An unusually dry weekend meant that the postponed race from two weeks ago thankfully went ahead as scheduled. As I've been riding it a lot recently, I decided to give the Quamen its Japanese race debut, switching out the pedals, grips and seat for something more suitable but leaving the 43/16 gearing and knobbly Holy Roller tyres. There were 12 riders in the over 30s class, split into two racks of 6 with the top 4 going through. I went 4/4/3 with dices in every moto. Part of the reason for that was being much slower on the first straight where that lower gearing and the heavier weight of the Quamen (compared to the carbon GT and Redline) were definitely noticeable. Anyway, I squeezed into the main where I finished 7th, with a bit of leg cramp for good measure.
The next race is in 2 weeks, back at Joetsu when I'll return to using the UB2 to see if that really makes a difference to my performance and results. Bring it on!
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