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LunarC 8hr race report

I'm still recovering from writing my epic race report from the Pitchblack 12hr so I'm going to do us all a favour & keep this report in bulletpoint form.

Sporting my new good luck jersey

It's hard to look pro eating a jam sandwich, look mum no hands

Executive summary (don't read if you are not an executive)

Great event & an awesome race for me, felt strong most of the night. 

No dramas except for getting a flat 2 minutes in & restarting from dead last.

I'm less in love with my rigid fork but still loving racing singlespeed, really unsure if I'd go faster with gears?

Result

• 2nd in Singlespeed Solo
• 5th in Solo overall
• 13 laps = 139km

Good bits

• First race for 2010
• Finally a dry race at Slickers (Kurwongbah)
• Newly cut bits of track were great fun, if a tad bumpy
• Passed 106 riders in 1 lap (that's a lot of calling 'track left')
• 95 solos, 14 singlespeedsters, 38 teams of 2, 17 teams of 3, 222 riders all up & plenty of spectators
• Great result for me

Not so good bits

• Spiked my rear tyre 2 minutes into the race, lost about 5 minutes fixing that and waiting for passing opportunities
• Maybe front suspension would have been a good idea
• Gearing was a bit tall, I didn't have to walk any sections but sometimes riding was slower than walking

Bike setup

• on-one Ti inbred frame with on-one rigid carbon fork
• singlespeed 32/19T gearing

Nutrition

• 7 bananas
• 4 jam sandwiches
• 5.5 litres of gatorade
• 1 litre of water

Event details

• Approx 10km cross country course with plenty of climbing
• 12pm start, 8am finish
• see more at event details link below

Thanks to

• in2adventure for putting on another great event
• Coach Jeff for the motivation & MCing
• Simon at RaceElements for the legs
• The Constantinoples crew (Antz, Ben, Andy, Ewan + entourages) for great company

Links

• Event details
• Solo results
• All results
• Piccies

Tags » 29er events mtb singlespeed

• 16 January 2010
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