aka "Piglet" or Pi Glet ...
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