Team BKool CycleChat

[bobinski]

Paul, it varies
There were 50 or so yesterday.

 

[berty bassett]

i rode b last night solely because i would have been dqf in c much like Bob was ( and dean would be !)
came absolutely nowhere in ranks but it was nice as the race went on passing a few
done most of it just me and 2 others till one dropped and one took off so on my lonesome
if Jeff came in as well ( he beat my time aswell ) it could have been a team

 

[Whorty]

Ha! I was very pleased with that as you will see from my ride report in the splitters thread. Pleased that endurance held and I had in the last lap almost bridged the 1-30m gap to the lead group. Problem is I now have to race in the B's which is right given my w/kilo but rather worrying.

On the flatter courses where I can hold power and spin fast I'll ride cat b. But on the lumpy rides I think I'd beta c and struggle to place mid table. I'll put myself in b going forward and see how I do. Getting in a group with good drafting definitely helps!

 

[CXRAndy]

Yesterdays race was more about Watts outright not W/Kg. I understand W/Kg is a good indicator of rider fitness overall, but I think being promoted into cat B when you place mid pack is a little daft, maybe be promoted from top 5 finish. I could of probably done quite well yesterday given its flat course, but cant compete with most of you on climbs

 

[Whorty]

Yesterdays race was more about Watts outright not W/Kg. I understand W/Kg is a good indicator of rider fitness overall, but I think being promoted into cat B when you place mid pack is a little daft. I could of probably done quite well yesterday given its flat course, but cant compete with most of you on climbs

You and me both Andy.

 

[bobinski]

I rode C because I had a rough experience in W7 the night before and wasn't sure how I would feel. But I am comfortable with categories based on Watts/k. My watts were higher because I was trying to drag a group to bridge the lead group but then if we had bridged they would have been higher still. Many who ride in B should really have been in A and as we saw, us lot should really have joined brave Berty!
The main thing is to try and get a team together
and to work as one to place as high as possible.

 

[<Tommy>]

Yesterdays race was more about Watts outright not W/Kg. I understand W/Kg is a good indicator of rider fitness overall, but I think being promoted into cat B when you place mid pack is a little daft, maybe be promoted from top 5 finish. I could of probably done quite well yesterday given its flat course, but cant compete with most of you on climbs

This makes more sense to me too. Not disqualifying people for riding above a certain w/kg, but promote people on finishing positions. But then these races are stand alone events(?) rather than a series so maybe that wouldn't work.

 

[bobinski]

Zwift will give you your place within the category you race- see my screenshot above. It is the zwiftpower site that draws data from your Strava feed and then applies the watts/k criteria. So given concerns raised here we could, for our purposes, just rely on the race outcome from Zwift.
Won't those likely to go to the dark side all be racing B anyway?

 

[CXRAndy]

B cat for flat races, yes mostly. For a hilly race course, I will leave it to you <80Kg riders.

 

[bridgy]

Paul, it varies
There were 50 or so yesterday.

Sorry I meant how many of you guys on here

 

[bobinski]

Me, Monte, Jeff, dean and lee. Paul was busy setting a new ftp even though he didn't feel great( well done Paul) and Whorty was racing down hill somewhere
So, 5 but could have been 7 or even 8 if Lars had raced rather than watched. I thought Andy was there too but I was mistaken

 

[Breedon]

How many of you ride cat B Bob? I would have to ride Cat B myself....

I might go cat b next time I won't be worried about holding back to stay in the c cat.
I was over the w/kg for c but overall I was 25th

 

[Breedon]

Me, Monte, Jeff, dean and lee. Paul was busy setting a new ftp even though he didn't feel great( well done Paul) and Whorty was racing down hill somewhere
So, 5 but could have been 7 or even 8 if Lars had raced rather than watched. I thought Andy was there too but I was mistaken

Andy was being soft and so watching

 

[Breedon]

i rode b last night solely because i would have been dqf in c much like Bob was ( and dean would be !)
came absolutely nowhere in ranks but it was nice as the race went on passing a few
done most of it just me and 2 others till one dropped and one took off so on my lonesome
if Jeff came in as well ( he beat my time aswell ) it could have been a team

Probably join you next time lee in b and play with the big girls boys

 

[bobinski]

Andy was being soft and so watching