The LunarC had seen a venue change and rescheduled due to the high rainfall and eventual flooding in Brisbane.
The new venue was just down the road from Slickers at the Murrenbong Scout Camp but was a completely different beast to Slickers.
Track was tough with lots of ruts, log piles ad nasty pinch climbs.
I had gone into the race with the plan to just cruise, do the laps that I felt like doing and having absolutely no ideas of being competitive.
First lap was not a good indication of what was to come with 2 stupid crashes.
From there I kept circulating for half a dozen laps before deciding to have a break.
Dawn came and as often happens, something flicked on and I headed out again. 3 laps later and I was done and (for someone who had just done 9 laps on a fully rigid SS with a fat front), I felt pretty OK.
I did learn that the fat front has its downside. The tyre weighs over a kg. The tube weighs 1.5kg. The wheel itself weighs about the same. So all up it is a big weight penalty over a normal 29er wheel. Hopefully by the next race I will have my Koiled Truss fork which will be a big improvement from this point of view.
Big congratulations to Rach for her 2nd place; Matt Powell who podiumed in the SS category on his new Koiled rigid SS and Al who also got up on the podium in SS. Also Nick, Andrew, Shannon and Matt's son Jaxsen who all smashed themselves silly.
Matt's Koiled SS and truss fork.
How's that for some eye candy?!?!
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