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Thank you! That’s really helpful.
It’s the Lancing Coombes Farm race near Brighton, not sure on the terrain. Will see if I can find out how technical it might be. Have a spare wheelset but would still need to swap rotors and cassette, so good to hear I should be okay sticking with the GKs. Main plan is to go and enjoy myself and turn myself inside out :)
Anyone else racing it? I’m down here so ride with Brighton Mitre.
RobVB-
The gridding and start area are then just above the car park area and on a gentle incline but don’t let that fool you, it gets a whole lot steeper. Straight climb up the valley with the incline increasing as you pass the finish line for the first time. Just beyond that are the Pits and then it gets steeper. But all hills end and as you get to the top of this one and turn left across the top of the valley, get your breath and take in the view. We actually thought about putting in an ice cream van hazard here but thought you probably wouldn’t want to stop, by the time you had queued and eaten it the race would be over. A bit of respite across a fairly flat plateau taking in a loop that brings you back to the top and the descent.
Imagine a snowboarding halfpipe but with grass and on bikes, you got it. A few tight off camber turns as you zig zag across the valley. You will get a second bite at the Pits as you descend , throw in a few planks for a dismount and possibly in and out of a spiral if we can fit it in as the valley flattens. Then it's back to the climb. Around 2.3 km, maybe a bit more if we can squeeze in a few more turns. Don’t say you were not warned!. -
there's preview here: http://www.londonxleague.co.uk/round-one-2022-23-preview-coombes-farm/
sounds hilly
leggy_blonde
dinosaur
Cool! Which race / where are you riding? If it's been dry where you are and/or it's an early season race which they seem to put in lots of faster, flat grass sections (true?) then I would say definitely leave on the GKs as they'll prob get you around. No reason to mess around with uninstalling tubeless for 45/60 mins of riding, especially in your first race. If things have been wet and/or the course is described as technical then I would consider swapping to the Cinder X. Otherwise just enjoy your first race! Tyres / tyre pressure are what people talk lots about on here so as to avoid the fact that it's threshold suffering and bike handling that wins races, and neither of those can be purchased :)