Since the time change I have been getting out a lot more lately during the week. Yesterday:. First, before I left, my Continental Vert pro was looking pretty bad. So I mounted my spare (a motoraptor 2.4) and broke a lever. Bad sign #1.
When I got there I hit a little speedy DH section at a pretty fast but comfortable speed... it was great until I hit a little patch of dry/oose stuff at the turn at the bottom. Apparently Motoraptors dont hang in the corners like the Vert Pro's do. I stuck my foot out to keep from sliding out... In the process I whacked my knee on something hard, stem probably. Still hurts. Bad sign #2.
Then, about 1/2 of the way through the ride I started having shifting problems which ended up being a chain link that was about to let go. I busted out the trusty yet rusty 1999 hummer tool with the chain tool on it... thats when I realized that I didnt have the part of the tool that turns the chaintool. So I walked... 4 guys passd me and I asked each one of them... if the had a tool? All I needed was a loose allen to turn the chaintool. Anyway, everyone was speeding by saying "no man, I dont have a tool". The whole time I'm thinking bullsh!t, a few of those guys look like seasoned riders, they have tools, they just don't want to stop. Eventually someone stopped and I removed the bad link in question and continued to the car as it was starting to get dark. I was planning on hitting at least 2 more loops
I found the missing piece to my tool in the garage when I got home 
When I got there I hit a little speedy DH section at a pretty fast but comfortable speed... it was great until I hit a little patch of dry/oose stuff at the turn at the bottom. Apparently Motoraptors dont hang in the corners like the Vert Pro's do. I stuck my foot out to keep from sliding out... In the process I whacked my knee on something hard, stem probably. Still hurts. Bad sign #2.
Then, about 1/2 of the way through the ride I started having shifting problems which ended up being a chain link that was about to let go. I busted out the trusty yet rusty 1999 hummer tool with the chain tool on it... thats when I realized that I didnt have the part of the tool that turns the chaintool. So I walked... 4 guys passd me and I asked each one of them... if the had a tool? All I needed was a loose allen to turn the chaintool. Anyway, everyone was speeding by saying "no man, I dont have a tool". The whole time I'm thinking bullsh!t, a few of those guys look like seasoned riders, they have tools, they just don't want to stop. Eventually someone stopped and I removed the bad link in question and continued to the car as it was starting to get dark. I was planning on hitting at least 2 more loops
I found the missing piece to my tool in the garage when I got home 
I was flying, hitting all the switchbacks and tech sections on Noble and then on a nice smooth flat piece of singletrack somethiing grabbe my bike out from underneath me and I went down hard. I still consider that a good ride because I cleaned almost everything...including my clock!