David Singlespeed Unrau

It was a fun race this last Wednesday at King City. It was the singlespeed event of the Superfly race series at King City. There were around 50 riders overall, and around 25 singlespeeders, including a number of women I haven’t seen out before! The race course was a short, fun 5km loop of mainly singletrack with one switchback climb and one short punchy climb. The race format was as many laps as you could start get in during 45 minutes. Adam was there as well, and apparently we dicided to run a rematch of Buckwallow. On the first lap, Adam and I were sitting comfortably in the lead group when I totally sketched out a simple right hand corner, washed out the front wheel and ground my elbow along the ground. Adam and a bunch of riders went by while I was deciding that I wasn’t bleeding TOO badly, then back on the bike and chasing. I was back on Adam by the start of the third lap. Half way through this lap, Adam slides out on a left hand corner and I ride by…Buckwallow all over again! All in all, it was a great race and a good crowd. I’m glad we made it out. I was riding my True North Cycles custom 29er singlespeed, 34:18 gearing, with a WTB Weirwolf 2.55 on the front and a Geax Seguaro 2.2 on the rear. Tire pressures were 24psi front, 27psi rear. Setup seemed good, although I did slide out the front tire badly. I think the Nanorapters at around 25psi work better in this concrete-like dry hardpack with a coating of dust.

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