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Pro completes road race on borrowed 1980s mountain bike after crash

Zack Allison finished Tour of the Gila stage after his bike was damaged in crash caused by dog

A cyclist who crashed during the US race The The Tour of the Gila after a dog ran out onto the road managed to complete the stage after borrowing a 1980s mountain bike from a spectator to ride the final four kilometres.

Zack Allison of the Elevate Cycling team initially kept riding after he had crashed into a group of riders brought down by the stray canine, reports Deadspin.com.

http://fittish.deadspin.com/pro-cyclist-finishes-race-on-a-fans-old-moun...

But he said in a post on Instagram that with four kilometres left – and uphill at that – his “derailleur exploded.”

Initially he decided to shoulder his bike, cyclo-cross style, to try and make it to the finish.

Then he spotted a fan who had watched the finish and was riding back down.

Allison flagged the spectator down and asked if he could borrow the bike, a Specialized Stump Jumper, which the man readily agreed to.

He managed to make the finish inside the time limit, 9 minutes 22 seconds behind stage winner Travis McCabe of the Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team.

Launched in 1981, the Specialized Stumpjumper was the world's first mass produced mountain bike.

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waldner71 | 8 years ago
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Nice story. I wonder if the only bike available to him  was a bmx or a Raleigh chopper, imagine that....

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Colin Peyresourde | 8 years ago
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Good thing it wasn't an e-bike. 

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