Creampuff Crush

Finally finished the Cascade Creampuff 100! Last year I rode this event for the first time and it just didn’t work out. This time around the weather was perfect and my Ibis Tranny ready to roll singlespeed.

We took off at the ridiculously early before sunrise start and I rode away from the rest on the first climb. It was more about pushing the 38-18 gear than trying to drop anyone but I even had time to stop and open my cooler for some bottles at the top.

The race wasn’t without issue, though, as my rear brake rotor cracked on the first descent leaving me with a dragging useless brake. Not only did it slow me on the climbs but barely worked on the descents making it hard to go as fast as I should have.

It ended up being fast enough as I was only passed by one other rider and won the singlespeed category. The course was awesome and hard–truly living up to the billing as one of the most challenging and fun MTB centuries around!