The final PACC cyclocross race of the winter was today.  It was a sunny and warm day with no mud to be seen.  The course (map) was similar to the previous courses, but with a huge spiral, and a couple good mulch run-ups, which were both quite rideable. Here’s what my phone and Google Tracks thought of the course:

View PACC CX 2011 Race 6 in a larger map

As usual, I rode the Gunnar.  There were no major changes from the last race, save airing the tyres down from 45/50PSI to 30/35 (F/R).  The All Terrainasarus tyres did very well at the lower pressure, and I think something like 28/32PSI might work a little better.

So, the Gunnar did well, and I had a great race.  Before the race I decided that I was going to put in more effort than the last and either blow up before the finish, or place higher.  In the end, I placed fourth, which is a decent improvement over the seventh place finish in the previous race.

Dan borrowed Rachel’s Specialized Sirrus so he could try out a cyclocross race.  The Sirrus had about 2 kg of extra weight removed, the brakes swapped from ‘American’ to ‘rest-of-the-world’, and the old 32/30 Speedmax Pros swapped on for the race.  Dan did well, winning the B grade.  Here’s the Sirrus before and after:

The full race results, race animation and a write-up are over on PACC.

Also, I’d like to thank everyone at PACC and those who helped organize, setup and tear-down the races.  The cyclocross series was a lot of fun, and I’m looking forward to the next race.

Here’s a great video of the first lap of the CX B race from kdcd.  I’m the one in the “authentic” 2009 U.S. Postal Service Pro Team yellow jersey :

How many funny, strange, weird or scary expressions can you find?

Tags: CX, Cyclocross, Gunnar, PACC, Sirrus

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