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[AAAC 76C]

That has been my experience for sometime. The two sims are I think getting closer. It may have something to do with the ant + fec implementation and fact bkool moving also to a Bluetooth offering,

Bkool had 1400 users online at 6-45 yesterday, More than Zwift. Perhaps we are the only ones moaning

Perhaps it's just becase we have people that listen whereas other may be on their own like mushrooms in the dark.

 

[AAAC 76C]

A friend who lives near the route we did last night (and spotted it on Strava) has told me the ride we did was basically a one way ride to a pub.

Now if only we'd known that last night I'm sure there would have been some extra motivation going up that final hill! I fear it may have been just as much a motivation for AAAC as for me, so I still probably wouldn't have benefited! At least AAAC would have had to get the first round in though

And now days I'm such a lightweight I would have been drunk before you got their Bridgy let alone the others.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Next ride starts by necking 3 pints then the route in reverse?

I haven't got a fixed wheel so that won't work!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Those were good races AAAC and definitely good for my ego . However, now I feel that I'm really having to work for it but still getting great racing even if it is a bit further down the field. If you fancy joining us, I think your tyre pressure idea may be the way to go, but I doubt a 100 would be low enough with your speed the way it is. Maybe 80 ?
If nothing else it'd be a good experiment. Maybe we could start running a tyre pressure handicap league if the experiment works out well.

How about lifting my back wheel off of the roller a bit?

 

[AAAC 76C]

Yes actually. Race tire and tube blew up some time ago and I have been using a 25 mm Conti Ultra Sport and a normal tube for the whole of November Chaingang, and of course this is the prime suspect. The reason I didn't changed it yet, is because I got a more realistic avg. watt, but my problem is that it really underreads a lot on medium hills.
E.g. in yesterdays race BKool consistently was about 70 watts lower than my power meter. By the time I get over the hill there's noone there to draft.

Perhaps you have the battery for your motor connected the wrong way and you motor is going backwards.
I did that once and Bill beat me!

 

[Randyberlin]

Am I the only person who has absolutely no issues with the SIM? Always saves first time, never get kicked out of rides, can always see other riders. Only problem I have is the rides seem to show a much slower ride than I actual achieve Honest

I never have any problems and when I did a trace route I actually go through Ireland to get to Spain.

 

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Not wanting to go down without a fight, I challenged my own ghost to see if I could go any faster on last night's ride.

Unfortunately my ghost was a right git and beat me by over a minute and a half - I'm really going off that guy

 

[AAAC 76C]

Not wanting to go down without a fight, I challenged my own ghost to see if I could go any faster on last night's ride.

Unfortunately my ghost was a right git and beat me by over a minute and a half - I'm really going off that guy

Fear not Bridgy, blame that BKool ghost bug that adds 3 minutes to your ride.

 

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Fear not Bridgy, blame that BKool ghost bug that adds 3 minutes to your ride.

Oh yeah! I actually took a photo of the screen at the end showing the time just in case - I'm paranoid now!

Now, how does photoshop work again....

 

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The times DON'T MATCH!!!

Ironically though, I've actually GAINED 2 seconds over the time on the screen at the end of the ride

 

[AAAC 76C]

The times DON'T MATCH!!!

Ironically though, I've actually GAINED 2 seconds over the time on the screen at the end of the ride

Remember me saying 'all that for 12 seconds' and I gained 14.
As long as it is always in the region of 2 seconds that fine but I fear that more than 1 second in electronics is a sign of a problem.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Oh yeah! I actually took a photo of the screen at the end showing the time just in case - I'm paranoid now!

Now, how does photoshop work again....

PS, do you stuff a camera up your shorts instead of a gel!
Could cause problems if you forget that it's not a gel.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Obviously not a site for alcoholics!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Obviously not a site for alcoholics!

DITTO hic my last
Shyte need to get myself together before 5pm today!
Just realised tonight that one of my best friends at my Apprenticeshi ouldl be a huge Government Minister (Dr David Hanc...).

 

[AAAC 76C]

DITTO hic my last
Shyte need to get myself together before 5pm today!
Just realised tonight that one of my best friends at my Apprenticeshi ouldl be a huge Government Minister (Dr David Hanc...).

Well that makes sense if you have just one eye, two eye,s and you will be beggered