Team BKool CycleChat

[BILL S]

Couldn't make tonights ride as HID took another fall, but at least I managed to watch a Brilliant race there between @BILL S , @LBHIFI and @Aleman ..... well done all 3 - blistering pace

Hope your Mrs is ok Carl, and hope to see you on Saturday.

 

[JJRobinson]

Sorry couldn’t make ride tonight as kids were still awake! Look forward to making one soon

Good work all who took part

 

[Whorty]

Sorry couldn’t make ride tonight as kids were still awake! Look forward to making one soon

Good work all who took part

There is a re-run each Saturday at 5 o'clock.

 

[Whorty]

Hope your Mrs is ok Carl, and hope to see you on Saturday.

Thanks Bill. Planning to be there Saturday, but not hopeful of getting anywhere near your times tonight - you guys were working so well together, and so strong you even dropped Brusgaard ... the Danes must be nervous now of the Nations Cup

 

[AAAC 76C]

WC Stage 2.
All bow to the Great Dane @JacobSkovsgaard .
Obviously a bit worried about buying me some beer if we ever meet.

 

[Aleman]

Hope your Mrs is OK Carl, That was an epic ride, thanks to @BILL S and @LBHIFI for towing me the last half of the course. good cat and mouse for the last 6K was fun, and I think did for me on the line.

I won't be there for the re run ... I'll still probably be lying down after tonight

 

[AAAC 76C]

Thanks Bill. Planning to be there Saturday, but not hopeful of getting anywhere near your times tonight - you guys were working so well together, and so strong you even dropped Brusgaard ... the Danes must be nervous now of the Nations Cup

Me too but we have a Kids here this weekend so I might be forced into a game of Monopoly or Scrabble instead!

 

[Whorty]

Well ridden the first three, especially Aleman, your effort to get over to the leading group was immense. I thought we might work together early on to bridge to them, but when you put the power down I couldn't stay with you. The guys really do go hell for leather at the start.... Something else I need to work on, though I did manage to draught myself for which apparently I owe myself a , once I work out who's paying! Thanks again for the fun?!

The starts are always manic. You need to be able to hold a big power for 3-4 mins minimum then hang on to the tails of others to recover before getting into the race proper. If you get dropped in that first launch it's hard to get back on again unless you have someone to work with. You did well tonight though to catch Brusgaard up, he was working really hard to try and get back to Bill's group.

 

[Whorty]

Hope your Mrs is OK Carl, That was an epic ride, thanks to @BILL S and @LBHIFI for towing me the last half of the course. good cat and mouse for the last 6K was fun, and I think did for me on the line.

I won't be there for the re run ... I'll still probably be lying down after tonight

You put massive power out to catch them up, but then kept the power on to get a gap of about 30 seconds. Crazy speed, but probably put you too far in the red. If you had just jumped on their wheel initially and kept something back you may have had enough to break away towards the end. As a spectator, it was great to watch you guys slugging it out

 

[bridgy]

That was a frustrating return to bkool after mostly playing on Zwift recently. It was glitchy from the start and took about 10 minutes for me to even get going for a warmup in the velodrome. Then it froze as the clock went to zero and I was stuck on the line on my own (not a false start). I kept pedalling hard but when it eventually decided to let me move the front guys were long gone so it was just a solo ride the whole way. I don't know whether the time I was stuck on the line will be counted towards my time or not...

 

[Whorty]

That was a frustrating return to bkool after mostly playing on Zwift recently. It was glitchy from the start and took about 10 minutes for me to even get going for a warmup in the velodrome. Then it froze as the clock went to zero and I was stuck on the line on my own (not a false start). I kept pedalling hard but when it eventually decided to let me move the front guys were long gone so it was just a solo ride the whole way. I don't know whether the time I was stuck on the line will be counted towards my time or not...

Not good. I did wonder why you was so far back. I wonder if there is sometimes a conflict when switching between Zwift and Bkool - I've certainly had trouble in the past and had to reboot the laptop to get it to work properly - seemed to be a confusion on the ant+ side

 

[Randyberlin]

Not good. I did wonder why you was so far back. I wonder if there is sometimes a conflict when switching between Zwift and Bkool - I've certainly had trouble in the past and had to reboot the laptop to get it to work properly - seemed to be a confusion on the ant+ side

Yes when I switch I always have to re pair and most times have to reboot.

 

[bridgy]

Yes when I switch I always have to re pair and most times have to reboot.

I haven't used Zwift for a couple of days and the laptop's been switched off and the trainer turned off at the plug since then. Didn't appear to have any problems connecting the trainer by ant+

 

[AAAC 76C]

That was a frustrating return to bkool after mostly playing on Zwift recently. It was glitchy from the start and took about 10 minutes for me to even get going for a warmup in the velodrome. Then it froze as the clock went to zero and I was stuck on the line on my own (not a false start). I kept pedalling hard but when it eventually decided to let me move the front guys were long gone so it was just a solo ride the whole way. I don't know whether the time I was stuck on the line will be counted towards my time or not...

Splitters curse.
No sympathy at all!

 

[bridgy]

Splitters curse.
No sympathy at all!