Team BKool CycleChat

[CXRAndy]

Great time LB, I don't want you having a resurgence of form, bad enough I have to keep an eye on Bill, for 3rd spot. I expect Bridgy to re-appear and steal the podium from us all

 

[Daddy Pig]

Well, I managed a good Chaingang stage 3 time. I was about 10 seconds behind AAAC but in front of the other big shots when we hit the last bump. As predicted that last bump was going to give me trouble, and it did. I ended up 18 seconds behind Bridgy.

It going to be an interesting Chaingang finish.
I think DP and AAAC is pretty safe at 1st & 2nd.
3rd is probably going to Bridgy (if he doesn't run out of time), but I predict that 4th is going to be a close battle between me Bill and Andy. I may loose some time at the "hilly" 4th stage, but 5th looks like it's packing a lot of flat and downhill sections.

I can only make a morning run on Thursday for the chaingang stage 5 as away until the new year so this may set a target for aaac. Now that's in doubt after tearing back muscles picking my 3 year old up yesterday evening and spending the night awake and in agony. The only pain relief/muscle relaxant I can find today so far is a bottle of wine, copious amounts of rum with the Xmas pud and about a quadruple brandy. Not bad for lunch... what's for tea...

 

[Whorty]

Tommy that's London speak. Wait till Randy hears 'Yorkshire' . Welsh, Midlands, Somerset

Too true Andy. I'm Black Country born and bred and as a bab I spoke pure Black Country. Left the area at 18 so the accent has gone, as has my use of slang (when I first moved out of the area I had to lose the slang as no one could understand me!) but I can still understand it when I go back to see my family. Here's a link to a bit of Black Country slang for those interested (they say that the Black Country language is the closest we have left in England to old English ... not sure how true that is)

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/50-top-birmingham-black-country-6477059

 

[Whorty]

I can only make a morning run on Thursday for the chaingang stage 5 as away until the new year so this may set a target for aaac. Now that's in doubt after tearing back muscles picking my 3 year old up yesterday evening and spending the night awake and in agony. The only pain relief/muscle relaxant I can find today so far is a bottle of wine, copious amounts of rum with the Xmas pud and about a quadruple brandy. Not bad for lunch... what's for tea...

Not great news DP ... hope you get better soon. As someone else who suffers from a bad back I can sympathise

 

[Bored Man]

Tommy that's London speak. Wait till Randy hears 'Yorkshire' . Welsh, Midlands, Somerset

Tha can find me on t'Ilkley moor bar tat & when t'wind blows its like a gale down a ginnel

Hear all, see all, say nowt
Eat all, sup all, pay nowt
And if tha ever does owt
Do it for thi sen

Raise thi glass to me, mi sen and me mothers husbands son.

Cheers

 

[AAAC 76C]

Tha can find me on t'Ilkley moor bar tat & when t'wind blows its like a gale down a ginnel

Hear all, see all, say nowt
Eat all, sup all, pay nowt
And if tha ever does owt
Do it for thi sen

Raise thi glass to me, mi sen and me mothers husbands son.

Cheers

I'll be in Harrogate on Thursday, not too far from Ilkley

 

[CXRAndy]

They speak posh in Harrogate

The Americans pronounce it
Ha-rog-at-tee you know

 

[Bored Man]

I'll be in gods own county mi sen in January and strangely enough, Harrogate. Four days of conferencing.. and no bkooling...

 

[AAAC 76C]

I'll be in gods own county mi sen in January and strangely enough, Harrogate. Four days of conferencing.. and no bkooling...

Me, I've bin to arrogate quite a a lot as me old bro lived and worked there til e shuffled of 'is mortal coil (get me drift mate).
I also went ver loads when I was at colleg seeing as vat iz where Scaley Backs are born, but me being a Reem an all vat from Aborfield Armee Aprentis College (AAAC).
But me bro's daugher is getin wed sow I got to go back agin.

 

[Bored Man]

Grand. Where men are men - strong in't arm n weak in' t ed.

 

[Whorty]

Got me again @Jim Brown on CG5. Didn't have the legs again. Probably all the cr@p i've been eating the last few days haven't helped Need to get into training now for the DD

 

[Whorty]

Just looked at your stats on that ride @Jim Brown and your HR is about 20 less than mine!!! Seems I was in the red most of that ride and you was cruising and had more left in the tank

 

[<Tommy>]

I'm doing a ride tomorrow morning that's around 35miles with under 1000 meters climbing. I should be going at a fairly sedate pace if anyone fancies an early morning spin.

 

[kipster]

Just tried out the Kickr snap, initial thoughts are it is harder than the pro unit. Maybe it's the legs not working after the excesses of Christmas, but maintaining watts at a reasonable level was tough. It seems to work well in zwift, Bkool less so, lots of blue virtual speed which seemed to go up and down in random chunks, not fluid as it does with the Bkool units. I suspect I'll be less competitive in the leagues on it, but at least I'll continue to get a work out and I'll keep trying.

 

[CXRAndy]

Saving myself Tommy, but might drop in for a few miles to refresh legs, what time?