Team BKool CycleChat

[kipster]

We can even talk to whilst racing, ask Kipster nicely

I must get that set up properly as Autumn seems to be coming early this year.....

 

[theboxers]

Nooooooo half wayish on thursdays chain gang and the pc crashed . About 50 minutes of bkool lost . I had got over the 14% bit in the middle and was my way toward the second downslope . Calling it an evening and going for .

 

[bobinski]

Nooooooo half wayish on thursdays chain gang and the pc crashed . About 50 minutes of bkool lost . I had got over the 14% bit in the middle and was my way toward the second downslope . Calling it an evening and going for .

You clearly made a fundamental error theboxers. You are supposed to drink alcohol
before the ride not after no wonder bkool shut down

Apologies Whorty!

 

[Whorty]

@rob01792 , if you ride session 5 tonight, good luck. That was possibly the hardest ride I've ever done on bkool It looks like a downhill ride, but don't be fooled - there are a lot of steep sections, and with the changes to the firmware, those hills are very, very hard on such a long ride

 

[BILL S]

The question is, how are we going to handicap anyone who doesn't have the recent updates in the changing races?

We could insist that they hang back and allow slower riders to draft them until the last mile

 

[Whorty]

Nooooooo half wayish on thursdays chain gang and the pc crashed . About 50 minutes of bkool lost . I had got over the 14% bit in the middle and was my way toward the second downslope . Calling it an evening and going for .

That is funkin bad luck mate. It's a nasty ride to get crashed out of. If it's any consolation, there were a few 9, 10, and 11% sections still to get up which absolutely killed me You planning to try it again?

 

[AAAC 76C]

My posting of that mind boggling formula was as a result of me trying to find deceleration due to height gain and weight . I know the answer but can't remember the math. Basically it's the same acceleration and contains the number 9.81 factored against the gradient I.e. proportional to the slope. Alas all my schoolboy physics has gone. I have no doubt if I had googled acceleration due to gravity instead of calculating bicycle deceleration on a hill I would have found it. Hopefuly Geoff will read this a real of the answer.
Knowing that I could tell you how long it would take for you to slow down to your climbing speed based on your entry velocity and constant power

That worked. Deceleration up is the same as aceleration down and it's 9.81xsin(slope angle)m/s

Sin 14 degrees is 0.242 so on a 14 degree slope you will slow down at a rate of 2.374 m/s/s or roughly 5 mph per second which, if I have got it right, when you hit 14 percent at 30mph without pedaling it will take you on!y 6 seconds to stop.
That sounds a bit quick so I wait to be corrected.
This the point at which your entry forces meet equilibrium in the all your kinetic energy has been transferred to positional energy so this is also the same time that you would slow to your climbing speed if your power remains constant.
I think I will stop there because my brain hurts.

 

[Whorty]

The question is, how are we going to handicap anyone who doesn't have the recent updates in the changing races?

We could insist that they hang back and allow slower riders to draft them until the last mile

I like your thinking @BILL S ..... failing that we can make them ride all sessions on a fixie

 

[RamirezAGC]

I held early 300watts up the 14% with my extra bulk would explain my speed. Well it is more realistic. Only this parachute brake affect could be tapered better then it would be real world-nearly.

@RamirezAGC, in the early part of the race I would pass you on the downhill or at the top of climbs only for you to fly by at the bottom of each climb

@CXRAndy It was a great battle, seeing you whizz passed me on the downhill sections and getting a good minute or two ahead only for me to catch you on the hills. You really encouraged me to keep pedalling hard on the climbs as I knew you'd be catching me on the downhill sections.

 

[AAAC 76C]

The question is, how are we going to handicap anyone who doesn't have the recent updates in the changing races?

We could insist that they hang back and allow slower riders to draft them until the last mile

Someone needs to flog me a cheep PCB an I'll be sorted.
Handicap or no handicap I don't want to race others when my game station has a different profile.
It removes all the fun and makes it either infuriating or embarrassing.

 

[bobinski]

The question is, how are we going to handicap anyone who doesn't have the recent updates in the changing races?

We could insist that they hang back and allow slower riders to draft them until the last mile

You are being very naughty these days bill. Were you that cheeky kid at the back of the class??

 

[theboxers]

You planning to try it again?

Are you ?

This bkool on cyclechat! Of course I'm gonna have another go . Never leave a session unfinished

 

[bobinski]

That worked. Deceleration up is the same as aceleration down and it's 9.81xsin(slope angle)m/s

Sin 14 degrees is 0.242 so on a 14 degree slope you will slow down at a rate of 2.374 m/s/s or roughly 5 mph per second which, if I have got it right, when you hit 14 percent at 30mph without pedaling it will take you on!y 6 seconds to stop.
That sounds a bit quick so I wait to be corrected.
This the point at which your entry forces meet equilibrium in the all your kinetic energy has been transferred to positional energy so this is also the same time that you would slow to your climbing speed if your power remains constant.
I think I will stop there because my brain hurts.

And mine.
But that sounds pretty close to real life

 

[BILL S]

Someone needs to flog me a cheep PCB an I'll be sorted.
Handicap or no handicap I don't want to race others when my game station has a different profile.
It removes all the fun and makes it either infuriating or embarrassing.

I know AAAC. It's a lot more fun with close racing and we've had a great time of that for the past few months. It'll be a real pity if that has to stop until you get an updateable PCB. I don't suppose bkool sell spare parts. Maybe a second hand one on ebay. There must be loads of broken ones around, including back at bkool considering the amount that have been sent back.

 

[Whorty]

Are you ?

This bkool on cyclechat! Of course I'm gonna have another go . Never leave a session unfinished

Major respect @theboxers There are very few rides I've done where i think,never again, and this is one of them! Use my ghost if you like but don't be surprised if you notice I get slower and slower as the ride goes on.