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[mjd1988]

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Well done everyone

Zone 0 effort for @straas

 

[berty bassett]

Really enjoyed that. Thanks everybody
It worked well - thanks Paul for sorting
Always enjoyed that course 😁

 

[CXRAndy]

I didn't even come in the top 10. There were 9 starters

I thought Id just float at the back, you all buggered off, left my redlining trying to get back on

Well done Pete, I spotted a weakness in your numbers, told myself just hang in and see what happens

 

[<Tommy>]

Well done guys! Killing me to miss the fun but it’s really great to see Leemondo back in the game.

A few little mini battle by the looks of it!

 

[CXRAndy]

Nah, let's go with Paul's plan .... be a lot more 'fun' racing up that first drag

No it wasn't fun

 

[steverob]

A few little mini battle by the looks of it!

Watching the leaderboard from the back of the race, it was interesting to see everyone split into groups of 2 or 3 - yes eventually they all separated but there were clearly some interesting battles ahead.

I stayed pace with Joffey, Al and Peter for much of the first lap, but got dropped on the Otley Road second time round. Al then acted as a very good carrot for the second half of that lap, staying slightly out of reach, making me put in an effort to try and catch, rather than just coasting to the finish (which was very tempting).

Whoever put the finish line on a 5% slope though...

 

[Legs]

Feeling a bit knackered this evening but that was a lot of fun. Well done Lee and Paul - once you got that gap, there was no stopping you! In spite of what Michael says, I was having a hard time staying with him and Carl, and was secret pleased when we managed to get a gap to the Super C…

 

[CXRAndy]

I really enjoyed being in a pack






For 10 seconds

 

[mjd1988]

Just realising I forgot it was a GC thing and haemorrhaged 30 seconds in the last 400m. Whoops!

 

[berty bassett]

hope someone is working on the graph and then the leader board - and maybe even fashioning some sort of medal !!

 

[Peter Salt]

Well done everyone, especially @berty bassett. What a comeback!

@Peter Salt how did you find it?

Well... Very, very, very hard. As an inexperienced rider I found it mighty difficult to keep with the group with @Joffey , @steverob and @CXRAndy. Every downhill section I didn't know when to start pedalling and had to bridge as a result. Got dropped on the steep hill by the first two and then tried to keep my distance from Andy...

Well done Pete, I spotted a weakness in your numbers, told myself just hang in and see what happens

Just to eventually get reeled in

It was fun though. Managed to sort out my headphones for the last 5 minutes. Will make sure they're in working order next time.

Whoever put the finish line on a 5% slope though...

That was brutal. Crossing that start/finish banner and knowing there's still 2k to go - almost all uphill.

Next week is flat, yeah?

 

[Joffey]

Tonight's meetup race:

It's 2 laps BUT you can't actually set laps on meetups just distance or time, so I just set it for double distance for that route. So watch out for the meetup finish as it may not be where the course finish is.

It's set up as a race so late joining isn't allowed and there will be race results published at the end - which will be based on the meetup finish line.

That finish line was just EVIL

It was also nice that non of you could catch me for the first 20 metres until my fat legs gave way...

 

[berty bassett]

Well done everyone, especially @berty bassett. What a comeback!


Well... Very, very, very hard. As an inexperienced rider I found it mighty difficult to keep with the group with @Joffey , @steverob and @CXRAndy. Every downhill section I didn't know when to start pedalling and had to bridge as a result. Got dropped on the steep hill by the first two and then tried to keep my distance from Andy...


Just to eventually get reeled in

It was fun though. Managed to sort out my headphones for the last 5 minutes. Will make sure they're in working order next time.


That was brutal. Crossing that start/finish banner and knowing there's still 2k to go - almost all uphill.

Next week is flat, yeah?

i dont know if there is an easier wayof knowing when to start pedalling at end of downhill but i always keep an eye on the map in top right and as soon as you see other people near you on the list start to put some power in ,go nuts for a couple of seconds to stay on their wheel - a couple of seconds can save you a lot of effort

 

[steverob]

Managed to sort out my headphones for the last 5 minutes. Will make sure they're in working order next time.

Wouldn’t worry about it - I think everyone tonight was having headphone problems. By the time we were at 3 miles there were only two of us left on Discord. I stuck around to cheer you over the line cause I know all too well the lonely feeling of bringing up the rear in these events!

 

[mjd1988]

I suppose we have 4 weeks before the week that Christmas lands on so we could have 3 races. A pan flat, a rolling course and then a mountain stage.

Points for each finishing position and tot them up at the end of the mini-series for the overall victor!

If 10 ride then you could do 10 points for the win and 1 point for last and just change this for riders entered - 12 entered, 12 for the win etc?

I don't mind doing the spreadsheet unless we have an expert on here who has done it previously...

Just an idea but maybe a way to please everyone and make it interesting. The winner receives my used mankini and has to post a photo of them modelling it with a Santa hat on

Week 1 - Yorkshire UCI Course (2 laps) - a nice rolling course
Week 2 - Tempus Fugit (2 Laps) - out and back so if riders are dropped you can wave as you pass them the other way lol
Week 3 - Muir and the Mountain - brutal final course for the climbers

I like to call it "Le Tour de Splitters"

7:45pm - Tuesday nights. There all sorted. @bridgy send out the invites

Hang on...was that not the climbers course?

Edit; this is the climbers course