Team BKool CycleChat

[CXRAndy]

Either his power meter was not calibrated or he was riding a TT bike. With 225 watt I avg. 18 mph on my commuter with all the winter equipment.

Strava estimated power!
He is a young racing snake-55Kg nearly half my weight

 

[LBHIFI]

Strava estimated power!
He is a young racing snake-55Kg nearly half my weight

Ahh, that explains it. Strava winter watts are way off.
If he's able to keep that pace in a winter solo ride and he only weighs 55kg, then he must be a phenomenal climber. I'm guessing well above 5 watt/kg?

 

[Del C]

I used to use a trainer tyre but switched for conti all season and they are definitely faster.

I think I'll swap my back then and see how it goes

 

[Del C]

His ghost was chosen Thursday too but I didn't see him once on the race. I went over the finish line first, only to see in the standings that he and Jacob had actually beaten me! The ghosts are all to cock at the moment.

Well I've just done CG1 again, improved my time by 1m 32s and got three red crosses again, so I'd appreciate it if you could validate my ride again.

As @berty bassett said above, I'm assuming its my weight change that is causing this. It would be useful if there was some way on Bkool of validating a weight change, like a big set of virtual Bkool scales or something. I'm guessing that making a change during a league may be a bigger problem than doing it before a league, but that's just a guess and nothing else.

The ghosts and bots were all over the place. I think I challenged @Jim Brown but never saw him during the ride. @BILL S and @AAAC 76C got added automatically. It looked like @BILL S had stayed on the start line as the placings during the ride said he was 5 hours behind me...... but he actually finished 5 minutes ahead of me. I did see @AAAC 76C. He overtook me with an impressive sideways riding manoeuvre, and then disappeared into the distance! I had 4 lapdog bots. Never saw 2 of them and the other 2 sometimes rode together, but most of the time 1 was with me and the other was further up the road!

Still, an improved time and I'll continue my dull experiments by swapping back to the Conti tyres next, leaving a nice pile of black rubber on the garage floor instead of the red rubber coming off the Vitorrias!

 

[Del C]

Conti gp’s are the best tyre I used I think. Although sometimes it feels like you have more grip than others. I saw them for £30 online somewhere the other day which is pretty good isn’t it? I mean, not cheap, but not bad for conti gp.

Evans do OE versions for around £30, which are supposed to be unboxed but guaranteed as Contis. Every time I've bought them they are in standard Conti packaging.

They also sell them for about £50, supposedly in Conti packaging. No idea why anybody would choose the £50 option

 

[CXRAndy]

Ahh, that explains it. Strava winter watts are way off.
If he's able to keep that pace in a winter solo ride and he only weighs 55kg, then he must be a phenomenal climber. I'm guessing well above 5 watt/kg?

All I know is that when on rides hills don't seem to slow his pace much, unlike me, ha

 

[AAAC 76C]

That's 2/3 nights of fun(AAAC) as opposed to ~30 nights

I can only do one night of fun per week and the rest is recovery.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Either his power meter was not calibrated or he was riding a TT bike. With 225 watt I avg. 18 mph on my commuter with all the winter equipment.

That power for that speed works about right for a sub 65 kg rider on a 6 kg bike according to 'Bike Calculator' an I assume Strava uses a similar algorithm.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Ahh, that explains it. Strava winter watts are way off.
If he's able to keep that pace in a winter solo ride and he only weighs 55kg, then he must be a phenomenal climber. I'm guessing well above 5 watt/kg?

At 55kg 208 watts is just below 4 w/kg which is pretty good over that period for a lightweight youngster.
I guess he doesn't win too many sprints unless he is 5' 5"

 

[Bored Man]

Well I've just done CG1 again, improved my time by 1m 32s and got three red crosses again, so I'd appreciate it if you could validate my ride again.

As @berty bassett said above, I'm assuming its my weight change that is causing this. It would be useful if there was some way on Bkool of validating a weight change, like a big set of virtual Bkool scales or something. I'm guessing that making a change during a league may be a bigger problem than doing it before a league, but that's just a guess and nothing else.

The ghosts and bots were all over the place. I think I challenged @Jim Brown but never saw him during the ride. @BILL S and @AAAC 76C got added automatically. It looked like @BILL S had stayed on the start line as the placings during the ride said he was 5 hours behind me...... but he actually finished 5 minutes ahead of me. I did see @AAAC 76C. He overtook me with an impressive sideways riding manoeuvre, and then disappeared into the distance! I had 4 lapdog bots. Never saw 2 of them and the other 2 sometimes rode together, but most of the time 1 was with me and the other was further up the road!

Still, an improved time and I'll continue my dull experiments by swapping back to the Conti tyres next, leaving a nice pile of black rubber on the garage floor instead of the red rubber coming off the Vitorrias!

I enjoy just completed a ride this morning with a couple of ghosts and bits for company. As you say, the ghosts are ridiculous to say the least. Not only did I pass both only for one to apparently finish before me, but get this - they were actually cycling sideways.. sideways .... really? I had to get past them as they were completely putting me off.

Good news is my programmed rides are back.

 

[AAAC 76C]

I enjoy just completed a ride this morning with a couple of ghosts and bits for company. As you say, the ghosts are ridiculous to say the least. Not only did I pass both only for one to apparently finish before me, but get this - they were actually cycling sideways.. sideways .... really? I had to get past them as they were completely putting me off.

Good news is my programmed rides are back.

Are you sure you were not cycling sideways Jim.
Perhaps a few too many last night

 

[LBHIFI]

That power for that speed works about right for a sub 65 kg rider on a 6 kg bike according to 'Bike Calculator' an I assume Strava uses a similar algorithm.

Even with perfect summer conditions that would be stretching it.
In winter conditions...not a chance.

 

[Bored Man]

Are you sure you were not cycling sideways Jim.
Perhaps a few too many last night

I was going to get a screenshot and wish I had now Boss.

 

[Whorty]

I enjoy just completed a ride this morning with a couple of ghosts and bits for company. As you say, the ghosts are ridiculous to say the least. Not only did I pass both only for one to apparently finish before me, but get this - they were actually cycling sideways.. sideways .... really? I had to get past them as they were completely putting me off.

Good news is my programmed rides are back.

Still can't see my programmed rides so can't challenge anyone. Tried to do the add to favourites trick, but this didn't work and the ride is not available

 

[Whorty]

Well I've just done CG1 again, improved my time by 1m 32s and got three red crosses again, so I'd appreciate it if you could validate my ride again.

As @berty bassett said above, I'm assuming its my weight change that is causing this. It would be useful if there was some way on Bkool of validating a weight change, like a big set of virtual Bkool scales or something. I'm guessing that making a change during a league may be a bigger problem than doing it before a league, but that's just a guess and nothing else.

The ghosts and bots were all over the place. I think I challenged @Jim Brown but never saw him during the ride. @BILL S and @AAAC 76C got added automatically. It looked like @BILL S had stayed on the start line as the placings during the ride said he was 5 hours behind me...... but he actually finished 5 minutes ahead of me. I did see @AAAC 76C. He overtook me with an impressive sideways riding manoeuvre, and then disappeared into the distance! I had 4 lapdog bots. Never saw 2 of them and the other 2 sometimes rode together, but most of the time 1 was with me and the other was further up the road!

Still, an improved time and I'll continue my dull experiments by swapping back to the Conti tyres next, leaving a nice pile of black rubber on the garage floor instead of the red rubber coming off the Vitorrias!

Your ride is validated As you changed your weight during the league it will need validating now every time you complete a ride. Same for any time improvements - we always have to validate these too..... it's just the way Bkool leagues work but easy enough