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keithaitch

Veteran
I joined the version with most folks in it after a quick look for familiar names. over two hours to go at my snails pace. not sure i'll make it to the end,
It's much worse in real life! I used it for training for the Marmotte and thought having done it 4/8 times on bkool that I was going to be OK...I wasn't! That said the descent down the other side is one of the best you can do!
 

Mark68

Über Member
Loaded you and some old looking people:laugh:
I've been trying to schedule a route using some ghosts and bots, gone through all the steps or so I think and when I come to look on the app the ride is there but when I click cyclists no one shows up.

Any ideas?

I would like to add a few of the riders ghosts from here if you all don't mind😀
I tried last night scheduling the Thursday night ride from last week to ride tonight,. It showed up under programmed, but I only had my own ghost and a couple from bkool.

It doesn't seem to be the easiest of websites to work through.

I do feel a bit hopeless with trying to figure it out
 

shimceltic

Veteran
I've been trying to schedule a route using some ghosts and bots, gone through all the steps or so I think and when I come to look on the app the ride is there but when I click cyclists no one shows up.

Any ideas?

I would like to add a few of the riders ghosts from here if you all don't mind😀
I tried last night scheduling the Thursday night ride from last week to ride tonight,. It showed up under programmed, but I only had my own ghost and a couple from bkool.

It doesn't seem to be the easiest of websites to work through.

I do feel a bit hopeless with trying to figure it out
When I click cyclists it also shows non but when I start the ride they are there
 

microkid

Senior Member
I see dead people ....
Wrong movie :laugh:
 

AndyMacca

Senior Member
It's much worse in real life! I used it for training for the Marmotte and thought having done it 4/8 times on bkool that I was going to be OK...I wasn't! That said the descent down the other side is one of the best you can do!
Wow that's impressive, how did your times compare - chalk and cheese?

I tried to pootle along tonight - also I was worried about having just scoffed a piza an hour earlier so I kept it to 120bpm for 20mins or so but the Bkool guesstimator was suggesting the ride would take over 2 and a half hours. Started to feel ok so went up to around 150bpm which is probably my sweet spot for a hour or so. Some chap called Miguel from Argentina started catching me up so I put the hammer down, I was doing 300w on a 9% incline and he just flew past me - perhaps fairy dust, magic beans or dark matter - holy cow!

Felt good tonight, thanks for the suggestion @shimceltic really enjoyed that (now it's done!). :okay:

Bring on Thursday, just got to navigate 2 days of works drinks beforehand. hmmmm.:rolleyes:
 

Mark68

Über Member
Was racing against myself trying to pull a gap but I kept catching myself up. Ended up about 12 seconds quicker for what seemed like more effort than I remember last time.
 

shimceltic

Veteran
Wow that's impressive, how did your times compare - chalk and cheese?

I tried to pootle along tonight - also I was worried about having just scoffed a piza an hour earlier so I kept it to 120bpm for 20mins or so but the Bkool guesstimator was suggesting the ride would take over 2 and a half hours. Started to feel ok so went up to around 150bpm which is probably my sweet spot for a hour or so. Some chap called Miguel from Argentina started catching me up so I put the hammer down, I was doing 300w on a 9% incline and he just flew past me - perhaps fairy dust, magic beans or dark matter - holy cow!

Felt good tonight, thanks for the suggestion @shimceltic really enjoyed that (now it's done!). :okay:

Bring on Thursday, just got to navigate 2 days of works drinks beforehand. hmmmm.:rolleyes:
Every Monday.... See you next week
 

Mark68

Über Member
Can I ask what sort of gearing you guys are using. As I'm getting on a bit I'm on a 50x13 with I think 25/27 sprocket at back.
Also who reckons they ride their bike less in the real world by having a trainer. I would be getting a lot less riding in now if I didn't have my neo.
 
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