Team BKool CycleChat

[Whorty]

Is that due to the asthma? Did work know about your TUE?

Enjoy the break whilst it lasts

No. I'm a contractor so last contract finished end of March, and new role starts in august. Took some well earned time off to do pretty much nothing Will be a shock to system when I get back into work

 

[AAAC 76C]

I feel so proud, my son who's 11 has just tried out bkool and he loves it,He did try zwift he didn't like that much lol

What is that they say, "kids always say it like it is"!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Must be tough for them when Froome loses around a minute with a puncture when they're going for it and he still gets back to them before the summit and then looks comfortable.

And didn't the French crowds just love him!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Must be tough for them when Froome loses around a minute with a puncture when they're going for it and he still gets back to them before the summit and then looks comfortable.

Sagan would have changed a wheel on the move, even a back one.

 

[Whorty]

Posted a feeble time on SC3 this afternoon. Didn't feel strong and no one to draft Not sure how bad the time is, but I guess I'll find out this week when everyone else starts hitting the ride.

Edit : someone who was 6 minutes down on me on SC2 beat me by 3 minutes on SC3 .... so yeah, probably a very feeble time! May have to have another go at that when I get back off my hols

 

[AAAC 76C]

Posted a feeble time on SC3 this afternoon. Didn't feel strong and no one to draft Not sure how bad the time is, but I guess I'll find out this week when everyone else starts hitting the ride.

Edit : someone who was 6 minutes down on me on SC2 beat me by 3 minutes on SC3 .... so yeah, probably a very feeble time! May have to have another go at that when I get back off my hols

It's put you up to 3rd in GC though!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Pep is back with his dodgy turbo:

SC1

SC2

 

[Whorty]

It's put you up to 3rd in GC though!

Due to fact only 3 of us have done the ride lol

 

[AAAC 76C]

Interesting that Froomy's problem went from be a puncture, to a 'mechanical problem' to a broken spoke.
What actually happened was his magnetic inductance motor in his rear wheel failed.
Armed with Kwiatkowski's fully functioning back wheel he was able to get back to the favourites group however he couldn't attack them now because that would look to obvious.
Have you noticed how effortlessly Landa climbs, he's got a motor in both wheels, kind of 4 wheel drive for bicycles.
Marginal gains!
It was also interesting to hear the commentators slag Sky of for being tactically dumb today when AG2R attacked to them being a solid unit by getting Froome back on.

 

[Daddy Pig]

Interesting that Froomy's problem went from be a puncture, to a 'mechanical problem' to a broken spoke.
What actually happened was his magnetic inductance motor in his rear wheel failed.
Armed with Kwiatkowski's fully functioning back wheel he was able to get back to the favourites group however he couldn't attack them now because that would look to obvious.
Have you noticed how effortlessly Landa climbs, he's got a motor in both wheels, kind of 4 wheel drive for bicycles.
Marginal gains!
It was also interesting to hear the commentators slag Sky of for being tactically dumb today when AG2R attacked to them being a solid unit by getting Froome back on.

I'd like to see Landa' s wattage outputs... probably bkool Pep like! Wednesday and Thursday look to be the crunch days of the tour, with so little in it between the top 7 riders...

 

[AAAC 76C]

I'd like to see Landa' s wattage outputs... probably bkool Pep like! Wednesday and Thursday look to be the crunch days of the tour, with so little in it between the top 7 riders...

And I've taken Wed thru Fri off so I won't miss it.
HID is off to London midday Thurs to visit the girls so I might even have a beer or two as well.

 

[AAAC 76C]

And I've taken Wed thru Fri off so I won't miss it.
HID is off to London midday Thurs to visit the girls so I might even have a beer or two as well.

Perhaps not, SC3 on Thursday at 19:00 unless I can do the 17:00 run.

 

[AAAC 76C]

I'd like to see Landa' s wattage outputs... probably bkool Pep like! Wednesday and Thursday look to be the crunch days of the tour, with so little in it between the top 7 riders...

I bet even Landa could not go uphill, of any sort, at 78 kph doing less than 400 watts.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Your speed dropped to half that at the same point at 600 watts

 

[Randyberlin]

Posted a feeble time on SC3 this afternoon. Didn't feel strong and no one to draft Not sure how bad the time is, but I guess I'll find out this week when everyone else starts hitting the ride.

Edit : someone who was 6 minutes down on me on SC2 beat me by 3 minutes on SC3 .... so yeah, probably a very feeble time! May have to have another go at that when I get back off my hols

49 minutes is a great time for that route. It is killer. .I felt like it gave me very low watts for my effort. Like riding through mud. Also had my chain come off with less than a mile to go.