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Cécile Lejeune's avatar

Alternate solution: lining your tires with your empty gels and then put your tube in ;)

Jokes aside, sick ride, and quality words as usual. Thanks for sharing so much. It's almost making me want to do the 350 next year (almost...)!

Rest up and see you at the next one!

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Chris Mehlman's avatar

Hahah thank you!! Nice job, and it was nice seeing you! Can't wait for OTG!!

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Tom Baker's avatar

Mad respect.

Props for having the presence of mind to remove the Dynaplug tips. I made that mistake once - by some miracle they didn’t puncture my latex tube until after I got home.

Hope you are going to invest in a decent pump. It’s hard to beat the OneUp system IMO

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Chris Mehlman's avatar

thanks! I have a large Lezyne one that threads on, which will be better!

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Tom Baker's avatar

Yeah just don’t unscrew the valve core when removing. That’s so frustrating

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JoJo Bean Curtis's avatar

epic recap for an epic race!

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Chris Mehlman's avatar

thank you!

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John Wintersteen's avatar

Hell of a ride and a great read. Thanks for sharing the ups and downs with us and great job on pushing through and finishing in the top 10!

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Chris Mehlman's avatar

thank you!

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Cecily Mehlman's avatar

Omg amazing write up.

Amazing perseverance!

You should feel so proud and accomplished! Congratulations!

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Chris Mehlman's avatar

thanks!

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