PACC is holding four CX races in the Focus CXtwiLITE series this summer on Tuesday evenings, and the first race was yesterday. I raced the Gunnar and finished 5 out of 26, one second behind fourth and two seconds in front of sixth.  Overall, it was a great race.

In addition to a course map (courtesy of my phone), you also get some spectator video of Open and CX A as well as on-bike video of my first lap in CX B.

Course Map:

View PACC Summer 2011/2012 CX Race 1 in a larger map

Video:

Results: PACC CXtwiLITE Race 1 (Race Animation)

Remember that Flite Ti that I fixed with an inner tube?  No?  Here it is. Well, the inner tube lasted through a few races, many rides and about six months, but the original leather was badly damaged and was slowly parting ways with the rest of the saddle.

I got fed up with the shrinking leather, tore off what was left, and sent the saddle off to Jason at Recovered Saddle. I wanted to match the Ergon Biokork grips on the Kona, so I asked Jason to covered the saddle in ‘Cinnamon’ marine vinyl. I considered leather, but the Kona will probably see a lot of mud, so I thought the vinyl would hold up better.

The saddle came back looking great.  The vinyl is very similar in texture to the orignal Selle Italia leather, and is indistinguishable from leather when riding. It’s been on the bike since early October, and it’s holding up very well. Thanks, Jason.

This is the case I recently made for Rachel’s iPad 2.  The case is based on the first iPad case I made for my iPad, but with adjusted dimensions for the iPad 2 and a slightly revised retention system.  The built steps are basically the same as the first case, so just refer to the original post for details.