Team BKool CycleChat

[shimceltic]

10.5 km of climbing - I loose. Done.

Bloody hills. 🔫

 

[Goldwolfie]

I gained about 30 watts when I made the switch. But the big change is the extra resistance on the climbs. It is way harder.

I better not upgrade from my old Bkool turbo, or I'll never make it up most of the hilly stages.

 

[shimceltic]

Actually looks flattish @Brusgaard

 

[Brusgaard]

Actually looks flattish @Brusgaard

Looks can be deceiving... It says climbing distance 10.5 km.

 

[shimceltic]

Only climbs 250m over 20km so you powerhouses will be pushing all the way on a false flat

 

[Brusgaard]

Warm up starts in 29 minutes.

 

[AndyMacca]

Still no engineer for the trainer (understandable really) but I'll try and join in tonight, if you see me stuck at the start I just haven't been able to 'zero' the pedals.

 

[perswe]

@AAAC 76C
I did not have the legs for that hilly bit

 

[Barbes66]

Well done all - that was tough.

 

[shimceltic]

Pushed as normal at the start but couldn't seem to draft and everyone went past. I seemed to be matching w/kg but going backwards. Decided to do the scenic version once 300m behind and no chance of catching.

 

[keithaitch]

Well done all - that was tough.

Yes I thought I had enough at the top of the hill but you nearly caught me.

 

[AndyMacca]

Pushed as normal at the start but couldn't seem to draft and everyone went past. I seemed to be matching w/kg but going backwards. Decided to do the scenic version once 300m behind and no chance of catching.

Yeah after a slow start on my part I thought we'd been left in no-mans land, I tried to push to the front group but ran out of matches so clung onto @BKIain and @keithaitch for the 1st part till Keith broke free on the first rise then Iain and I eventually caught @Brusgaard I made a failed attempt to climb further up the field but @Add and @Barbes66 were too far ahead.

In case it's useful for others - in Bkool it seems the secret to zeroing the pedals is to backpedal for about 5 seconds otherwise it just sits at whatever the last watt value was.

 

[perswe]

Why did you @AAAC 76C go and break that special bond we built up over the first 20 minutes? Here I was thinking we had a good thing going. But...you just left me on the foot of the hill...that is no way to treat a friend.
You're off my christmas gift list this year!

 

[AAAC 76C]

@AAAC 76C
I did not have the legs for that hilly bit

I have just managed to get off of the sofa in the man cave.
I dug a little too deep today.

 

[Barbes66]

Yes I thought I had enough at the top of the hill but you nearly caught me.

What happened at the start? I was surprised to see you a couple of hundred metres back pretty early on and wondered if you were practising for next week's omnium pursuit? When I got dropped I couldn't decide whether to TT or sit up so i kind of did neither which was daft as then I didn't have enough to hold your wheel on the climb.