Tuesday he calls and had issues with the derailleur, derailleur hanger and, after turning the Salsa into a single speed, had a bent frame. Their local bike shop fixes him up with a little help from our credit card and the counselors.
The guys and counselors are awesome again this year and no matter how much mechanical trouble he has, he still doesn't sound too bummed.
So, he ends up having a blast, again, at camp and hitches a ride home with Zach. One of our favorite, and extremely cool mtb friends, who is finishing his double major at college right now. (good luck with your classes, man)
We meet up at Heritage and those two guys pull up in the cherokee with kayaks on top, bikes on the back, loads of gear, tans and grins. Very happy young men, for sure. The middle aged guys in the parking lot were drooling.
Andy Johnston, the head of Cycle Youth, does an excellent job with these mtb camps for the juniors. They get in a ton of riding and information, while having a great time in the mountains.
We got home and started to take the Salsa apart to build up the Kelly for nationals.....uh, very quickly.
Guess what we found?
Yep, it was cracked about 75% of the way around. It was basically held together with tape as he rode Pisgah and Dupont for the week. Of course we all thought this was really cool and walked around with crazy grins just thinking of the carnage to the frame.....I know, mtbers are a weird bunch.
So, the day after Jansen gets home the three guys head off to the shops to get things together to build the Kelly. They also take along the cracked Salsa frame to show everyone....well.....because........that is the excitement in our lives.........yes, weird again.
Two days to get this really cool bike built up and it's a great fit. Now, he has one day to ride it before it heads to nationals, ahead of the racer.
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