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bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
Bill, you seem to have sorted whatever it was that impacted on your power on the handicap rides. Very frustrating!
I actually thought I might catch you as the gradient levelled off 
oh well!Well done AAAC - great effort once again
28th April? It's on a Friday next year?
Bill, you seem to have sorted whatever it was that impacted on your power on the handicap rides. Very frustrating!
Power was still low at 76% but with my new lower weight it was enough to speed me up the hill at a good pace. I wasn't going to let you catch me though and the only figure I paid any attention to the whole race was the time gap between you and me. I kid you not!
Oh yeah so it is - that's an odd choice?! Sunday of a bank holiday works out so well for travelling etc - a Friday will make it a lot harder for lots of people logistically
That is the Friday of the Bank holiday weekend - surely they mean Sunday 30th? I will look out for updates....
Goldwolfie
Veteran
- Location
- Chesterfield
Not sure what else we can do to slow these boys down - Geoff is trying his best to even things up and they still wipe the floor with us - well done though very impressive times. I just hope you were as shattered as I was at the finish as that would make me feel a bit better.
@Soarerv8 - enjoyed that 'battle', I'd eaten 90 minutes before the start and that probably made the difference.
AAAC 76C
Large Member
- Location
- LIVING THE DREAM
Power was still low at 76% but with my new lower weight it was enough to speed me up the hill at a good pace. I wasn't going to let you catch me though and the only figure I paid any attention to the whole race was the time gap between you and me. I kid you not!
Bill perhaps you need some tips from Nibali for getting your mojo back.
gbrown
Geoff on Bkool
- Location
- South Somerset
Soarerv8
Über Member
Tandems, they have to carry one of us with them that might just slow them down, nothing else seems to work!
Edit: on reflection stuff that, a tandem would infer we would be expected to pedal, better still one of those little trailers people carry their kids / dog in.
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
- Location
- OTC (on the couch)
There's a saying "There's no replacement for displacement". The same goes for power in bkool. If you've got it, no matter what weight you register, you can use the higher power you generate to overcome a lot of handicaps. By the looks of it you can also sustain a higher cadence at a given resistance. You are by definition a lot fitter and can maintain a higher effort for longer.
Just a little sad that I can't match some of you guys and gals
.I would even take tips from you AAAC. What do you suggest???
Power does come out lower than normal when you reduce the weight like this - well it does for me anyway - so I would take that 76% with a pinch of salt. My efffort also showed as 77%. I guess this makes sense - it would take more power to do the efforts we did at our higher weights than at the reduced weight?Power was still low at 76% but with my new lower weight it was enough to speed me up the hill at a good pace. I wasn't going to let you catch me though and the only figure I paid any attention to the whole race was the time gap between you and me. I kid you not!
@Soarerv8 - funnily enough after our bibshorts conversation yesterday, this brand new review of the DHB shorts I have popped up on Road.CC today - http://road.cc/content/review/191378-dhb-aeron-bib-shorts.
They are a "new" version so may be slightly different to the ones Kipster and Bobinski didn't get on with. As discussed though, always a personal thing, a bit like saddles I guess
They are a "new" version so may be slightly different to the ones Kipster and Bobinski didn't get on with. As discussed though, always a personal thing, a bit like saddles I guess
