Team BKool CycleChat

[bobinski]

Next stage is only 5 km and 'flat'.
We might be able to help each other. It opens at the weekend so we can give it a look see to judge how suitable for drafting it is but at 5 km it will be bells out from the start and wait for no man so we would need to see how close we stay in the opening km. Stage 7 is mountain and 8 flat.
Perhaps we could drag some willing help in from the rest of the gang to grab and advantage.
Now you got me going, some could set off on time and wait at strategic points and we start late to grab their wheels later.
Skulduggery in the making!

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Compete in the Olympics with Cofidis!
Thursday, August 4 at 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

Our Bkool Summer Cup Cofidis Challenge arrives with a spectacular backdrop: the time trial route at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Feel like an Olympic cyclist, competing along with users from different countries in an incredible Challenge.

Remember that to participate you will have to select the session called the "Grumari Circuit (RIO 2016 TT)", which will be highlighted in the LIVE section on your simulator as of the time indicated.

Is that 8pm UK time AAAC?

I am interested in helping

 

[BILL S]

Next stage is only 5 km and 'flat'.
We might be able to help each other. It opens at the weekend so we can give it a look see to judge how suitable for drafting it is but at 5 km it will be bells out from the start and wait for no man so we would need to see how close we stay in the opening km. Stage 7 is mountain and 8 flat.
Perhaps we could drag some willing help in from the rest of the gang to grab and advantage.
Now you got me going, some could set off on time and wait at strategic points and we start late to grab their wheels later.
Skulduggery in the making!

Edit
Compete in the Olympics with Cofidis!
Thursday, August 4 at 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

Our Bkool Summer Cup Cofidis Challenge arrives with a spectacular backdrop: the time trial route at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Feel like an Olympic cyclist, competing along with users from different countries in an incredible Challenge.

Remember that to participate you will have to select the session called the "Grumari Circuit (RIO 2016 TT)", which will be highlighted in the LIVE section on your simulator as of the time indicated.

Sounds like a plan if we can get together for that 5km (stage 6) one. xco Rio I think. And with some extra help too
Like you say, Bells out from the start and just try to stay together although no waiting. Hopefully I can stay with you for some of it and give us both a boost.
Bob, you're in the Cup too so hopefully we can all gain an advantage.
Any preferred time to do this? Bearing in mind Chaingang and Handicap weight league times.

 

[BILL S]

New Chaingang league tonight at 7pm.

 

[theboxers]

New Chaingang league tonight at 7pm.

Woohoo

 

[BILL S]

Woohoo

You know you love it TB . Go out there and kick some 4ss!!!

 

[bobinski]

I doubt I will make chaingang ride tonight. Family duties...

Re the summer cup Bill and AAAC when are you planning to ride that TT? Tonight or some other time?

Oh, and in other news;

http://zwiftblog.com/zwift-worlds-team-race-announced/

It's not till November and might be fun to get some teams together.

 

[CXRAndy]

I'm back! A bit punch drunk

5 hours of jetlag and only 4 hours of sleep, so don't expect much after 5 mins of effort

 

[bridgy]

Don't abandon me this time Lars!!

 

[bridgy]

Sorry, it was me who did the abandoning! Lost wifi signal and had to start again on my own

 

[bridgy]

Although I was feeling quite good tonight, I'm not sure how accurate that ride from me was - I had a section when I got up speed on the flat to 33-34mph and just kept spinning at that speed for ages - my watts were showing ridiculously high, like 500-700! Was it this course where you had very high watts Bill, and it put your fitness up a few levels?

 

[BILL S]

Sorry, it was me who did the abandoning! Lost wifi signal and had to start again on my own

Wow I wasn't expecting to see you win by that much Paul. And you made 500W normalized power Well done!!
AAAC I just couldn't stay with you and although I tried to catch up at the end a few times, you had an answer for me each time.

Well done all for your quick times and massive power outputs

 

[bridgy]

Wow I wasn't expecting to see you win by that much Paul. And you made 500W normalized power Well done!!
AAAC I just couldn't stay with you and although I tried to catch up at the end a few times, you had an answer for me each time.

Well done all for your quick times and massive power outputs

Well, as per my post above, I think the watts are exaggerated - even though I was pushing really hard and feeling good

 

[theboxers]

That was hard . Don't know why but my legs had no zip in them tonight . I'm not sure how I managed to improve my time for that course, I took about 30 seconds off my time . Now time to kick back and relax .

 

[BILL S]

Although I was feeling quite good tonight, I'm not sure how accurate that ride from me was - I had a section when I got up speed on the flat to 33-34mph and just kept spinning at that speed for ages - my watts were showing ridiculously high, like 500-700! Was it this course where you had very high watts Bill, and it put your fitness up a few levels?

That was the one Paul, but it didn't work so well for me this time or last. The first time I did it on my own it put me up to elite1.

 

[LBHIFI]

Damn that was tough. I knew AAAC would just keep pumping high watts throughout the race, but I was waiting for Bill and Paul drop down to a more humane level. It just never happened and after 15 minutes in the red zone with an avg. of 375 watt I just had to get the pulse down a bit. Bill & Paul, you seem to have taken a step up the fitness ladder , so I'll have to do +100% sessions to keep up.

The Watts registered by my BePros were considerably lower, something like 50 watts lower, but I forgot to end the ride on my Garmin so I didn't save it to Strava.