Team BKool CycleChat

[AAAC 76C]

I truly thought you were cycling some kind of special strategy and expected you to catch up with me on the last climb. That's when I guessed there was something wrong.. maybe you bonked.. and a good nights rest after a huge pile of food will do the trick..

Fingers crossed.

Friend!
Cycling Friend!
(Inbetweeners)

 

[<Tommy>]

One negative from tonight was the racket my turbo makes in my new pain cave. Apparently the missus could hear it from the living room two floors down... I've spent a bit of time trawling the web for solutions and one that stands out is putting kingspan under the unit. Someone else suggested an anti vibration mat for washing machines as well as the more traditional camping or bike specific foam mat.

Just wondering if anyone here has found a winning solution to this other than shoving coton wool in the ears of your nearest and dearest!

 

[Bored Man]

Friend!
Cycling Friend!
(Inbetweeners)

 

[AAAC 76C]

My friend was riding, he really enjoyed it. I reckon we will have a new cyclechat member soon.

I'll try that again:

Friend!
Cycling Friend!
(Inbetweeners)

 

[bobinski]

40/45 That's not three bad. I'm lucky to catch mine below 55 but then again I never check it first thing in the morning (never have time!). Done nothing but walk round town today and I have been sat down for half an hour and I'm in the high

I have a Fitbit so can see my waking or resting HR as well as length and quality of sleep etc. Decent ride last Tuesday preceded by 8hrs plus sleep Monday night and Resting HR of 44. Not so good ride Thursday, HR of 50 and just over 6h sleep described as restless. Last night shows woken 8 times! HR of 50. Anyway, that's my excuse for a ride slower than thursdays

 

[AAAC 76C]

One negative from tonight was the racket my turbo makes in my new pain cave. Apparently the missus could hear it from the living room two floors down... I've spent a bit of time trawling the web for solutions and one that stands out is putting kingspan under the unit. Someone else suggested an anti vibration mat for washing machines as well as the more traditional camping or bike specific foam mat.

Just wondering if anyone here has found a winning solution to this other than shoving coton wool in the ears of your nearest and dearest!

Move HID upstairs and turbo on the ground floor,
Zero cost,financially.
I will have to google kingspan now.

Edit: Got it
Stick with plan A above.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Well done AAAC - sounds like you paced it perfectly. you have more guts (or experience?!) than me to be able to do it like that - I tend to go full tilt from the start and try to hold on till the end! On this stage, that meant I was really struggling with that final hill so your tactics were perfect.

Just looked at the League results and it says 14 seconds but you crossed the lien 12 seconds after me.
You must have had a 2 second head start.

 

[AAAC 76C]

I have a Fitbit so can see my waking or resting HR as well as length and quality

I read that first bit so so wrong to start with!

 

[AAAC 76C]

One negative from tonight was the racket my turbo makes in my new pain cave. Apparently the missus could hear it from the living room two floors down... I've spent a bit of time trawling the web for solutions and one that stands out is putting kingspan under the unit. Someone else suggested an anti vibration mat for washing machines as well as the more traditional camping or bike specific foam mat.

Just wondering if anyone here has found a winning solution to this other than shoving coton wool in the ears of your nearest and dearest!

Other solution is pedal backwards, cuts down the turbo noise no end, unless you on a fixie.

 

[bobinski]

I read that first bit so so wrong to start with!

 

[<Tommy>]

Move HID upstairs and turbo on the ground floor,
Zero cost,financially.
I will have to google kingspan now.

Edit: Got it
Stick with plan A above.

Tried that

Trouble is downstairs I'm in the dining room, upstairs I've got a dedicated room so I can make it more of a permanent set up (The missus found a sketch I'd drawn which included wall mounted tv, fans and laptop shelf and wasn't impressed but more on that later...)

 

[AAAC 76C]

Well done AAAC - sounds like you paced it perfectly. you have more guts (or experience?!) than me to be able to do it like that - I tend to go full tilt from the start and try to hold on till the end! On this stage, that meant I was really struggling with that final hill so your tactics were perfect.

2 things
1. I am officially talking out my 6 oc when I say my max HR is 162. I hit 167 today after I hid my stats at he end.
No wonder I peeled myself off of the bike.
2. Is this living proof its not worth trying to hard going downhill re our average watts and watts/kg versus time to complete and my average climbing was 383 and yours 363. It was those 20 watts that gave me the edge.

 

[bobinski]

Tried that

Trouble is downstairs I'm in the dining room, upstairs I've got a dedicated room so I can make it more of a permanent set up (The missus found a sketch I'd drawn which included wall mounted tv, fans and laptop shelf and wasn't impressed but more on that later...)

TT, my rig is in the loft above my eldest sons bedroom so as to get revenge for being woken constantly etc but all he did was turn his music up So, the turbo now sits on a bkool mat, and that on top of 2 thick rugs. The noise of the turbo is much the same but the other vibration noise that made its way through the floor is greatly reduced. And my son no longer turns his music up.

 

[AAAC 76C]

T which included wall mounted tv, fans and

Fans, are they like friends that cheer you on

 

[AAAC 76C]

TT, my rig is in the loft above my eldest sons bedroom so as to get revenge for being woken constantly etc but all he did was turn his music up So, the turbo now sits on a bkool mat, and that on top of 2 thick rugs. The noise of the turbo is much the same but the other vibration noise that made its way through the floor is greatly reduced. And my son no longer turns his music up.

Kick son out put turbo in sons bedroom.
They are looking for Prison Officers right now and apparently the accommodation is really solid all be it a bit cramped but there are always loads of people to party with.
Sign him up!