WHPSC 2022 Day 2: First good 5 mile run

Morning run on the 5 mile course - first time completing it! Relief in the team paddock.

Our data clocked top speed of 47mph but recorded 43 through the traps. Fortunately this was just enough to qualify us for the afternoon... or would have been, if it wasn’t rained off. So the team used the time productively to make some engineering modifications on the bike:

New slick tires mounted - super low rolling resistance bespoke made Schwalbe’s. More surface filling, sanding, and painting. Bedded in new hatch fixing inserts. Added a strap system to reduce screen wobble. Switched to higher gear on crossover drive. Lubed up chain. fixed in new windscreen. Added tape spats to reduce wheel opening size. Tuned the pedals to avoid toe scrape.

Travel crate doubles up as a useful field workbench

Team coalescing well, with chefs on rotation daily mixing up some excellent home cooking in the motel kitchens.