24-11-2022, 09:50 AM
Cor blimey! Quite a physically tough evening!
R1 - made a poor start as I’ve not practiced starts with my new pedals (which are rather spiffing, by the way!). Can’t remember much about the race other than getting out of shape on T2 with DeeCee behind me and he, himself, got out of shape and ran wide (I think) when he tried to avoid me. After that, I was a fairly constant 5 secs to Seb, Cruicky and Ed and couldn’t make any impression. Seb ran wide twice on the final lap (I seem to remember him doing similar at Riverside?) but managed to survive to leave me 4th.
R2 - a much better start from towards the back of the pack. A polite but busy first few laps with half a dozen of us in close proximity? Jonathan managed to really hold Cruicky back (with Ed and myself completing a +very+ tight sub-pack but DeeCee was untroubled and getting away at the front. I guess DeeCee was punishing his tyres again though as the four of us got closer and closer. Jonathan eventually overheated his tyres too and Ed, DJC and I made it through and started mixing it with DeeCee. DJC appeared to struggle to find a way past, Ed and DJC swapped and returned places at one point, Ed overcooked it, fell behind me but eventually recovered and took the place back. We all battled and managed to get past DeeCee.
Phew! I was hot, drained (and strangely for me, hungry!) by the end (finished 3rd) - and I’ve not even fitted a new room-heating GPU to my new rig yet!
The night race worked quite well for me - I did lose a couple of fps around the twisties at the top of the hill, but otherwise it seemed a good night venue.
R1 - made a poor start as I’ve not practiced starts with my new pedals (which are rather spiffing, by the way!). Can’t remember much about the race other than getting out of shape on T2 with DeeCee behind me and he, himself, got out of shape and ran wide (I think) when he tried to avoid me. After that, I was a fairly constant 5 secs to Seb, Cruicky and Ed and couldn’t make any impression. Seb ran wide twice on the final lap (I seem to remember him doing similar at Riverside?) but managed to survive to leave me 4th.
R2 - a much better start from towards the back of the pack. A polite but busy first few laps with half a dozen of us in close proximity? Jonathan managed to really hold Cruicky back (with Ed and myself completing a +very+ tight sub-pack but DeeCee was untroubled and getting away at the front. I guess DeeCee was punishing his tyres again though as the four of us got closer and closer. Jonathan eventually overheated his tyres too and Ed, DJC and I made it through and started mixing it with DeeCee. DJC appeared to struggle to find a way past, Ed and DJC swapped and returned places at one point, Ed overcooked it, fell behind me but eventually recovered and took the place back. We all battled and managed to get past DeeCee.
Phew! I was hot, drained (and strangely for me, hungry!) by the end (finished 3rd) - and I’ve not even fitted a new room-heating GPU to my new rig yet!
The night race worked quite well for me - I did lose a couple of fps around the twisties at the top of the hill, but otherwise it seemed a good night venue.
