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[bridgy]

So much for my secret weapon!! Big comfy girls saddle fitted just before the ride. Turned out to be not much better than the other one.
I was looking for a way for the bike not to suddenly stop at the beginning of each incline but it seems that anything over 10% and it just stops dead. Sometimes to 0.5 mph. With lesser gradients it's possible to do a mini slingshot by freewheeling into it with next to no power. Bit hit and miss though.
Well done to anyone who tackled that. And if I were Rob I think I'd have packed it in too.
Thanks for the encouragement Whorty. It was a tough ride indeed.

What you describe is exactly what I found too Bill. At first I thought I was working out a technique to avoid coming to a halt but I think it was just the less steep hills

 

[rob01792]

I do enjoy the live rides but they getting low on numbers now but I'm hoping they'll continue through the summer tho

 

[CXRAndy]

my connection seamed fine I didn't get any bkool disconnected messages but I couldn't see anyone but I could see 2 or 3 watching
don't like to say it but I bailed

I had the same thought at 5 miles then at 14miles.

 

[AAAC 76C]

So much for my secret weapon!! Big comfy girls saddle fitted just before the ride. Turned out to be not much better than the other one.
I was looking for a way for the bike not to suddenly stop at the beginning of each incline but it seems that anything over 10% and it just stops dead. Sometimes to 0.5 mph. With lesser gradients it's possible to do a mini slingshot by freewheeling into it with next to no power. Bit hit and miss though.
Well done to anyone who tackled that. And if I were Rob I think I'd have packed it in too.
Thanks for the encouragement Whorty. It was a tough ride indeed.

Was that the Toupe already!

 

[BILL S]

Was that the Toupe already!

No, I still have the chance of getting more comfortable by throwing some money at the problem. Tonight was just me taking my 24 hour mountain biking race seat and putting it on the racer. It's a big hideous wide heavy thing but it didn't feel so good tbh. Definitely not as good as it feels on the mtb, probably because of the totally different riding positions. I've so far noticed that all my other saddles (4 of them) are all exactly the same width although I haven't measured what that is. So looking forward to my visit to my LBS and see if I can get my sit bones measured and try a new saddle.
It'd be good if I can get a new saddle on for Saturday but I really don't fancy doing that ride again.

 

[theboxers]

I do enjoy the live rides but they getting low on numbers now but I'm hoping they'll continue through the summer tho

I to enjoy the live group sessions. However I prefer to be complete and off the bike by 8:30, I like to wind down before going to bed. Some of the sessions mean I don't get away from the bike by 9 or even 9:30 for the handicap sessions nights. That is just a little too late for me. So I have been doing some of the sessions at my own times. Sorry all .

 

[RamirezAGC]

Sorry I didn't make it tonight, I had newly adjusted cleats and attitude ready for action but the missus mentioned KFC for tea/dinner and I dropped you all like a stone.

The Colonel before bros.

I'm a mean but gentle lover

Hopefully see you Saturday for the rerun

 

[LBHIFI]

However this may be perceived, I'm sure you will be noticed

 

[LBHIFI]

Sorry, couldn't resist.
The real reason for posting today is some numbers from the danish TT championships. The world tour guys keeps their numbers for themselves, but the junior title was won by a 73kg guy averaging 380 watt (28 km).
I don't think any of us is capable of that, but a few of us are propably not too far off. Maybe AAAC could compete, but it's hard to tell with the current differences in hardware/software.

 

[LBHIFI]

Oh, and my nemesis didn't reclaim her title, due to a puncture. She ended up in a respectable 7th place.

 

[kipster]

Bkool blog post on how to use ERG mode http://bkoolers.com/erg-mode-bkool-simulator

 

[bobinski]

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Thanks LBHIFI
There have been times on the turbo I have wondered where they might have gone. Now I known where to look

 

[bobinski]

Bkool blog post on how to use ERG mode http://bkoolers.com/erg-mode-bkool-simulator

That looks quite good!

 

[AAAC 76C]

No, I still have the chance of getting more comfortable by throwing some money at the problem. Tonight was just me taking my 24 hour mountain biking race seat and putting it on the racer. It's a big hideous wide heavy thing but it didn't feel so good tbh. Definitely not as good as it feels on the mtb, probably because of the totally different riding positions. I've so far noticed that all my other saddles (4 of them) are all exactly the same width although I haven't measured what that is. So looking forward to my visit to my LBS and see if I can get my sit bones measured and try a new saddle.
It'd be good if I can get a new saddle on for Saturday but I really don't fancy doing that ride again.

I've been pondering a professional bike fit for a long time but it doesn't seem right as I only ride indoors however riding on a turbo for a hour and a half is probably worse the a few more hours on the road due to the lack of change of position, stopping, standing up and so on.
Getting all of the angles and height right should be well worth the effort plus the chance to try a load of tester saddles.
My work colleague, like me, has been riding competitively since the early mid seventies and he is still competing at 57 all be it in triathlons now.
He had a bike fit a couple of years ago and he couldn't believe how much they changed, as like me he thought he had read the book etc......

Good luck with your saddle choosing,
If I could buy just one more saddle that was the right one I would pay up to £150 for it as over the past few years I have probably spent double that on saddles, all be it I have got some of it back by selling the rejects.
As it turns out my most expensive purchase has been the best one so far however by ebay Adamo Prologue, which has been my second best so far, had an RRP of over £100 when I got it for £50.

 

[AAAC 76C]

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That's looks like me after an two hours on the BKool perched on my latest anatomical saddle.

The saddle is so good I don't have to wear shorts!