{"id":798462,"date":"2019-08-12T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/thumb-tacks-annoy-some-riders-at-leadville-100\/"},"modified":"2019-08-12T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T23:12:00","slug":"thumb-tacks-annoy-some-riders-at-leadville-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/thumb-tacks-annoy-some-riders-at-leadville-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumb tacks annoy some riders at Leadville 100"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left, second-place Quinn Simmons of Durango, winner Howard Grotts of Durango, and third-place Lachlan Morton of Louisville, celebrate on the podium at the Leadville Trail 100 on Saturday in Leadville.<\/strong>
Courtesy Leadville Race Series<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

EagleVail cyclist Cristhian Ravelo encountered numerous mechanical problems in this year\u2019s Leadville 100, something he\u2019s come to expect in a long race like that one.<\/p>\n

Ravelo had to stop several times to fix his chain, fix a flat tire, and his derailleur completely broke off.<\/p>\n

He was gunning for a top-5 spot after winning the 50-mile version of the iconic Leadville mountain biking race earlier this summer, but was still happy to cross the finish line in 24th place amid all the issues. Then he looked down and saw something else that was strange.<\/p>\n

\u201cI finished with a thumb tack in my wheel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Several athletes reported similar issues.<\/p>\n

Jake Wells, of Avon, said his Stan\u2019s No Tubes tires saved his race after picking up a couple of thumb tacks early on in the race. Wells finished 28th.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t realize until after the race that I still had one in the back tire,\u201d Wells said. \u201cIt was probably about 15 miles in when I picked it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tack-tical motivation<\/p>\n

The tacks didn\u2019t appear to affect the impressive finish of women\u2019s winner Rose Grant, who also rides on Stan\u2019s No Tubes tires.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to her mechanic \u2026 she had a tack in her tire too,\u201d Wells said.<\/p>\n

For second-place finisher Quinn Simmons, the tacks may have proved helpful in an unexpected way. Following the race, Simmons gave VeloNews an exciting race report, describing a wack-a-mole like attempt to plug the multiple thumb tack holes before limping into his tech pit. The frustration of the incident prompted Simmons to reach new limits, VeloNews reported. By the end of the race, he had nearly caught leader Howard Grotts, finishing just three minutes behind Grotts for second place on the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just felt like something that shouldn\u2019t be happening and I got really frustrated,\u201d Simmons told VeloNews. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why, when I started going, I was so mad that I figured I would ride as hard as I could until I blew up. I fully planned to blow up halfway up Columbine (climb) and I had pretty good motivation to just go as hard as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bucket list race<\/p>\n

Simmons, Wells and Grant were all enjoying their first Leadville Trail 100 experience on Saturday. They were among 647 first timers to partake in America\u2019s highest 100 mile mountain bike race. Grant contributed to a 39 percent increase in overall women\u2019s participation year-over-year.<\/p>\n

A total of 1,332 riders crossed the finish on Saturday, 1,209 men and 123 women.<\/p>\n

Wells said the race has been a bucket list item for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless you\u2019ve been there and seen it first hand, you really can\u2019t describe the amount of support in the city of Leadville,\u201d Wells said. \u201cThe community, but also the brotherhood, sisterhood, family atmosphere of earning that buckle \u2026 to hear these amazing stories of these people who are going out and testing their mettle \u2026 it\u2019s our backyard, essentially, but for some of these folks it\u2019s a once and a lifetime opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story is from VailDaily.com<\/p>\n

via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From left, second-place Quinn Simmons of Durango, winner Howard Grotts of Durango, and third-place Lachlan Morton of Louisville, celebrate on the podium at the Leadville Trail 100 on Saturday in Leadville.Courtesy Leadville Race Series EagleVail cyclist Cristhian Ravelo encountered numerous mechanical problems in this year\u2019s Leadville 100, something he\u2019s come to expect in a long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-798462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 01:27:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}