Perky77
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I am, to complete the league, not sure what time I will be starting though. It's going to be a tough old slog - it will be my 7th day in a row. Something I have never done before.
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I am, to complete the league, not sure what time I will be starting though. It's going to be a tough old slog - it will be my 7th day in a row. Something I have never done before.
I did wonder why you was so far back. I was lucky that I popped to the loo during the countdown and got back just in time to see @BILL S leave the ride then a message saying waiting to @bobinski to start the ride, followed immediately by the 10 second countdown. I guess if the original person drops out before the start, then the system refers to the second person to have joined the ride (in this case Bob).I had a terrible start, the 10 sec countdown started early. Then it said I had jump started, I hadn't. So I waited, but power held @250W without pedalling, so wouldnt let me start, I had to pedal slowly for the power to register and reset to Zero, then I was off. All told maybe a minute or so lost faffing. Whorty, you held on well to me, once I'd caught you up, I thought I wouldn't shake you off for a wee while.I couldnt tell if jonbon was taking it easy when I bridge to him, then he put the hammer down.
The message you'd have got from me would have been "slow down and wait for me!". You got that 40 second lead and I just couldn't bring you back. I guessed you was at your max too as you didn't increase the lead but every time I tried to bridge the gap you responded. Having you as a target though certainly kept my legs moving and got me a PB
Welcome I'm new to , the Tuesday evening race was called " Gowerton start"
Sorry - 5 o'clock Saturday for meBlimey - I've just realised that Mont Ventoux is another whopper of a ride like the Col de Bonette - took JLaw nearly 3 hours! And the league finishes tomorrow when I won't have a chance to ride it so I think I'll have to have a go at it tonight if I want to finish the Mountain Goats league. Sorry legs
Anyone else planning to do it tonight?
bugno
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- Copenhagen
Thx. Will try it in about 1 hour.
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
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- OTC (on the couch)
I'll be doing d'Huez tonight instead of a HIIT session and ventoux tomorrow a day earlier than expected
.I thought they finished on Sunday
bugnoOne of the admins will accept your league membership when they look in here and see your post.
We do a variety of rides split between 3 leagues currently - the Chaingang (mixed terrain), the Mountain Goats (big hills), and the Handicap League (staggered start times based on fitness levels to aim for everyone to finish about the same time)
Each league will have a different route each week, and this week's chaingang league ride was "Gowerton Start".
Many of your potential questions about how the leagues work will be answered in this post by Geoff (some info might be a little out of date now since the software update though?) - https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/bkool-faq.191965/
That reminds me - thanks for the message yesterday near the end of the climb! tried to give it 'one last push' but it didnt really work!!
Could see that the wee power zone indicator was purple for part of the last mile and I still wasnt getting close enough to Breedon so had to back off and struggle across the line. Quite like that layout for indicating zones but it is rather small!
gbrown
Geoff on Bkool
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- South Somerset
Why don't we setup a Whatsapp group? It's a free app for smart phones and allows group text chat from your phone.
bobinski
Legendary Member
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- Tulse Hill
Blimey - I've just realised that Mont Ventoux is another whopper of a ride like the Col de Bonette - took JLaw nearly 3 hours! And the league finishes tomorrow when I won't have a chance to ride it so I think I'll have to have a go at it tonight if I want to finish the Mountain Goats league. Sorry legs
Anyone else planning to do it tonight?
Let him do it on his own!
Its not as if if he needs our help up the slopes is it
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Standard response:Let him do it on his own!
Its not as if if he needs our help up the slopes is it
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
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I can barely focus on the tv screen when doing the league sessions
. To hold and text on a mobile whilst doing the same could result in 
, even on a stationary bike 
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
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I'll jump onto his session on the proviso that he tows me up the hillLet him do it on his own!
Its not as if if he needs our help up the slopes is it
Don't let the near 3hr time scare you off -- I suspect you'll probably be in the 1:30-1:45 range. Hell, even I was doing it in 2:15 ish last year.Blimey - I've just realised that Mont Ventoux is another whopper of a ride like the Col de Bonette - took JLaw nearly 3 hours! And the league finishes tomorrow when I won't have a chance to ride it so I think I'll have to have a go at it tonight if I want to finish the Mountain Goats league. Sorry legs
Anyone else planning to do it tonight?
