bobinski
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Soarerv8
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Oh well that is incredibly gratifying and surprising in equal measures
Thanks All for a great turnout. 30 at the start I think, with a few more taggers on joining later.
Great race!! Congratulations LB for your win
. You broke me yet again
Must have been a lot of great great races going on with so many on the grid. You'll forgive I hope if I didn't notice any of them going on at the time.
Great race!! Congratulations LB for your win
. You broke me yet againMust have been a lot of great great races going on with so many on the grid. You'll forgive I hope if I didn't notice any of them going on at the time.
theboxers
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Lars must have a doppelganger as I saw an LBHIFI going in the bkool session. Either that or he is a glutton for punishment.Thanks All for a great turnout. 30 at the start I think, with a few more taggers on joining later.
Great race!! Congratulations LB for your win
Must have been a lot of great great races going on with so many on the grid. You'll forgive I hope if I didn't notice any of them going on at the time.
. BTW well done 
I enjoyed the chaingang tonight in a
kind of way. Under an hour, well chuffed (in both senses 
). Made the most of the tail end descent 
Guy thanks for the spurring on, the pain didn't really start until you mentioned it
Thanks All for a great turnout. 30 at the start I think, with a few more taggers on joining later.
Great race!! Congratulations LB for your win
Must have been a lot of great great races going on with so many on the grid. You'll forgive I hope if I didn't notice any of them going on at the time.
Thanks for starting the race Bill, and well done all. First Chaingang race I've done with more downhill than uphill I think, which meant a different type of challenge - but no less exhausting!
I had a good tussle with Runar in the middle of the race, with a few failed or short lived attempts at drafting! Eventually I managed to pull away to about a minute ahead but I spent the rest of the ride expecting Runar to reel me back in and come flying back past me at any moment but it never happened! You must have been having an off day Runar...
Lars must have a doppelganger as I saw an LBHIFI going in the bkool session. Either that or he is a glutton for punishment.
I enjoyed the chaingang tonight in a
I also spied LB in the bkool event tonight but in a lowly (for him) 38th place and correctly concluded that he was using it as a warm-up for the Chain Gang. Seemed to work quite well
.I moved my cleats forward a bit and it seemed to help with power.
Breedon
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Same here great race loved it had bit of a tussle with juan socks and brainstain (hope i spelt it right) had to work out there strengths and weaknesses then make my move.
Well done to all
Well done to all
Yeah I think that's the only one where it's been mostly downhill but I'd agree that it was tough and exhausting. I did it last night as well just to put in some miles and had no lubricant down below. Bad plan making those revs for so long. Tonight I was much better prepared.
Agreed about Runar. You do not want him a minute behind you if you're on a steep climb. That minute behind will soon be a minute ahead. Lucky for us though the flats and downhills are our friends because Runar hates them.
theboxers
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Just looked at the session in my results. 106% for an hour . No wonder the legs were nearly shot going up that last little bit of hill near the end .
. No wonder the legs were nearly shot going up that last little bit of hill near the end .
Yes, when I saw they postponed the start half an hour, I decided to use it as a warm-up. Very hard to control myself, kept trying not to dig too deep, but couldn't resist firing of a few sprints in well chosen places. I started 2-3 minutes late so I don't know if it will count.I also spied LB in the bkool event tonight but in a lowly (for him) 38th place and correctly concluded that he was using it as a warm-up for the Chain Gang. Seemed to work quite well
I moved my cleats forward a bit and it seemed to help with power.
Thanks for the drafting in the Chain Gang race - looks like we both benefited
.I was expecting to see you fly pass me on that last descend, but when I saw I still had 3 seconds when we reached the flat
, I decided to make a break for it.
AAAC 76C
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Yeah I think that's the only one where it's been mostly downhill but I'd agree that it was tough and exhausting. I did it last night as well just to put in some miles and had no lubricant down below. Bad plan making those revs for so long. Tonight I was much better prepared.
Agreed about Runar. You do not want him a minute behind you if you're on a steep climb. That minute behind will soon be a minute ahead. Lucky for us though the flats and downhills are our friends because Runar hates them.
Had to go it alone again tonight as her in doors needed picking up from town so I kicked off well before 7.
I also concur with the deceptiveness of the profile and I felt that I was fighting myself from very early on and was pushing my self enforced 160bpm limit before halfway and constanly looking forward to the downhills.
At about 1km from the end things weren't quite feeling right with the old blood pump and I pretty much limped home for the last km and a bit.
Then I got of the bike sat down and had what felt like a mild angina attack.
Good news for you good news for Bill and LB is:
a) they beat me fair and square
b) that I'm of to Kent at the weekend to see the family and probably won't get a chance at a re-run against your ghosts as I won't be back unitl Monday afternoon.
Cleats?!? Fans!!
Am I really the only person who has an 'amateur' set up? No fan, and cycle in my trainers
ha ha
