The Cyclic Navigator held on the weekend was great fun!

Everyone was very welcoming of a unicyclist joining in, and the local
newspaper came out and did a story on it which turned out to be half the
back page, below. The weather was nice and cool and the six hours flew
by.

After a lot of indecision leading up to the day regarding what uni and
crank to use I rode the 6 hour event on my KH36 with 137mm cranks. About
85% of the route I chose was dirt, varying from dirt roads to dirt
tracks to singletrack. All up the choice of setup suited the terrain
pretty well, although the 36 did start to feel heavy after a few hours
off road.

I'd had a stomach bug the week leading up to it so took it fairly easy
on the day. I really enjoyed the 'race' format though as riders scurried
off in all directions on their own route through the forest trying to
find the small markers which were sometimes quite small and easy to
miss. It becomes a great puzzle as the 6 hour time limit approaches as
you want to reach as many checkpoints as you can but also need to make
it back to the start/finish line before the time expires.

It would be great to have a unicycle team for it next year!

I've booked in for a couple of Summer Series MTB Orienteering Races
held in the evenings in Dec/Jan which are more of a sprint format - 75
minutes to reach as many control points as you can, should be a hoot!
http://www.vicorienteering.asn.au/mt...MTBO_08-09.pdf

Kudos to the organisers for a great event and supporting uni!


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