Team BKool CycleChat

[keithaitch]

Great race. I was slightly thrown at the beginning not only by my good start, which, touch wood, together with the drop outs i was suffering, seem to solved, but by @Brusgaard in his new kit. I thought yellow must be @perswe but then he sprinted off and looking around and not seeing @AndyMacca there was nothing to do but try and TT him out. I thought once I got a gap on third place you might have sat up @perswe and we could have worked together but apparently you wanted to slug it out all the way. By the time I did catch you I had to put the hammer down and see who cracked first i could not have stood out if you'd out sprinted me at the end as I knew you could.
Looking forward to Saturday rerun.

 

[Mark68]

I had to use my lads laptop as mine wasn't working, but I logged on properly as when I was riding I saw my profile picture.. weird

 

[Mark68]

Shame I missed it. Not sure I'll make Saturday though, but should be ok for rest of December with any luck

 

[perswe]

Well done @keithaitch! Tried a new tactic. Figured that if you can’t beat them then why join them? Hoped that if I go early I might split the field and see how long I could maintain the effort and make @keithaitch work for his medal. I couldn’t shake the feeling that @keithaitch was always in control of the race, lurking 10 seconds behind, and I must have shown my teeth when he passed and soon realised that I didn’t really have anything extra up my sleeve. Not even something to scare him with. But all in all a good strategy...even though I almost died trying.

 

[AndyMacca]

Shame I missed it. Not sure I'll make Saturday though, but should be ok for rest of December with any luck

Shame about Saturday, but you can challenge someone in the league and then schedule the ride and do it some other time.

 

[Mark68]

Is anyone riding tomorrow at any point? I'll do a search if you don't mind to see if I can find you

 

[shimceltic]

Is anyone riding tomorrow at any point? I'll do a search if you don't mind to see if I can find you

From the bike shop back to the hotel.....

 

[Mark68]

From the bike shop back to the hotel.....

😆

 

[perswe]

Great race. I was slightly thrown at the beginning not only by my good start, which, touch wood, together with the drop outs i was suffering, seem to solved, but by @Brusgaard in his new kit. I thought yellow must be @perswe but then he sprinted off and looking around and not seeing @AndyMacca there was nothing to do but try and TT him out. I thought once I got a gap on third place you might have sat up @perswe and we could have worked together but apparently you wanted to slug it out all the way. By the time I did catch you I had to put the hammer down and see who cracked first i could not have stood out if you'd out sprinted me at the end as I knew you could.
Looking forward to Saturday rerun.

Well, I wanted to see how it would play out in TT mode. It turned out I didn’t have the nerve to go harder at the mid section and sort of half-assed it. Should probably have sat up but I wanted you all spent when you caught me...but then I realised that meant I would be too. I think your little speed increase with 2 to go killed me mentally more than physically...and then I died physically too.

 

[perswe]

Is anyone riding tomorrow at any point? I'll do a search if you don't mind to see if I can find you

I’ll be there around 1530/16ish to ride about 2 hrs with no particular plan in mind. Probably just join something live but I could do this again (can’t believe I just said that)

 

[Mark68]

I’ll be there around 1530/16ish to ride about 2 hrs with no particular plan in mind. Probably just join something live but I could do this again (can’t believe I just said that)

Thanks I'll see if I can join at some point.

 

[keithaitch]

Well, I wanted to see how it would play out in TT mode. It turned out I didn’t have the nerve to go harder at the mid section and sort of half-assed it. Should probably have sat up but I wanted you all spent when you caught me...but then I realised that meant I would be too. I think your little speed increase with 2 to go killed me mentally more than physically...and then I died physically too.

Half way through when I didn't seem to be making in roads and was hurting i thought about sitting up and working with @AndyMacca but a quick calculation said we wouldn't catch you even working together so i kept going making big efforts on any rise and trying to carry the power through to the descents and slowly i started to catch you. I reckoned if it was hurting me or must be hurting you and having a rhythm going i didn't want to ease up once I caught you and dug deep not too let you get away and then just went for it and the elastic snapped thankfully. Hopefully Saturday we can get a group together and try to pip @AAAC in the sprint.

 

[AndyMacca]

Great race. I was slightly thrown at the beginning not only by my good start, which, touch wood, together with the drop outs i was suffering, seem to solved, but by @Brusgaard in his new kit. I thought yellow must be @perswe but then he sprinted off and looking around and not seeing @AndyMacca there was nothing to do but try and TT him out. I thought once I got a gap on third place you might have sat up @perswe and we could have worked together but apparently you wanted to slug it out all the way. By the time I did catch you I had to put the hammer down and see who cracked first i could not have stood out if you'd out sprinted me at the end as I knew you could.
Looking forward to Saturday rerun.

I fluffed the start, was messing about with the garage thermometer whilst still pedaling when the timer ran out so I had to watch you guys disappear. Spent 6km solo then managed a bit of drafting with Craig, @Messab @Brusgaard and @Rod McG but nowhere near you front runners. Might get a bit closer on Saturday and push harder.

 

[Barbes66]

I fluffed the start, was messing about with the garage thermometer whilst still pedaling when the timer ran out so I had to watch you guys disappear. Spent 6km solo then managed a bit of drafting with Craig, @Messab @Brusgaard and Rob but nowhere near you front runners. Might get a bit closer on Saturday and push harder.

I need to practice this drafting malarky! Got dropped twice tonight - once to @AndyMacca & co then @Rod McG and I worked for a bit until I lost the wheel and both times almost blew up trying to bridge the gap. Enjoyed it though as there's usually always a wheel to hang or chase.

 

[Randyberlin]

I need to practice this drafting malarky! Got dropped twice tonight - once to @AndyMacca & co then @Rod McG and I worked for a bit until I lost the wheel and both times almost blew up trying to bridge the gap. Enjoyed it though as there's usually always a wheel to hang or chase.

I think with the new update there is a fraction of a second between the last beep and when you can start. I ruined my start last Saturday and have tried to time it during the week and found I need to give it an extra beat,