<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
Bit if a battle of the B’a tonight in general isn’t it! Barring a couple of aspiring B’s thrown in!
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BurningLegs
Guru
Thanks everyone. Nice to see you there @CXRAndy - you’ve christened the barn now then?!
I thought we were going to settle in for a nice cruise at the start of that one, hence my little jibe to @Peter Salt reminding him that he needed to drop me tonight!
Did that offend you @berty bassett because I think you then attacked?! 🤣 I had a truck so was able to stick with it pretty comfortably, and once I saw that Peter had been gapped I did pull myself. It felt quite good to be rolling with the B’s at B numbers for a while, but I knew it couldn’t/wouldn’t last!
@Whorty - I knew I didn’t have any chance against you this evening, but I was so close to sticking with you over that little punchy climb out of the desert!! I decided not to take the risk of an all-in effort to stick with you and possibly end up back with Peter so I sat in behind Rich all the way to the volcano.
Sorry for that Rich, I didn’t pull at all and it probably irritated you. I just don’t have the raw power to pull on the flat, it was all I had to stay in behind you and you still left me for dead on the volcano. Very strong ride there bud 💪
Edit: Tonight’s race gave me my best 1 minute (364W) and 60 minute (201W) powers of the year which was a surprise. Legs felt heavy and unresponsive the entire time!
I thought we were going to settle in for a nice cruise at the start of that one, hence my little jibe to @Peter Salt reminding him that he needed to drop me tonight!
Did that offend you @berty bassett because I think you then attacked?! 🤣 I had a truck so was able to stick with it pretty comfortably, and once I saw that Peter had been gapped I did pull myself. It felt quite good to be rolling with the B’s at B numbers for a while, but I knew it couldn’t/wouldn’t last!
@Whorty - I knew I didn’t have any chance against you this evening, but I was so close to sticking with you over that little punchy climb out of the desert!! I decided not to take the risk of an all-in effort to stick with you and possibly end up back with Peter so I sat in behind Rich all the way to the volcano.
Sorry for that Rich, I didn’t pull at all and it probably irritated you. I just don’t have the raw power to pull on the flat, it was all I had to stay in behind you and you still left me for dead on the volcano. Very strong ride there bud 💪
Edit: Tonight’s race gave me my best 1 minute (364W) and 60 minute (201W) powers of the year which was a surprise. Legs felt heavy and unresponsive the entire time!
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alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I thought you beat him in the race to last place (because I wasn't thereI got dropped with acceleration, I went to press my aero helmet, then realized keyboard wasn't next to me. In am instance gapped
Good team work with Pete. Btw I let you have the sprint. Didn't want to crush your youthful exuberance
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<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
Good race guys, and well done again lee 👍 👍
I felt very weak on the flat, breathing heavily dead legs, so it was almost a relief just to get to the top of the climb the way I did. Im fact the first 15 odd km were pretty dull but it probably did me a big favour looking back now.
You looked very strong again ketty. Always tougher on your own isn’t? But I could see you were still knocking out the steady power.
I felt very weak on the flat, breathing heavily dead legs, so it was almost a relief just to get to the top of the climb the way I did. Im fact the first 15 odd km were pretty dull but it probably did me a big favour looking back now.
You looked very strong again ketty. Always tougher on your own isn’t? But I could see you were still knocking out the steady power.
How do you see your power stats against all the other rides you have done? Training peaks?
Cheers mate. If I can shift a kg I can start to make a better go of this coming season. Much better at spotting the splits etc and being ready to ensure I’m in the front group. Enjoyed it.
Podium very strong tonight
You know, I almost dropped back to you two as I was going well into the red to stay with the front 4. But once I committed I had to stay with them, get a lead, and hope I could hang on to the end.
Rich is a monster at keeping a good steady pace ... he'll be perfect for the TTT races .... I had a 70 second lead gong into the volcano and he slowly reeled me in and caught me with about a mile to go. I then did what I always do ... sat on his wheel and jumped him on the sprint (sorry Rich!)
When Peter was dropped I was like you, did a little dig on the front to make it stick as I didn't fancy racing him up the KoMs.
berty bassett
Legendary Member
- Location
- I'boro
Good riding everybody ! One of them strange courses ain’t it , I knew there was no way I could lose anyone on my own
And honestly thought it would be 5 of us going round till the end
I was lucky to hold on up the kom to Paul n tommy then an even luckier moment where Paul fell behind a bit and we managed to pull away
Happily take the win this time but deep down I know if tommys limbs were all functioning he would have hammered me to the line as usual and me n Paul would have been battling each other
Mr ketty good riding mate ! Worryingly good 👍
And honestly thought it would be 5 of us going round till the end
I was lucky to hold on up the kom to Paul n tommy then an even luckier moment where Paul fell behind a bit and we managed to pull away
Happily take the win this time but deep down I know if tommys limbs were all functioning he would have hammered me to the line as usual and me n Paul would have been battling each other
Mr ketty good riding mate ! Worryingly good 👍
BurningLegs
Guru
TP will do it, but I use intervals.icu (it’s free!)
As a Yorkshire man free is my sort of price. Ta
Thanks Berty. Outstanding performance from you again tonight
