Team BKool CycleChat

[designjacob]

Best thing for you to do is request to join CycleChat Chain Gang and myself or other admin will accept you. We have a ride starting at 7pm tonight.
It is La Vuelta 2013 E12. 10 mins warmup before the race starts at 7:10.
Even if you don't get joined to the group by then you can join the race.

Hey cheers will give tonight a miss did hour and a half at threshold today on one of the climbs legs are like jelly now

 

[Whorty]

I wont make it tonight due to work commitments.
Enjoy

i won't be there tonight due to, er, 'other' commitments
(wife offered me Venision fillet, red jui sauce and new potatoes if I eat early, or leftovers if I eat late ... so, enjoy boys )

 

[Monte]

I will get the excuses out nice & early... I'm knackered !!!! See you @ 7

 

[bobinski]

You can also stack 2 of those cyclops riser blocks one on the other. That creates a greater range of slopes.

You can but I am glad I did not buy 2 and do that. Raising the front wheel more than the bkool riser does in tandem with the resistance of the unit make riding harder: I am sure of it. Or at least it did last night

 

[bobinski]

Hey looking for an invite to the group on Bkool just started using it instead of zwift and im hooked, makes epic kom look like a pancake

http://www.bkool.com/SurreyClimber

Welcome

You are in the right place if you want to earn the right to eat pancakes. Or jammie Dodgers

You are right about zwift. It's nice to go on zwift though and not worry about your level being downgraded by bkool. I think it would also be a lot of fun to get a group of us together,especially the real mountain goats here and go on Zwift and attack the new mountain route en masse

 

[designjacob]

Welcome

You are in the right place if you want to earn the right to eat pancakes. Or jammie Dodgers

You are right about zwift. It's nice to go on zwift though and not worry about your level being downgraded by bkool. I think it would also be a lot of fun to get a group of us together,especially the real mountain goats here and go on Zwift and attack the new mountain route en masse

Thats interesting i didn't realise you could be downgraded on bkool, guess i will have to do my easier rides on zwift

 

[bridgy]

I was happily warming up when my laptop suddenly went black - turned out I hadn't plugged it in properly and the battery died. Cue frantic plugging in and turning back on - only for it to decide to do some updates which took ages (well it felt like ages!). So I missed the start - not sure exactly by how much but I think 40 seconds or so. I clicked "NO" when asked if I wanted to start behind the last rider just like you do on a handicap race, so I assume it will record my actual moving time for the leagues despite me missing the start???

 

[Monte]

@CXRAndy well done... you kept me going right until the end, I would of bailed tonight around 10 miles into the course as my legs were hurting, I've done one too many bkool sessions this week.

Will rest up and save my legs for Saturday's re-run.

 

[BILL S]

I was happily warming up when my laptop suddenly went black - turned out I hadn't plugged it in properly and the battery died. Cue frantic plugging in and turning back on - only for it to decide to do some updates which took ages (well it felt like ages!). So I missed the start - not sure exactly by how much but I think 40 seconds or so. I clicked "NO" when asked if I wanted to start behind the last rider just like you do on a handicap race, so I assume it will record my actual moving time for the leagues despite me missing the start???

That really is a pity because you might have been able to join the drafting at the front if you got a good start. AAAC is really quite accommodating and allows us slower guys to sit on his tail. He's a little less understanding when it comes to the hill at the end though.

 

[kipster]

Thats interesting i didn't realise you could be downgraded on bkool, guess i will have to do my easier rides on zwift

I think it used to downgrade a bit more often, now it seems that a fitness rating is valid for 3 months or so. If you haven't improved it in those 3 months and it expires then your next ride sets a new rating. However as most of the rides I do are league rides there is no easing off. I've done a few easy rides on Bkool of late as I broke my collarbone nearly four weeks back and I haven't been down graded.

Anyway with a 4.5 w/kg ride, I don't think you have much to worry about!

 

[kipster]

That really is a pity because you might have been able to join the drafting at the front if you got a good start. AAAC is really quite accommodating and allows us slower guys to sit on his tail. He's a little less understanding when it comes to the hill at the end though.

I was waiting to see who would blink first and fastest! great to watch.

 

[theboxers]

I will get the excuses out nice & early... I'm knackered !!!! See you @ 7

Not that knackered you flew outta the start and that was the last I saw of you.

 

[theboxers]

I was happily warming up when my laptop suddenly went black - turned out I hadn't plugged it in properly and the battery died. Cue frantic plugging in and turning back on - only for it to decide to do some updates which took ages (well it felt like ages!). So I missed the start - not sure exactly by how much but I think 40 seconds or so. I clicked "NO" when asked if I wanted to start behind the last rider just like you do on a handicap race, so I assume it will record my actual moving time for the leagues despite me missing the start???

You did well for late starter. The adrenaline rush saw you flying past me like I was asleep

 

[CXRAndy]

@CXRAndy well done... you kept me going right until the end, I would of bailed tonight around 10 miles into the course as my legs were hurting, I've done one too many bkool sessions this week.

Will rest up and save my legs for Saturday's re-run.

The Pc didn't crash but bkool was ever so slow at logging in. As I joined the session I saw 6 riders waiting, but once it logged in fully, I was all on my own until the last minute where Lars and AAAC appeared. I didn't the see you at all Monte and thought I did the whole session on my own. Bkool again! Good ride, I beat a previous attempt by nearly a minute

 

[Add]

Darn it, was hoping to make this one, but got saddled with parenty responsibilities......why do kids need to be exercised and fed?