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Bored Man

Upstanding Member
Location
Arrochar
I put more effort in tonight but was almost 1min down

It was almost back to normal this aft Jimmy. Still suffering the awful lag and having to start the ride manually however, my watts were normal again and I averaged just short of 170 on a previous ride which is about right for me. I may try stage 1 again but when my legs are a little better. 👍
 
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Brusgaard

Über Guru
Location
Skive, Denmark
Much as I tried @Brusgaard I just couldn't catch you. And this time the hills didn't seem to help me. Don't tell me you started taking a days rest before chaingang races :ohmy:

Nah, I used to have Fridays off, but took at little spin outside yesterday instead, as I’m not due back at work before Monday after more than 2 weeks off. 🙂 But I didn’t do my usual Saturday morning Zwift ride/race, if that‘s any consolation? 🙂

Improved my time by about 4 seconds at about 2.5 watts more on avg. Took it a bit easier than usual at the start, waiting for your Pros speed/watts to kick in and get you 2 to the front for a bit. The rest of the ride I just made sure to keep you at a somewhat safe distance before hitting the steeper parts, which thankfully were less than 8% at all times(?).

No point in trying to keep up with @keithaitch as I’ll loose 10+ minutes when we hit Col d’Aspin later this month. 🙂
 
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keithaitch

Veteran
Location
barcelona
Nah, I used to have Fridays off, but took at little spin outside yesterday instead, as I’m not due back at work before Monday after more than 2 weeks off. 🙂 But I didn’t do my usual Saturday morning Zwift ride/race, if that‘s any consolation? 🙂

Improved my time by about 4 seconds at about 2.5 watts more on avg. Took it a bit easier than usual at the start, waiting for your Pros speed/watts to kick in and get you 2 to the front for a bit. The rest of the ride I just made sure to keep you at a somewhat safe distance before hitting the steeper parts, which thankfully were less than 8% at all times(?).

No point in trying to keep up with @keithaitch as I’ll loose 10+ minutes when we hit Col d’Aspin later this month. 🙂
Bask in the annoyance your EOS a couple days ago elicited! Grrrrr.
 

shimceltic

Veteran
Well in all the excitement of Christmas and my attempt, successful to ride literally half way round the world in one year I forgot to ride a Chaingang monthly news letter. Better late than never, as my training partner never says, here it is

https://s.docworkspace.com/d/ACRq1Fjpxq8a47KA05GdFA
Thanks for that Keith. I wonder if we could spam official Bkool Facebook and twitter messages with our details to get more on board?
 
Well in all the excitement of Christmas and my attempt, successful to ride literally half way round the world in one year I forgot to ride a Chaingang monthly news letter. Better late than never, as my training partner never says, here it is

https://s.docworkspace.com/d/ACRq1Fjpxq8a47KA05GdFA
This is great .on unrealistic rides a few years back I was in the top 10 in a winter cup stage. I emailed but at that time they must not have a way to delete it without causing problems with everything down the table. Everyone knew it wasn't deserved so it was like wearing a bad toupee. Hmmm maybe that's not a bad idea.
 

Bored Man

Upstanding Member
Location
Arrochar
Well in all the excitement of Christmas and my attempt, successful to ride literally half way round the world in one year I forgot to ride a Chaingang monthly news letter. Better late than never, as my training partner never says, here it is

https://s.docworkspace.com/d/ACRq1Fjpxq8a47KA05GdFA

<Discussion point>

@keithaitch - Tis my opinion that you’re trying to deliver a competitive (fun) league which you manage via spreadsheet. Regardless of the inconsistencies with finishers etc, it is working and the guys who participate enjoy it. Even I visit even though I’m a little inconsistent. The people who have questionable power outputs are irrelevant to what you’re attempting to achieve - unless you only rely on Bkool league results ( Rather than your sheet).

I think you should continue to weed these folk out and I believe the best way to control this is by agreeing a handicap committee (3 people of similar ability who are best qualified to assess any individuals performance) eg. You, @BILL S @Brusgaard - if you all agree the performances are suspect - bin them. This will ensure fairness and preserve the integrity of the Bkool Chaingang (and your) League. They won’t complain as it is probably meaningless to them. If they do, it will promote open conversation.

Start by creating a simple Chaingang group guideline post, explaining how it works, who can participate and how they qualify - additionally, why any individual could be removed (questionable performance).

Hope that helps?

Jim
 
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Goldwolfie

Veteran
Location
Chesterfield
Bit more consistent than mine @Brusgaard ... my trainer is all over the place since the last update, ( I may have mentioned it before?). I can crest a climb, the watts drop, the speed increases however, I’m still grinding up hill for anything up to 5 seconds.. couldn’t achieve 200 watts today, well barely...

Me n @Goldwolfie are there or thereabouts and he walloped me by 4 minutes over 10 miles :wacko:.. mind you, he is keeping quiet. He may have been training hard or borrowed @Whorty’s inhaler?
@Bored Man - Or it could be the leccy bike Santa brought me - I wish.
I don't think I've ever managed to ride away from anyone on a hill, so I'd ignore your first attempt at stage 1.
Randy, yourself and myself are roughly about the same level, so it will be good to renew our previous battles, once Randy returns to fitness - it can get pretty lonely out there at the moment.
As for stage 2 - I think I'll set off about lunchtime on Thursday as I need to get finished to get my beauty sleep in.
 

Bored Man

Upstanding Member
Location
Arrochar
@Bored Man - Or it could be the leccy bike Santa brought me - I wish.
I don't think I've ever managed to ride away from anyone on a hill, so I'd ignore your first attempt at stage 1.
Randy, yourself and myself are roughly about the same level, so it will be good to renew our previous battles, once Randy returns to fitness - it can get pretty lonely out there at the moment.
As for stage 2 - I think I'll set off about lunchtime on Thursday as I need to get finished to get my beauty sleep in.

GW. Let me know when you’re going to ride stage 2. I’ll happily attempt to spin with you.

Jim
 

BILL S

Guru
Location
London
<Discussion point>

@keithaitch - Tis my opinion that you’re trying to deliver a competitive (fun) league which you manage via spreadsheet. Regardless of the inconsistencies with finishers etc, it is working and the guys who participate enjoy it. Even I visit even though I’m a little inconsistent. The people who have questionable power outputs are irrelevant to what you’re attempting to achieve - unless you only rely on Bkool league results ( Rather than your sheet).

I think you should continue to weed these folk out and I believe the best way to control this is by agreeing a handicap committee (3 people of similar ability who are best qualified to assess any individuals performance) eg. You, @BILL S @Brusgaard - if you all agree the performances are suspect - bin them. This will ensure fairness and preserve the integrity of the Bkool Chaingang (and your) League. They won’t complain as it is probably meaningless to them. If they do, it will promote open conversation.

Start by creating a simple Chaingang group guideline post, explaining how it works, who can participate and how they qualify - additionally, why any individual could be removed (questionable performance).

Hope that helps?

Jim

I pretty much totally agree with what you've said there Jim. Not sure we need a committee though as we could just discuss it on here.
I think we should delete non active members unless they're already known to us. I used to do that every few months and hardly ever had anyone complain about it. I think people join bkool and get a bit over enthusiastic about joining groups and most never bother to even do one ride. I think it's ok to delete anyone who joined in December or before if they don't participate in the January league. That only applies to anyone who we don't already know, or doesn't post here of course.

ps @keithaitch .As I'm still admin I'm happy to go in and delete non participants if you wish.
 
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