From my perspective, it was fun to represent the Cruzbike tribe at Mid-Atlantic, even in the absence of several long time tribal leaders (Jim and Maria!). I had a great 6 hour race, booking 108 miles at an average of 18.6 mph. Compared to a test race we did at Washington in mid-July, my speed then over 130 miles was 17.0 mph. So, much faster on the road, higher power than in any ultra race, and pit time held to under 7 minutes (and it was that long because a shoe needed adjustment). Both of the other two on the podium with Larry were riding standard bikes, so Larry, myself, and Rick Moore were, I believe 1st, 2nd, 3rd in the recumbent 6 hour! Too bad we did not get that pic, since WUCA does recognize bents as a separate class. My bike performed great--no problems at all and we still hope to make a few more tweaks which Larry has suggested to see if we can find even a bit more speed. I have the good fortune, or misfortune, of being the only recumbent rider in the 12 hour race at Borrego Springs so the weight of responsibility to represent bents and Cruzbike is already on my shoulders just two days later! Grin.
By the way, I had the good fortune to receive and use the new case from Cruzbike--it works great--so much easier to install and the overall design features (side door, integrated bottle holders, rear light post, flag mount) are great improvements.
