Team BKool CycleChat

[CXRAndy]

Close To Bridgy AAAC

 

[gbrown]

I think there is a local bye law about eating the last piece of Carrot Cake.
They should be bought to justice!

They were all from Yeovil, they don't know any better!

 

[CXRAndy]

Breedon safe tonight, Bob has dropped off the pace a little

 

[Soarerv8]

Bloody well done @bobinski you very nearly killed me. Whilst @adski had sick in his mouth i think I had my lungs in mine.

 

[bobinski]

Adam, you were doing so well, 1 mph ave up on Tommy,Bill and Breedon. I don't know if you could read my little message of encouragement, about wine?

Just Bob now to see if he can top the list, currently ave 9.4mph with a third of course to go

Ha! no way.
Silly me not warming up and getting carried away joining your race and forgetting to turn the fan on.Muppet Took me 25m to hit 400w and that didnt last long
Looked like a good tussle at the front.
Nearly got you Soarerv

 

[AAAC 76C]

Did todays Chain Gang with the the idea of just posting a decent time as I still have a bit of gunk on my chest but not as bad as last week.
I challenged Bill to act as my bench mark and hey ho Bridgy's ghost was there as well.
Concerned that I might get whooped on the downhills I aimed to get to the first main ascent ahead of my foe.
I managed that so I relaxed a bit and although Bridgy came back at me on the on the intermediate ascents he did not gain as quick as I expected so I was able to play a bit with my slope transitions.
Low and behold if I took less than 200 watts into a transition I appeared to get a slow degradation in speed until a certain amount of time elapsed and then the gradient would kick in.
In summary I believe that they have fixed the Pro Slings with a bolt on restriction and the dead stops are part of that bolt on.
The whole thing that first allowed the pro sling to happen is still there i.e. the delay in onset of gradient resistance.
I was therefore able to ride at a pace 10 seconds short of Bridgy's time at 0.5 W/kg lower (my 4.0 to Bridgy's 4.5) yet 1:18 faster than Bill but 0.1 W/kg lower.

 

[bobinski]

Bloody well done @bobinski you very nearly killed me. Whilst @adski had sick in his mouth i think I had my lungs in mine.

Bobinski's revenge-almost!

 

[Soarerv8]

@Whorty what on earth league was that from, it isn't one I play in, I don't do hills, terrain like that is why Mr Escer and Mr Lator invented invented their moving staircase

 

[BILL S]

Well that nearly killed me. Breedon you were just too fast, and Tommy I was really suffering staying with you and when you decided to leave me behind near the end there was nothing I could do about it but continue at the same pace. The Stig has obviously recovered from his summer off and is back on the pace.

 

[Add]

Well that nearly killed me. Breedon you were just too fast, and Tommy I was really suffering staying with you and when you decided to leave me behind near the end there was nothing I could do about it but continue at the same pace. The Stig has obviously recovered from his summer off and is back on the pace.

Nearly killed?? I was turned away from the Pearly Gates at the last minute. I can smile now, but felt really ill at the time. Actually felt pretty good for the first 15 minutes or so, then a complete lack of stamina made itself painfully apparent. That and two glasses of white wine making an untimely reappearance scuppered my chances of posting a time in the league. But I did climb 11 fitness ratings for my efforts!

 

[AAAC 76C]

They were all from Yeovil, they don't know any better!

Flipping Glovers

 

[BILL S]

Nearly killed?? I was turned away from the Pearly Gates at the last minute. I can smile now, but felt really ill at the time. Actually felt pretty good for the first 15 minutes or so, then a complete lack of stamina made itself painfully apparent. That and two glasses of white wine making an untimely reappearance scuppered my chances of posting a time in the league. But I did climb 11 fitness ratings for my efforts!

Sorry Adam. It didn't go in-noticed that you joined the session late then worked your way through the field until you were behind me and the gap continued to close until you disappeared. I forgot about the 30 minute internet connection problems of the past couple of years and just assumed that you'd overdone it and collapsed unconscious on the floor. Immediately after that conclusion I set my concentration on trying to stay with Tommy as I know that collapsing unconscious from your turbo is just normal for you.
Well done on your new fitness rating. But again it's entirely normal for you to go from being totally unfit to being right on my tail in the space of 2 weeks after your 6 month summer break. Keep up the good work

 

[Breedon]

Well that nearly killed me. Breedon you were just too fast, and Tommy I was really suffering staying with you and when you decided to leave me behind near the end there was nothing I could do about it but continue at the same pace. The Stig has obviously recovered from his summer off and is back on the pace.

Thanks my plan was to catch you and tommy up and draft a little then i had this mad idea of making a early attack and hold it for as long as i could did feel sick at one point although i didn't do a add, my wife tryed to put me of by showing me her upper ladies bits but being a true goat i gave her the look and grinded on.
Good race i enjoyed it

 

[bobinski]

Thanks my plan was to catch you and tommy up and draft a little then i had this mad idea of making a early attack and hold it for as long as i could did feel sick at one point although i didn't do a add, my wife tryed to put me of by showing me her upper ladies bits but being a true goat i gave her the look and grinded on.
Good race i enjoyed it

Grinded on ?!?
I am a bit confused...and you still came first??

 

[Soarerv8]

Did todays Chain Gang with the the idea of just posting a decent time as I still have a bit of gunk on my chest but not as bad as last week.
I challenged Bill to act as my bench mark and hey ho Bridgy's ghost was there as well.
Concerned that I might get whooped on the downhills I aimed to get to the first main ascent ahead of my foe.
I managed that so I relaxed a bit and although Bridgy came back at me on the on the intermediate ascents he did not gain as quick as I expected so I was able to play a bit with my slope transitions.
Low and behold if I took less than 200 watts into a transition I appeared to get a slow degradation in speed until a certain amount of time elapsed and then the gradient would kick in.
In summary I believe that they have fixed the Pro Slings with a bolt on restriction and the dead stops are part of that bolt on.
The whole thing that first allowed the pro sling to happen is still there i.e. the delay in onset of gradient resistance.
I was therefore able to ride at a pace 10 seconds short of Bridgy's time at 0.5 W/kg lower (my 4.0 to Bridgy's 4.5) yet 1:18 faster than Bill but 0.1 W/kg lower.

Well over an hour I averaged 2.5 watts per kilo. Guess I need to up the former and lower the latter.