The Gravity for 2009 was tip top. In a team of 3x for this year. Was impressed with the lap time & progressive leader table times displayed on the monitors throughout the event. As well as the km distance markers along the course – every km. Showers powered on into the night & the little water trailers & Hammer people providing ‘samples’ made for a fuss free event for me.Even though the dry-ish conditions brought the power dust corners & chopped out braking bumps you would expect, and one or two of the little [two-plank] bridges went adrift, I thought the course held up well throughout the event.
Those little pinch climbs weren’t much fun in that mid afternoon heat as I slowly melted onto my toptube & stem.
Those new Hutchinson Cobra tyres (non-tubeless) worked really well in this sort of dry, hardpacked track with power dust corners. The sidewall quotes 29psi standard, which I thought was kinda low for a non-tubeless tyre, but it seemed to work well. I actually dropped the front tyre down to 25psi halfway through the event to get more purchase on the deteriating parts of the track. I didn’t get a chance for a night/dust lap with the lights.Roll on Kona 24hour.
Those little pinch climbs weren’t much fun in that mid afternoon heat as I slowly melted onto my toptube & stem.
Those new Hutchinson Cobra tyres (non-tubeless) worked really well in this sort of dry, hardpacked track with power dust corners. The sidewall quotes 29psi standard, which I thought was kinda low for a non-tubeless tyre, but it seemed to work well. I actually dropped the front tyre down to 25psi halfway through the event to get more purchase on the deteriating parts of the track. I didn’t get a chance for a night/dust lap with the lights.Roll on Kona 24hour.
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