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[theboxers]

I agree...if you remove the "easier" in that sentence.

It is easier to attain a speed, higher than you could on your own, if you are part of a group. It is hardly ever easy . That is where the competitiveness comes in. The quick tend to push the envelope of the possible and suffer more because of it .

 

[theboxers]

The intention tonight was a revisit of the Alpe d'Huez session that took me 2 hours the time I completed it . Unfortunately I haven't been able to turn the pedals over enough to complete a warm up let alone the Alpe tonight. I bailed on my warm up and bailed shortly after starting the alpe session. Neither was saved. Toooo depressing . Some food and rest for another go tomorrow I think.

 

[bobinski]

Anyone tried a ftp test on Bkool as looking at a graph in trainer road is not very motivating :P

Any climbs to recommend for a 20-30 min all out effort?

Many here will ride up Alp d' Huez for 30 min to set an ftp. It seems as good a test as any. AAAC does in not much more than 30m

 

[designjacob]

Many here will ride up Alp d' Huez for 30 min to set an ftp. It seems as good a test as any. AAAC does in not much more than 30m

Sweet Alp d'Huez it is then if i dont feel too hungover going to be over ambitious and aim for 340 watts and try and hold on for dear life.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Sorry about that, AAAC .
It's just that I knew you would crush us at the hill, so I tried to get a few seconds advantage before the ascent began.

Apologies accepted, all is fair in BKooling and War.
To be honest I enjoyed being a domestique for the majority of the ride.
I might try and ride this alone outside of the league to have a go a the Male Vet 2 record.
If there's a way I can challenge my ride without it counting in the league I could use our trio to draft halfway and then go for gold to try and knock 1:30 of the time.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Many here will ride up Alp d' Huez for 30 min to set an ftp. It seems as good a test as any. AAAC does in not much more than 30m

I haven't done the whole of the fabled Alp for a while.
I did 8.9 km of it for an FTP not so long ago and that took 30 min (obviously).
It's 14.2 km so that would put my time for the whole of it at 47 minutes or more.
I think my record is 46 minutes but that was at a time when there was a glitch and the resistance was not being set correctly and now I can't get rid of it from my records.
Once upon a time you could delete complete rides from your History and therefore BKool rode Database

 

[AAAC 76C]

Sweet Alp d'Huez it is then if i dont feel too hungover going to be over ambitious and aim for 340 watts and try and hold on for dear life.

Talking hungover, the Shiraz is open so it will be two bottles of rehydration drink for breakfast instead of coffee ready for the league re-run!

I'll probably be admitting to cross dressing or something equally obscure by 11 o'clock.

 

[AAAC 76C]

The intention tonight was a revisit of the Alpe d'Huez session that took me 2 hours the time I completed it . Unfortunately I haven't been able to turn the pedals over enough to complete a warm up let alone the Alpe tonight. I bailed on my warm up and bailed shortly after starting the alpe session. Neither was saved. Toooo depressing . Some food and rest for another go tomorrow I think.

Bailed not crashed!, That is depressing. You need a drink man.

I did a 60 km session on Tuesday and by km 40 I couldn't find anyway comfortable to rest my prostrate and ended up adjusting the saddle on the fly, I really did consider bailing and really probably should have done but may head wouldn't let me.

 

[AAAC 76C]

For those who follow Pro cycling this is how the Tour of the Basque Country (Vuelta Pais Vasco) is shaping with just a real climbers TT left:
I have been following the highlights on http://www.steephill.tv/ and its been a real enjoyable race to watch.

General Classification after Stage 5
COL 1 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) 22:15:24
ESP 2 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF) + 6
FRA 3 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 10
ESP 4 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 12
ESP 5 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC RACING) + 31
COL 6 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander (MOVISTAR) + 38
USA 7 CRADDOCK, Lawson (CANNONDALE) + 1:00
NED 8 KELDERMAN, Wilco (LOTTO NL - JUMBO) + 1:07
POR 9 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAMPRE - MERIDA) + 1:09
SUI 10 REICHENBACH, Sébastien (FDJ) + 1:11
ESP 11 LANDA MEANA, Mikel (SKY) + 1:14

 

[theboxers]

Bailed not crashed!, That is depressing. You need a drink man.

Two pints of Old Speckled Hen already, 2 more in the fridge . They may not be there in the morning .

 

[theboxers]

For those who follow Pro cycling this is how the Tour of the Basque Country (Vuelta Pais Vasco) is shaping with just a real climbers TT left:
I have been following the highlights on http://www.steephill.tv/ and its been a real enjoyable race to watch.

General Classification after Stage 5
COL 1 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) 22:15:24
ESP 2 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF) + 6
FRA 3 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 10
ESP 4 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 12
ESP 5 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC RACING) + 31
COL 6 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander (MOVISTAR) + 38
USA 7 CRADDOCK, Lawson (CANNONDALE) + 1:00
NED 8 KELDERMAN, Wilco (LOTTO NL - JUMBO) + 1:07
POR 9 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAMPRE - MERIDA) + 1:09
SUI 10 REICHENBACH, Sébastien (FDJ) + 1:11
ESP 11 LANDA MEANA, Mikel (SKY) + 1:14

Diego Rosa rewrote rule 95 after being involved with all the breaks today

 

[AAAC 76C]

It appeared to me that he was clearly trying to hand his bike to the motorcyclist who was not on his team and should therefore be awarded a 4 minute penalty and banned for life for 'mechanical joking'.

Epic ride though.

 

[Add]

Talking hungover, the Shiraz is open so it will be two bottles of rehydration drink for breakfast instead of coffee ready for the league re-run!

I'll probably be admitting to cross dressing or something equally obscure by 11 o'clock.

Careful, you'll have Bill grooming you with talk like that.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Careful, you'll have Bill grooming you with talk like that.

No problem, I still have a good head of hair at 56.
My dad still had a good mop the day he passed away so I will probably always need grooming until my own finale.

 

[BILL S]

Careful, you'll have Bill grooming you with talk like that.

I'll be bringing my best comb to the rerun tomorrow night and will hopefully be close enough to AAAC for most of the ride to groom his full head of hair.