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[AAAC 76C]

There was a bit of rubber residue on the wheel the other day and some of it trickled into the unit as I rolled it. It made me wonder if I should open it up for a bit of a service. Marginal gains and all that...

There's a hole in the bottom for it to fall out.

 

[bobinski]

sorry if i started early. if its any consolation you can see i had to get off twice. Wheel slipped out so had to deal with that and i didnt tighten enough and it slipped again

 

[AAAC 76C]

Last couple of lines of that post sum up dating technique of a teenage me with teenaged girls several million years ago.

Sounds like a night on Union Street in Plymouth to me

 

[berty bassett]

sorry wasn't about - i'm having nothing but trouble with bkool at minute - zwift is winning although i dont like it as much - its more user friendly

 

[gbrown]

Bloody bkool now showing @Add moving time including the 6:30 he sat on the line not moving, so I have to check every time to see if it includes any time sat on the line!

 

[Noah Street]

You are showing no speed in your stats, can you put that it and get rid of the bars on the power by changing it to area.
Your average speed equates exactly to the time stated, i.e 49:30 give or take a second or two.

Sorry, re the graph. Get rid of HR and as power as an area and speed as line, nothing else required.

You mean like this?

 

[BILL S]

Oh boy! That nearly killed me! I think I hit my HR maximum yet.

 

[gbrown]

@Soarerv8 you were in and out like a yoyo... no sign of your session yet! Also, no sign of Gregory's session!

 

[Gregory_ca]

@Soarerv8 you were in and out like a yoyo... no sign of your session yet! Also, no sign of Gregory's session!

I could not upload it. It failed multiple times until Bkool simulator said I tried too many times. I would like to see the times too because bobinsky and I arrived under the same second I think.

 

[bridgy]

That probably wasn't a great idea ! IWas definitely feeling under par so decided to back off when I caught you Bill and do some drafting - wondered what was going on when you shot off, and then saw there was a mile to go.... SPRINT FINISH!!! I really should have just let you go...

 

[Add]

sorry Geoff, although mine should be easy enough to sort out I guess?

 

[Whorty]

Crikey, how many pages of Handicap complaints?

It's all down to previous times on the particular course, and most of the "anomalies" are for riders who have not completed the course recently.

I did think the head-start for @bridgy over @AAAC 76C looked unfair, but Bridgy's fastest time so far is 33:59 and Aaac's is 30:42! If I drop off Bridgy's previous slower time that will close it up a small amount. The same for @TurboTommy!

@Whorty is clearly no longer tail end charlie! But he hasn't done a Handicap session for ages, so I have no times to go on. I could drop him from the list, but prefer to leave him there as a placeholder. @Whorty feel free to suggest a suitable increase in Start Time if you fancy joining in, or perhaps you could try and log a few sessions when you are not Goat'ing or Chaingang'ing? They don't have to be done at 8pm on a Tuesday.

@CXRAndy has not completed a session recently, and nor has @Add, who tends to be much faster up mountains than on a flat'ish Handicap.

I'm glad I don't run a golf club!

Geoff

Updated: Chain Gang Handicap Race

Well, there you go, still tail end charlie 3 minutes slower than my last attempt i may be better on the hills, but on the flatter rides I am officially rubbish

Edit : I sat on the line for 2 minutes, so only 1 minute slower than last time ha ha

 

[gbrown]

Recordings...

Start - https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8oe4w8v835n21v/Bkool Indoor 22_11_16 20_01_36.mp4?dl=0
Second - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mc07ltpvfpmqxii/Bkool Indoor 22_11_16 20_16_47.mp4?dl=0
Third - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ipc4j7u7dkqr2qc/Bkool Indoor 22_11_16 20_32_44.mp4?dl=0
Finish - https://www.dropbox.com/s/58xhueogbd7vv6h/Bkool Indoor 22_11_16 20_44_09.mp4?dl=0

Adjusted Times (Moving Time + Start Time)

Congratulations to Stuart and Martyn on fantastically improved times, and also to Andy and Tommy!

They all get the fantastic prize of a much increased Handicap for next time!

Classification by Moving Times only

@bridgy is still the MAN, but @TurboTommy and @Perky77 are giving the rest a real hard time!

 

[bobinski]

Oh boy! That nearly killed me! I think I hit my HR maximum yet.

There was a point where I slowed to wait for you to try and draft to keep bridgy at bay but he got so close to you and you looked to be having such fun I left you to it!

 

[BILL S]

That probably wasn't a great idea ! IWas definitely feeling under par so decided to back off when I caught you Bill and do some drafting - wondered what was going on when you shot off, and then saw there was a mile to go.... SPRINT FINISH!!! I really should have just let you go...

I was surprised that you let me hang on to you but I did really need to push myself to do it. When we did that sprint finish I had very little left in the tank but could manage it for 10 seconds or so. I think my 183 heart rate is a little beyond what I should be doing at my age.