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Just realised I have eldest son's last football match of the league season Tuesday night - but it kicks off at 6.30pm so hopefully should all be over by 7.30ish, and if the race starts at 8pm, with our handicap time added I should just about be OK. I'll cycle there so my cycle back can be my warmup!
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
@Ste Corny are you about tomorrow mate?
Prefer Orange myself. Adam design the outfit and I'll copy, only so I can find you all at the start
Hopefully I'll have faster broadband tomorrow so less lag on bkool
Not orange, it clashes with my ginger hair
Insomina
Paul in Real Life
- Location
- Northampton
Looks good to me. I will wash mine and get it ready.
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
- Location
- OTC (on the couch)
Team White @Gaileb , @kapelmuur , @Whorty, ably assisted by @bazzer99, @Rob, @jamie, @Ramirez and/or @camlo, if you choose to join our ragtag band 
Sorry all I can not do the live run Tues
. I've just had it confirmed I am working 
. I am, also, not sure if I can do any night this week either 
. Work getting in the way of bkool
If one of you can pick up the organising of the Tuesday run or make arrangements for an alternate day please go ahead
.
Sorry all I can not do the live run Tues
. I've just had it confirmed I am working . I am, also, not sure if I can do any night this week either . Work getting in the way of bkool If one of you can pick up the organising of the Tuesday run or make arrangements for an alternate day please go ahead
.
Insomina
Paul in Real Life
- Location
- Northampton
Kit sorted - just cant get the red lid.
Add
Guru
- Location
- Powys, Wales
I would just like to confirm that I have signed contracts from all of Team Mauve, (formally Team Red, but not any longer due to litigious and personal reasons.) so we will most certainly be participating at 20:10:10 tomorrow evening.
Thanks Geoff. Looks like we're almost all organised.
Ok Blue team. Who's available Tuesday at 8pm?
Bob, Lars, Bridgy ? AAAC, Guy?
I've got my man all kitted in blue already
I'm in .
I'm still not a 100% sure about the Bkool drafting though. We do seem to go faster when in a group, but it seems just as tough being the last man as the first man. Do you experience the same thing, or is it just me?
When I'm in the Velodrome it clearly becomes much easier when I get right behind a bot, and I can see and feel the watts drop. Strangely, this effect continues after I passed the bot...for about a 100 meters.
@LBHIFI it does work for me too, although sessions like that one you, Bill and I were doing on Saturday do seem much harder and the benefits less noticeable I agree. I put this down to the fact that the constant slight changes in gradient make staying settled in behind someone MUCH harder than on the velodrome. We were constantly changing positions between the three of us, and although I'm sure we were benefiting it was much more disjointed and also included the occasional need to give an extra dig to prevent getting dropped on an incline or something (for me anyway!). I think it works best/is most noticeable at a constant steady speed on the flat.
Additional thought on this - I guess how "easy" it feels also depends on whether you're using the drafting to save energy whilst maintaining the same kind of speed (probably the case when drafting a bot on the velodrome) or using it to go faster. The latter won't necessarily feel easier, but you'll be going faster for longer than you otherwise would
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
@gbrown, not too sure if the Magenta team will have enough people, i think at the moment it only me and @Goldwolfie?
