>>1066224>road race today>felt crappy yesterday>felt great today>lots of energy, lots of stamina>was my race to win or lose so far as I was concerned>halfway through the race, a few surges, a half-assed breakaway that we chased down, still feeling great, no problems at all>been working on my 1-minute power for weeks, made good progress>still feel like it's my race to win or lose, you suckers just wait until we get to the sprint>whoops, pothole up ahead of me>riders on either side of me>no problem, I'll just bunnyhop over it>clears pothole, no problem>PSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss...
Goddamnit.
I ain't even mad.. just.. disappointed.
Found out a little later that I wasn't the only victim of that particular pothole, either. One guy got a double flat because of it.