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The climbs are tough but there's much more downhill than uphill. It could be close between you and me.
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Goldwolfie
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Well that was disappointing - chain came off on the second climb and bent my rear mech into the spokes. Wheel looks ok, but mech won't be the same again.
New one ordered through Amazon prime, so hopefully I can have another crack before the league ends on 29th.
TB - what happened to you on the second climb, as I had about 50 seconds on you at the start of the climb, and you shot past me and gained a quick 30 seconds on me in no time at all. I managed to catch you and get ahead, so I think it would have been a close finish with the long descent coming into play.
New one ordered through Amazon prime, so hopefully I can have another crack before the league ends on 29th.
TB - what happened to you on the second climb, as I had about 50 seconds on you at the start of the climb, and you shot past me and gained a quick 30 seconds on me in no time at all. I managed to catch you and get ahead, so I think it would have been a close finish with the long descent coming into play.
Well done Paul. You were streets ahead!
Sorry @Whorty, I was watching as you slowly hauled in my ghost and then eventually passed it just at the bottom of the hill. Unfortunately I had put in quite an effort on that last little hill so it looked like the ghost passed you again and probably made it stick. Not that I saw that bit.
Hard luck - glad the wheel's ok!
I wondered what happened to you. That is bad luck GW
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
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That's the reverse of the dead stop. If I time the gear changes just right I can surf an imposible speed wave, at a high cadence, until I drop down to what the speed really should be, at a relatively low resistance. At the correct speed for the slope/power/weight the correct resistance kicks in then I'm really in the poo. Change too early and the speed falls off a cliff (the wheels slows too much), too late and the resistance catches up too quickly and I end up grinding.
It's one of the quirks of a classic on old non fe-c firmware. I don't have the power or fitness to make the most of it though. Also, to be honest, I don't like using it in CG sesions as it seems like cheating. Had those climbs been shorter I probably would not have.
Sorry to hear about the mechanical
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Yes, I worked hard to pull your ghost back, but the little lumps at the end was just too much for me. As your ghost passed me I just gave up and soft pedaled the last 500 metres. I tried to get on your wheel on the last climb but went into the red and just couldn't make up the last few seconds. As I started suffering you started to pull away, and the few seconds turned into a lead of 1 minute as we crested the hill. Well done @BILL S
A bit of both to be honest. Had I gone past @BILL S ghost and made it stick I may have stayed the distance, but I just couldn't make it stick and my legs were shot! Bill too strong for me and you destroyed us
May not have helped that I did an 8 mile warm up on Zwift first though
I thought all the BKool trainers had been updated to the FE-C ... didn't realise they hadn't updated the Classics. Bit sh1tty of them when you've paid all that dosh. I wouldn't worry about using the 'feature' though, I love seeing you fly up those hillsThat's the reverse of the dead stop. If I time the gear changes just right I can surf an imposible speed wave, at a high cadence, until I drop down to what the speed really should be, at a relatively low resistance. At the correct speed for the slope/power/weight the correct resistance kicks in then I'm really in the poo. Change too early and the speed falls off a cliff (the wheels slows too much), too late and the resistance catches up too quickly and I end up grinding.
It's one of the quirks of a classic on old non fe-c firmware. I don't have the power or fitness to make the most of it though. Also, to be honest, I don't like using it in CG sesions as it seems like cheating. Had thouse climbs been shorter I proably would not have.
Sorry to hear about the mechanical
I warmed up for a few miles on Zwift too actually - I was going to do a race on there but the trainer wouldn't pair properly - I hope just a glitchA bit of both to be honest. Had I gone past @BILL S ghost and made it stick I may have stayed the distance, but I just couldn't make it stick and my legs were shot! Bill too strong for me and you destroyed us
May not have helped that I did an 8 mile warm up on Zwift first though
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I thought all the BKool trainers had been updated to the FE-C ... didn't realise they hadn't updated the Classics. Bit sh1tty of them when you've paid all that dosh. I wouldn't worry about using the 'feature' though, I love seeing you fly up those hills
Early Classic did not have the firmware to support ANT+ FEC.
BKool quoted me in the region of £100 to update my Classic a couple of years back, as it was out of warranty, which was over 33%of tthe price of a replacement at the time so I left it be.
Some early Pro's were also lacking in firmware and they dropped behind at, I think, V3.0 firmware which is when I bought my new Pro as I just could not compete fairly with updated Pro (I had a ridiculous advantage climbing).
My first Pro was made from second hand spares so I had no option for warranty update on that either.
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That's Zwift for you, full of bugs and bad customer support.
Have you ever tried BKool's Bsim, it's streets ahead of Zwift when it comes to bugs and bad customer support!
