{"id":23887,"date":"2017-03-20T07:26:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T07:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23887"},"modified":"2019-03-06T07:31:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T07:31:09","slug":"dyfi-dash-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/dyfi-dash-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyfi Dash Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was the 2017 Dyfi Dash triathlon on Sunday. I wasn’t racing (I did do a kayak Time Trial the day before though<\/a>), but we were all marshaling at the event instead. As seems to be the norm for the Dyfi Dash, it was a cold, windy day but at least it wasn’t raining. We met at the leisure centre for briefings and a chance to say hello to everyone.<\/p>\n

As we were there Helen Marshall arrived in a bit of a panic having managed to drop her valve extender into the rim of her wheel. I did exactly this myself just before the European Champs in Kitzbuhel<\/a> so she came to me for some help. I assembled the necessary tools – a drinks straw and a pair of scissors and set to getting it out for her. I wasn’t having much success though. In the end we peeled back her tub a little and found a better hole in the rim for extraction. With this exposed and some more jiggling around of the valve Anna was able to extract it with the deft use of some tweezers. Extender out it was soon reattached to the valve and Helen’s tyre was inflated and her bike reassembled ready for the off.<\/p>\n\n\t\t