AAAC 76C
Large Member
Respect!
That's my age backwards, you have had 9 years more fun than me, I'm jealous!
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Respect!
That's my age backwards, you have had 9 years more fun than me, I'm jealous!
AAAC 76C
Large Member
I waited for you once then all three of you beggerd of downhill and left me dangling a few seconds behind for a while.
BILL S
Guru
With all those little hills everywhere there was never any doubt about you catching up.
AAAC 76C
Large Member
Looking at the results board we obviously saved some effort there Bill as we undercut Bridgy's watts and Watts/kg. It was however a very on and off effort session with very little time to get into any rhythm. Our F/W & S/W combo's seem to work against each other as well which also made working together hard.
I was trying to lead you out for the finish but you appeared to be trying let me go ahead.
BILL S
Guru
When we got to the end I didn't have my usual motivation to get over the line first and I was actually looking for a 0.0 gap between us.
As you say, Paul made more w/kg than us, which makes sense as we had the drafting advantage. I still feel the most efficient way for me to get up the hills is to take a good run at them and keep the power on as long as I can, hence me always appearing to make a break at the bottom of the hill, but then you always overtaking at some point. With these hills being quite small I could get away with doing that but with anything much bigger you'd be off. Not sure if its F/W or S/W related, but more likely its just different methods of attack. Only need to look as far as the last summer cup ride to see that when the hills get bigger I end up minutes behind.
gbrown
Geoff on Bkool
rob01792
Über Member
Well that old age pensioner truly kicked my arse on tonights ride good ride gw happy birthday
Cheers AAAC for the push at the end
@Goldwolfie
gbrown
Geoff on Bkool
BILL S
Guru
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
Why am I thinking OFFIL and thinking rude words,Well OAPIL sounds better than OFIL I suppose
, MAFFIL is a more accurate description of me 
.@Goldwolfie are you retiring or do you have to carry on working. If you retire I see an improvement in the BKool rankings coming up with all the extra time you'll be spending on the bike.
.I think I may have just found my new Fans. Slight problem,,
View attachment 136777 #
They might not fit in the car, a V70,
I've got the bigger version of those. They are great because they will blow cooling air all over your body not just a small area.
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
It's a shame they can't supply a tail wind in the virtual world, they're big enough
Edit
Just realised you're talking about a wind tunnel. The big one is over a metre tall
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Goldwolfie
Veteran
Yes Geoff, I get the State Pension from 65 as I just qualify to avoid the sliding scale out to 70+ for the youngsters of today.
@theboxers - I retire on Monday. I know what you are thinking, why not retire today, being a Friday, Well being a tight git, I wouldn't have got my July holiday entitlement, as I have to work completed months to qualify. So one extra early start for an extra 2.5 days holiday pay, seems like a good deal.
Us Pensioners have got to look after the pennies you know.
Cycling will be a big part of my retirement plans - increasing my outdoor mileage to build up to some multi-day touring with an aim to do LEJOG in May/June next year. Obviously, this will be at a more sedate pace than I have to trash about on Chain Gang event nights.
