Team BKool CycleChat

[BILL S]

Perfect. Just like we'd rehearsed it!

Thanks for the encouragement kip. Was convinced Bill was going to reel me in but the hill steepened just in time for me to get a between rhythm and gain a handful of seconds again.

Well done Rick! Did you stay with my ghost the whole way or did you and it meet up at the end? I seem to remember quite an erratic ride on my quickest (Thursday) time so if you'd tried to draft me the whole way it could have worked against you.

 

[RickB]

Well done Rick! Did you stay with my ghost the whole way or did you and it meet up at the end? I seem to remember quite an erratic ride on my quickest (Thursday) time so if you'd tried to draft me the whole way it could have worked against you.

It was a bit all over the place. There was a time that you Adam and Bridgey were close together and I drafted at that point then you broke away and I followed but like you say it was a bit erratic! When it was a slight decline I found I pulled ahead a bit but it was the opposite when it was slightly inclined. so it was a bit to and fro. In the final third I pulled ahead by about 10 seconds and held it til the hill. As Kip said you pulled along side me but I managed to get away again somehow. Tough race! If it was a live race you would have beaten me I'm sure.

 

[<Tommy>]

You could pay that for just the bacon roll in London couldn't you? Get a semi detached house where I live for that kind of money.

I paid £2.50 for a bacon roll a few weeks ago that only had 1 rasher of bacon in it....

True story

 

[BILL S]

Tough race! If it was a live race you would have beaten me I'm sure.

Well I don't know about that as I was well knackered at the end. Wish I'd watched it now as it sounds like it was a good one.

 

[RamirezAGC]

Sounds brutal...


Sounds brutal

Agree £70 is steep (even with an umbrella!) Even with closed roads and the rest I don't think I really want to pay that much for what they're offering. I'm going to take kipsters advice and I've planned a bit of a rough calendar around rides with smaller infrastructure.

Tish and pish to your £70 I've signed up (stupidly) for the London Revolution which was £184 . Two days with camping and a lovely 185 route, anyone who's seen my times on the league will know I'm in serious trouble.

 

[bobinski]

Rick, great time! It's a darned hard ride isn't it. My heart rate was over 160 almost the whole time. Not looking forward to a re run.

 

[Soarerv8]

I paid £2.50 for a bacon roll a few weeks ago that only had 1 rasher of bacon in it....

True story

£2.50 for a bacon roll? Blimey round these parts you could get the whole pig for that, buy it an engagement ring and pay for the wedding and still have change from £2.50.

 

[Soarerv8]

You could pay that for just the bacon roll in London couldn't you? Get a semi detached house where I live for that kind of money.

Dammit Adam now we look like yokels to these slick city folks on here.

 

[Soarerv8]

Rick, great time! It's a darned hard ride isn't it. My heart rate was over 160 almost the whole time. Not looking forward to a re run.

Using the old calculation of 220 - your age I should max out at about 177 but anything over 170 on my heart rate and the world all goes a bit dark around the edges.

 

[kipster]

Using the old calculation of 220 - your age I should max out at about 177 but anything over 170 on my heart rate and the world all goes a bit dark around the edges.

You're younger than me by 3 years then, I think I've managed 192 on the Bkool, 190 on the road. My heart is obviously younger than the rest of me.

 

[Soarerv8]

You're younger than me by 3 years then, I think I've managed 192 on the Bkool, 190 on the road. My heart is obviously younger than the rest of me.

Mine has just led a hard life

 

[RickB]

You're younger than me by 3 years then, I think I've managed 192 on the Bkool, 190 on the road. My heart is obviously younger than the rest of me.

I don't use the hrm too often but I find it hard to hit 170!

 

[<Tommy>]

Dammit Adam now we look like yokels to these slick city folks on here.

Don't worry Soarer. I just assumed it was Adams smelly caravan that was effecting house prices

 

[Soarerv8]

Once asked a cardiologist friend what would happen if I took my heart beyond vmax. Apparently in a normal healthy heart this is pretty difficult to do a bit like holding your breath until you pass out. Worst case scenario probably is a pass out and then wake up when it has all calmed down. He did also say something along the lines of scenario B being a not so healthy heart that will just go pop. Didn't like the sound of that so I ignored him.

 

[JLaw]

I don't use the hrm too often but I find it hard to hit 170!

These days 170 has become pretty hard to hit for me. Imagine my surprise to have peaked at 177 on the run to set a time for the handicap league. I'm going to consider that a positive as it means I've got more headroom than I previously thought.

Alas I can remember 200+ peaks and sustained low 190s climbing up Little Cottonwood many many years ago. I'll never see those #s again.