HAH chrome spell checker suggests velomobile should be bloodmobile Not sure I trust that suggestion.

*sounds of mild panic* Apparently I have my first race this week.

Sweet!

What do you know about it ?

Have you got a course map ? and have you ridden any of it before ?

I've ridden there once, I think. IIRC it's a pretty technical track. I'll be scouting out the track beforehand with the team, presumably.

Good chap - that helps a lot. SO its a loop or a one-way trip ?

It's a loop. A start lap and then seven laps of the entire circuit.

I'll be racing in the non-pro adults category.

Cool. Don't have high expectations first time out. Aim to finish, and avoid getting involved in any crashes. Ideally don't cause any crashes either :)

Just finishing is better than those who DNF

Indeed. It'll be several years before I expect to win anything ;)

Or go nuts, lead from the front, lap everyone, and win it all :)))

Bwahahaha, I don't think I have the legs to do that. 17YO in the adults category... unlikely. ;)

yeah but you weigh 3/8 of stuff-all so high power to weight ratio :)

Fair enough. I'll be discussing tactics with my coach ;)

-grin- sounds awesome actually.

I cannot decide which colour I shall spray my new frame.

Shortlist colours are Orange ('mustang'), light pink ('supreme'), and salmon ('salmon lane'). (Spray.bike names in parens).

Get a photo, `shop it with each different colour, and see which you like ?

I'd go with green personally :)

I can imagine it. However, from the webpage I don't know how the colours look in real.

I thought about doing it properly with 2k colours and coats.

But it seems nearly impossible to get anything but thousands of grey tones. Every car, brand, model, year get its own colour.

too much choice.

Based on the names alone I'd go Orange. But I'd also have to commit to orange trim too, like bartape and so on.

Orange tends to fade fast too - its not great for UV, specially the eyegougingly bright ones.