MULLIGAN FLATS
MULLIGAN FLATS, it sounds like a desolate area up in the mountains. Maybe there are scattered pines and dusty roads. A rustic old cabin perhaps? But, no... this is about our version of what golfers refer to as a Mulligan...
... which I'm pretty sure is what a certain rider pulled on our giant MTB jaunt last Saturday.
You may be thinking, But Diesel, golf isn't a sport. Frankly, gawd rest my inlaws souls, I agree. Golf is a wonderful game of pool played on a massive table. A game that 50 year old Phil Mickelson, with debilitating arthritis, just won 2 million bucks playing...
... that would never, ever, ever, ever happen in cycling.
If there's one thing I remember from my ventures on the greens it is a Mulligan is where you hit a terrible shot and yell Mulligan! then take another crack at it.
Back to Saturday.
We're slogging up this hour long climb, it's sunny and hot and our group is spread all over the mountain.
3 of us are off the front...
... when this certain rider says I think I have a slow leak.
Which brings up his Mulligan.
What else would you call it?
One minute he's with us...
... the next he's nowhere in site.
When, eventually, minutes and minutes later, this certain rider shows up I have to quiz...
Wow, that musta been a helluva flat to fix.
Oh, uh, it was fine.
Lost some air then?
No, ummmm, just felt like it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not judging, just pointing out that we can take Mulligan's all ride long, which this certain rider did...
... only to destroy and humiliate me on the next, shorter climb...
... but, try that in a race and...
... game over.
Speaking of air... we're really digging this digital air checker. I even through it my RaceDay Bag™ in case I have to borrow somebody's pump at an event.
It's compact, and very reliable.
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