Team BKool CycleChat

[AAAC 76C]

It's not even dinner time here yet and all you guy's must be tucked up in bed already saving yourselves for shopping tomorrow!

 

[CXRAndy]

Just you and me AAAC

 

[Bored Man]

My holiday comes to an end today. Looking forward to converting my new weight into raw power on the Bkool..

For note: you Goats out there, there are some great climbs in Santorini.. my Moto powered bike even struggled on some..

See ya back in virtual sunshine on Monday..

 

[JLaw]

And I get to go out to the shed at weekends. How the other half live!

I've been rather lucky in that regard... Our place is likely the smallest most modest home left up here, but it suits us just fine. Less than an hour from the suburbs to our mountain retreat. My wife and I got married down at Sundance and started looking for a place up here almost immediately. It took 3 years of looking/waiting and we nearly gave up before we found this place.

If bkool ever gets their damn site fixed, I'll upload a video of the Provo Canyon ride where I take a detour over to our place and up the driveway before heading back to the main highway to finish the climb.

 

[LBHIFI]

Wow @LBHIFI , your attempt to even things up in the league in the last stage was pretty amazingly accurate - after 4 stages, there's now just 0.6 seconds between us, with Bill just 7 seconds back! I don't know if it's fair on you that we're now that close but if your plan was to get back to about the same times that's an amazing effort!

Bob, you'd be a lot closer too, if it wasn't for the time you lost in the velodrome I think...

I was 20 seconds too fast, so in the rankings as it is now, I'm only virtual 2nd right after Bill and with you breathing down my neck.

 

[Whorty]

Just shy of 3hrs. I was on a low 2hr pace through the halfway point and totally cratered over the last 4-5 miles.

Your ride isn't showing on the league yet .... does someone need to approve it?

 

[theboxers]

Ok the HIIT session I did last night has made my legs a bit wobbly this morning . The last couple of sets hurt and I did not complete them properly .

http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary/3000406

A couple of things I took from last night. I may/will need to increase the power setting as my heart rate did not go as high as I expected. I also recovered a lot quicker at the power level I set than I expected. This indicates to me I can run longer at that level or at a higher power level . I know I could have been having an off day as far as max HR is concerned, but I will not know for sure until I get a few more of these sessions in my legs+heart+lungs

The power levels set will be maintained by bkools software. Lower the cadence/gear and the resistance goes up , inreasing lowers the resistance. This is not as mad as it sounds, in fact it is very helpful because it smooths out the effort, well it did for me . If at any stage you just can't maintain the power you can jump out of the target by pressing 'P' and leaving erg mode .

The windows I set for power need to be a bit wider. 25w is too narrow, for me, I am not that consistant at applying power at the moment, when working at a higher level than normal . 40 or maybe 50w would be more user friendly.

Setting up a HIIT session with power as a target is relatively easy with a bit of prep, a couple of minutes. I wrote down a list of hi and lo points like this

Minute
0-1 lo
1-3 hi
3-4 lo
4-6 hi
.
.
15-20 lo recovery
repeat 1 by 2 sequence x5
34-39 lo recovery
I then put in a 3 minute hi 1 minute lo and finally 2 minute hi.

These were put in, using the edit function to set targets, by first doing all the lo and then doing all the hi sections, I just changed the start stop time for each section. Otherwise you'll be using the sliders for every section .

Each session will take 3 or 4 minutes to set up depending on how many intervals you want. Go on you know you want to have a go .

 

[theboxers]

I've just found out that I can copy the session with all the targets and timings in place, using the copy button below the challenge button. I am going to see if I can make changes to the setup after scheduling the session.

Edit.

I currently can't edit a target in a copied session. I get 'page unavailable'

 

[Soarerv8]

What horror awaits us this afternoon for the re run?

 

[bobinski]

What horror awaits us this afternoon for the re run?

I will be looking after 10 young kids or rather horrors taking part in a nerf war, Zombies versus humans! I think 30 minute race on Bkool would be a lot easier

Enjoy!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Lars, the womens title as well!
Well done Denmark, the young ex U23 champ comes good in her first senior World Champs!

Correction, she was the Junior RR Champ (twice) and at 20 has now won the Senior race. Well done girl!

 

[AAAC 76C]

My holiday comes to an end today. Looking forward to converting my new weight into raw power on the Bkool..

The only power I'm going to be left with is jet power but don't stand in the danger area if I put on the after burners!

 

[theboxers]

What horror awaits us this afternoon for the re run?

The shorter Grandfondo

 

[Soarerv8]

The shorter Grandfondo

Minifondo?

 

[kipster]

I'll watch the rerun, 63 hillyish miles with the advanced group this morning and my legs are now complaining