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Whorty

Whorty

Gets free watts from the Atom ;)
Location
Wiltshire
Soarerv8 said:
Ah ha in a flash of brilliance I made my phone a hot spot and hey presto good as gold. Sadly you had all chuffed off up the road by the time I got in and I didn't see much evidence of taking it easy.

At least I now know what to do when it all cocks up, wonder how much data I get......
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I took it easy .. honest. I balls up the start, lost time there. Caught up Jim and tried to draft at a nice pace but that course didn't really help. So went off after Randy, which in hindsight was possibly a little more energetic than I'd planned. Practiced a bit of hill sprinting and cruising on the flats and descents. Well done though @Randyberlin - I thought you might have struggled on the last hill but you chased hard :thumbsup::notworthy:
 
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<Tommy>

<Tommy>

Illegitimi non carborundum
Location
Camden, London
AAAC 76C said:
Couple of things.

1. What idiot planted the Whiskey suggestion in my mind Yesterday. HID drifted off to sleep on the sofa last night so I just carried on doing stuff and drinking my weekly treat of a bottle of red but her highness was still in the land of nod when I finished it so I dug out what was left of a bottle of Dalwhinnie from Christmas last year. Had to get up at 7 this morning as well. Add that to the aching legs from working on the car all day Friday and I was well wrecked this morning.

2. I was going to take it easy tonight and just spin my legs a bit but I saw Bob trailing so I was trying to lead him across to the front group. Strange that Bob as you felt you were helping me.

3. Guessed you had and issue though Bob when you suddenly dropped back so I gave it my all on the next bits of climbs to catch up with the others and give Bridgy a hand helping the other two.

4. I was pretty puffed when I got to them but got some respite on some of the descents.

5. It was hard work trying to judge what power others needed you to pull and it appeared that we all had slightly different reactions to slope changes. I seem to have a longer delay than others regarding resistance onset going into climbs and the opposite coming out of them. I am going to try and sync my PC Clock with BSim to see if that makes a difference.

6. I had one sudden dead stop when I was backing of having got too far ahead of TT and he then shot past me. I was trying my hardest to get you back to Bill TT before the top of the climb butt it just was not happening, well done though.

6. All in all a jolly good ride today though but my legs are still damn stiff.
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Yeah I was shot. I couldn't get anything going really but thanks again for the winch. I changed over to a new tyre today but my legs were pretty dead so it's hard to gage what effect the tyre had.
 
BILL S

BILL S

Guru
Location
London
TurboTommy said:
Well done everyone who did that ride and bad luck soarer. Maybe it's your power plug that's knackered? Bob said he's been through a few of them.

If it wasn't for AAAC dragging me up the last hill I'd of needed a helicopter rescue, so much appreciated mate!

I tried my hardest to stay with you Bill. I was trying to soften you up a little to be honest. Accelerating over the tops of the hills, to get a gap on the downhill, knowing I have the momentum advantage shall we say, and hoping it would knacker you trying to bridge the gap. But by the end it was me hanging on and you dumped me good and proper on that last hill. Very strong bud.

Bridgy you just seem to have another gear you can find at will!

It's one of those courses. Doesn't matter what time you do it in. It's bloody knackering!
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If I didn't get the better of you soon Tommy I thought I probably never would. Fortunately I felt strong tonight and nearer the end when you were behind by 4 or 5 seconds I sensed you'd struggle to pull me in if I kept the pressure on. Normally you would be straight back on my tail so from that point I thought I had a good chance.
I think it must have been near the top of the last hill that Bridgy decided to actually put in some effort and was 30 or 40 seconds ahead of me before I knew it.
Hope we get some more rides like that. Maybe we need some nice long flat ones ;)
 
bridgy

bridgy

Legendary Member
Location
Cheddar
AAAC 76C said:
I like my 0.81 watts per kg, thanks Bill
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Not as impressive as @Monte 's 737 kilometres!!
 
LBHIFI

LBHIFI

Veteran
Location
Liseleje
BILL S said:
@LBHIFI That's some ride you put in!
How the heck did you manage to go so fast?
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Bill, I just switched to a race tire and tube. My Bepros said the same as Thursdays ride: 280 watt.
I looked at the screen for the whole ride this time, so I probably was a little bit more efficient, pushing harder on hills/relaxing more on descents.
 
bobinski

bobinski

Legendary Member
Location
Tulse Hill
LBHIFI said:
Bill, I just switched to a race tire and tube. My Bepros said the same as Thursdays ride: 280 watt.
I looked at the screen for the whole ride this time, so I probably was a little bit more efficient, pushing harder on hills/relaxing more on descents.
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That is extraordinary.
 
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