Team BKool CycleChat

[JLaw]

Looks like jauncar is at it again...

 

[BILL S]

sorry guys. struggling to get this set up so it works

 

[BILL S]

now working ish

 

[berty bassett]

i will blow my own trumpet when i get my breath back !!! made the most of the weight loss but dont know whether Geoff will be kind again

 

[BILL S]

i will blow my own trumpet when i get my breath back !!! made the most of the weight loss but dont know whether Geoff will be kind again

Well done Berty. You gave us a right good walloping tonight .

I'd like to have gone slower but had JLaw breathing down my neck a good bit of the way. I was too hot and tired tonight. Almost got me at the end there J.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Well begger me. What a day to find that loophole that Bridgy experienced.

Summer Cup Stage 8:
I came off of the first climb and kept my cadence high and the watts and speed just kept coming so now I am the man flying along the flat bits well in excess of 50 kph.

I shouldn't have saved the session after all my moaning about others but what the ANT fec it's not a Cyclechat League so all is fair in love and war.
It would be interesting to see if I could do it again but I'll have to try that on a private ride.

So apologies to Jacob if you are reading this because you were my challenge but I never got the chance to take your draft because I was always in front.
To be honest I took 30 seconds from you from the start to the top of the first climb and it stayed pretty much like that until the climbing started just before the 3/4 point.
And apologies to Bill for not only finding this wormhole thing but also for the pro slinging.
I should move back up the GC now:

 

[BILL S]

Well begger me. What a day to find that loophole that Bridgy experienced.

Summer Cup Stage 8:
I came off of the first climb and kept my cadence high and the watts and speed just kept coming so now I am the man flying along the flat bits well in excess of 50 kph.

I shouldn't have saved the session after all my moaning about others but what the ANT fec it's not a Cyclechat League so all is fair in love and war.
It would be interesting to see if I could do it again but I'll have to try that on a private ride.

So apologies to Jacob if you are reading this because you were my challenge but I never got the chance to take your draft because I was always in front.
To be honest I took 30 seconds from you from the start to the top of the first climb and it stayed pretty much like that until the climbing started just before the 3/4 point.
And apologies to Bill for not only finding this wormhole thing but also for the pro slinging.
I should move back up the GC now:
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No apology necessary AAAC. You're flying the Cyclechat Flag so the faster the better. And there's plenty guys out there going quicker than they shuld so you getting a break is no bad thing. I'd certainly take in in that league if I could get it, only it always goes the other way for me.
Anyway, well done. Must have been a bu99er in the heat.

 

[BILL S]

So we had the same jauncar problem tonight so I had to start a non league session as I don't know how Geoff fixed it last time.
Our times unfortunately will not count towards the league.

 

[rob01792]

still a good workout

 

[CXRAndy]

I did stage 5 of the summer cup. I opened all the Windows fully on the conservatory in a vain effort to keep cool. I had just started when the Mrs came in with a `miracle grow` feeder spray for the plants. I think she was hoping for other things to improve.
I was struggling with heat, then my new wife of 25 years came to the rescue in the nick of time. She arrived with a water spray and duly doused me with water. What a relief from the heat just as I started the first big climb. She then came back and did it again for the 2nd big hill. I also used the ergo mode for the climbs, my chainset takes me out of my comfort zone for cadence. It was a Good run and felt pretty good at the end with the help from my helpers

 

[JLaw]

Well done Berty. You gave us a right good walloping tonight .

I'd like to have gone slower but had JLaw breathing down my neck a good bit of the way. I was too hot and tired tonight. Almost got me at the end there J.

Berty just blew us away... Thought I might catch you with about a quarter mile left, but had to back off at the top of that hill. Seemed like you let off the gas right at the end and I nearly was able to catch you again.

I was mostly trying to ride to wattage, and I was ultimately happy with the overall effort.

 

[berty bassett]

Seemed like you let off the gas right at the end

i was jiggered !!! plus side of being 39kg is you get blown up the hills but i was peddling just as hard to keep moving going down the down bits - i could see the seconds counting down in 3 second intervals and nothing i could do !!

 

[gbrown]

So we had the same jauncar problem tonight so I had to start a non league session as I don't know how Geoff fixed it last time.
Our times unfortunately will not count towards the league.

Was it the same guy?

I started the league session with a different password, so it had to start a new session.

Obviously whoever is starting the session gets the password from here, so in future we will have to agree a random password via private mail.

As it is not in the league results, I can't get the normalised watts, so I'd be greateful if everyone could post the normalised watts from their sessions so I can update the handicaps.

Cheers,

Geoff

 

[gbrown]

I have grabbed figures for 1st) @berty bassett, 2nd) @BILL S, 3rd) @JLaw and 4th) @rob01792. Did anyone else compete?

Looks like places 2, 3 and 4 were quite close but Berty did a runner.

Looking at the normalised watts/kg, Berty was 6.18, Bill 4.54, Jlaw 4.81 and Rob 5.02.

New Handicaps for Rundlestone

Bill down 1 Kg to 65.5 Kg
Jlaw down 4 Kg to 53.5 Kg
Berty up 4.5 Kg to 42.5 Kg
Rob down 5.5 Kg to 37 Kg

Cheers,

Geoff

 

[gbrown]

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