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[kipster]

Adam, I've double booked myself for the d'Huez handicap race, aarrgghhh

I have a school governors meeting that I can't get out of, and it was one hill I was looking forward to again.

 

[Monte]

* Tyre advice needed * due to slashing my tyre during a road session over the weekend I put a new tyre on this evening (Michelin lithium 2) my winter hack, so I thought new tyre loads of grip let's try Alpe d'Heuz again, I couldn't stand at all as it would just spin up the rear wheel so I ended up seated all the way. What have Bkool people found is a good all rounder tyre ?

 

[Randyberlin]

* Tyre advice needed * due to slashing my tyre during a road session over the weekend I put a new tyre on this evening (Michelin lithium 2) my winter hack, so I thought new tyre loads of grip let's try Alpe d'Heuz again, I couldn't stand at all as it would just spin up the rear wheel so I ended up seated all the way. What have Bkool people found is a good all rounder tyre ?

I just went back to a gator skin hard shell. It doesn't slip and has vey little shredding. I tried another tire ( an older continental sport )because I wanted to blame my poor performance on level and downhill but it is a cadence problem not a tire problem. The new hard shell is a 28. But I am
Kind of waiting for Add and Bill to figure out the best.

 

[Vertego]

Help please, oh wise ones...

Here is my email to BKOOL:

I'm experiencing significant problems with the latest version of BSIM 2.25.

Since updating to the latest version I have repeatedly experienced popup messages "Do you want to end your session now" as if I have stopped pedalling, even though I am still pedalling at 80-90RPM and a displayed speed of 30+kmh. These messages disappear after several seconds of continued pedalling but appear perhaps 20-30 times in a 15km/30 minute session.

In addition, today the BSIM program 'froze' the whole PC twice requiring me to turn the power off to restart. Only after uninstalling/reinstalling the BSIM software did this problem stop, though the popups above continued.

The above problems have only arisen since installing v2.25. I had no such problems with the previous version.

Is there a known problem, solution or new version due to fix this?

Anyone else had these problems, which were repeated but worse tonight?

 

[Add]

* Tyre advice needed * due to slashing my tyre during a road session over the weekend I put a new tyre on this evening (Michelin lithium 2) my winter hack, so I thought new tyre loads of grip let's try Alpe d'Heuz again, I couldn't stand at all as it would just spin up the rear wheel so I ended up seated all the way. What have Bkool people found is a good all rounder tyre ?

So did you want a handicap time for tomorrow evening Monte? Can you make it?

 

[Add]

Adam, I've double booked myself for the d'Huez handicap race, aarrgghhh

I have a school governors meeting that I can't get out of, and it was one hill I was looking forward to again.

And as for you Kipster! I too am a school Governor, and we have something called 'apologies' at the beginning. I think you should feature in them..... Ah darn it, I understand, gutted you can't make it, you were a key player.

 

[kipster]

And as for you Kipster! I too am a school Governor, and we have something called 'apologies' at the beginning. I think you should feature in them..... Ah darn it, I understand, gutted you can't make it, you were a key player.

I was looking toward to it. The idea of hunting down the guy in front while trying to stay ahead of the guy behind really appealed. If the governors meeting wasn't about our next steps on the road to becoming an academy I would have done the ride over the meeting.

Edit, sounds like a time trail, maybe I should enter some.

 

[Monte]

So did you want a handicap time for tomorrow evening Monte? Can you make it?

Hi Add, I rode the course this evening - not sure I could ride Alpe dheuz two nights running. It was my second attempt this evening and rode it in 58.10, smashed my previous time by 9 minutes. I deserve a couple of Peroni's tonight.

 

[Add]

Well I will put you in for a time, and credit you a few minutes in case you feel up for it ok?

 

[kipster]

Regarding tyres, I had a cheap nasty slick on for a while. It started off ok but started shredding so I tried a Vitoria turbo tyre which shed bits of rubber from day one. Currently running a Hutchinson Equinox road stick which seems to give a reasonable mix. I don't tend to get out of the saddle much, but when I have it's been fine, no slipping at all. I have another tyre (conti ultra sport or something) to try at some point. I put the Vitoria turbo tyre on my sons bike and with him it doesn't shed anything at all, so I think weight of the rider is a factor, as well as psi.

 

[Add]

Tomorrow at 6:20pm, I will open an Alpe d'Huez session, which will be password protected with the word 'goat' all lower case.
Paul F is our front runner, and he is the only one that needs to find this session initially. I will do the full 10 minute warm up, so the race itself will start pretty much smack on 6:30pm, and when it does start, off you go Paul, ok?
Now it gets technical. Here are everyone's time handicaps:-

Rayvon 10m 8s
Bobinski 13m 31s
Randy Berlin 21m 59s
Robert 22m 10s
Geoff 23m 19s
Kipster 29m 53s
Monte 33m 10s
Adski 34m 49s
Blueface 38m 37s
Bill 38m 39s

Everyone needs to find the session and monitor the 'underway' time. As soon as the session time hits your assigned handicap, hit the start button, followed immediately by the 'NO' box, as this will place you at the start and not immediately behind Paul, which would obviously be quite unfair.
As soon as you are able, get pedalling and get to the top. Geoff and I have practised this, and if you hit start, and 'NO' quickly enough, you can be off the start line in about 8 seconds. If we all start in this manner, everyone will be in the same boat, and the 8 seconds login time becomes irrelevant.
It is imperative that you closely monitor the session as it runs, you can even spectate, if you are far enough down the start times, but you are all responsible for starting at the correct time. I will have exited the session after Paul sets off and will be scrutinising the start.
If anyone has not been assigned a time, but would like let me know, and I will work out a suitable start time for you.

Everyone clear? Hopefully see a few of you online tomorrow evening, should be fun.

 

[BILL S]

I only clicked the "Like" button because there wasn't an Oh FFS button

 

[Add]

And no chipping off after half hour anyone please, no rank hunting allowed....BILL! Although I know that if you achieved Pro 2 status after half hour, you would concoct some excuse. Just ANOTHER puncture hey?

 

[BILL S]

And no chipping off after half hour anyone please, no rank hunting allowed....BILL! Although I know that if you achieved Pro 2 status after half hour, you would concoct some excuse. Just ANOTHER puncture hey?

You know me too well Adam. I must admit that seeing you almost 4 minutes ahead of me may cause the red mist to descend to the point where I use up the whole allocated Huez power in just a fraction over 30 mins. See! I told you you should have made us all wait on the line until it were our turn to go.

 

[Paulf1566]

Fine by me. So just in case - what happens if someone starts too soon (in error not trying to gain an advantage of course ), as I'll be long gone both in time and energy! Do I just carry on regardless?