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Geoff on Bkool
Location
South Somerset
OK guys, course suggestions please for next Thursday's group session?

Preferably 3D available so we can see each others avatars, and around 45 minutes or so seems ideal.

Probably best not too extreme, moderate to Difficult might be best, perhaps a mixture of terrains, or we could have a climb one week, and a flatter run another week?

Probably more likely to stay close together on flatter runs. Search shows 31 but many are straight climbs

These look to be the most popular flatter courses

Mundial Ponferrada 2014 - Fondo Élite Masculino - http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/508711?durationType=TIME&lapCount=1
Sir Lowry's Pass - http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/513405?durationType=TIME&lapCount=1
Cinctorres-Ares - http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/241144?durationType=TIME&lapCount=1
La Vuelta 2013 E18 - http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/332817?durationType=TIME&lapCount=1

It would be good if I could set up two stages, although the following Thursday is the 25th, so our partners may not be too impressed if we all sneak off to our turbo's and the Christmas dinner may threaten a reappearance?

Perhaps we could do Monday (22nd) or Tuesday night (23rd) instead?

Cheers,

Geoff
 

gbrown

Geoff on Bkool
Location
South Somerset
Cheers I have asked to join the Thursday night group
and The Rebels group

OK, I've signed you up to the Thursday night group. :welcome:

Good luck joining the group session, make sure you have Premium membership and that you haven't set Solo mode. Might still not get in, mind!

There does seem a lot of CC members based in the West Country, Somerset and particularly Devon. Lots of lovely cycling roads, I guess?

Geoff
 

camerauk

Active Member
Location
Devon
Thanks Geoff I will check my settings and hopefully get in on Thursday ^_^

Yes there are lots of lovely roads around here with a few climbs :ohmy:
 
OK, I've signed you up to the Thursday night group. :welcome:

Good luck joining the group session, make sure you have Premium membership and that you haven't set Solo mode. Might still not get in, mind!

There does seem a lot of CC members based in the West Country, Somerset and particularly Devon. Lots of lovely cycling roads, I guess?

Geoff
Yes seems to be a few, we will have to meet up sometime for a ride
Looks like we were successfully joined by Adski, Me, Rayvon, RunExeter, Berty, and of course Juan Carlos!

Anyone else?

Did all you guys select it off the live tab after I started it?

I wonder what shows up on the Group tab and the Friends tab?

Geoff
I joined from the live tab, there was nothing showing on Group or friends.
I have just requested to join the Cyclechat BKool group on the BKool site
camerauk is my Bkool user name I live in Devon and have just got in to road cycling and have just got the BKool trainer which seems very good just not sure how it all works
looking forward to joining the group

Andy
Welcome Andy another from Devon, this is going to get a good little league...just need to know how to shut the door on people like Juan stealing the show on our rides.
 

Darryn007

Über Member
Location
Belgium
Did you see my message I sent you Darren? I came back into the session as a spectator after I finished, and messaged you. Just wondered if it popped up on your screen or not?
Also Geoff, could you hear me talking? I had my mike on, and could hear other peoples Turbos going, but no one spoke. I did have chat checked.
Yep I saw you jump in and message me! i guess you need a headset to answer back while your riding?
 
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Guru
Location
Powys, Wales
OK guys, course suggestions please for next Thursday's group session?

Preferably 3D available so we can see each others avatars, and around 45 minutes or so seems ideal.

Probably best not too extreme, moderate to Difficult might be best, perhaps a mixture of terrains, or we could have a climb one week, and a flatter run another week?

Probably more likely to stay close together on flatter runs. Search shows 31 but many are straight climbs

These look to be the most popular flatter courses

Mundial Ponferrada 2014 - Fondo Élite Masculino - http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/508711?durationType=TIME&lapCount=1
Sir Lowry's Pass - http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/513405?durationType=TIME&lapCount=1
Cinctorres-Ares - http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/241144?durationType=TIME&lapCount=1
La Vuelta 2013 E18 - http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/332817?durationType=TIME&lapCount=1

It would be good if I could set up two stages, although the following Thursday is the 25th, so our partners may not be too impressed if we all sneak off to our turbo's and the Christmas dinner may threaten a reappearance?

Perhaps we could do Monday (22nd) or Tuesday night (23rd) instead?

Cheers,

Geoff

I am quite sure that none of us have a problem with you selecting the thursday night run Geoff. If anyone wishes to throw a route into the mix, they can, but otherwise, I would say, select away Geoff. I would be happy to do a slightly longer one next week, not sure how others feel.

Real shame some of the guys are having connection issues. Makes no sense that some of us find it without any issue, whilst it is invisible to others!
 

BILL S

Guru
Location
London
I am quite sure that none of us have a problem with you selecting the thursday night run Geoff. If anyone wishes to throw a route into the mix, they can, but otherwise, I would say, select away Geoff. I would be happy to do a slightly longer one next week, not sure how others feel.

Same. It'll be much easier than trying to get votes on which rides to do.

As for the connection issues, I think it's a Bkool thing that they can hopefully sort out before next Thursday. Or am I being just way over optimistic there?

In the meantime: Its "La Riba" in the Rebel Group.
 

gbrown

Geoff on Bkool
Location
South Somerset
In the meantime: Its "La Riba" in the Rebel Group.

I'm looking forward to the 10 mile climb, when my legs have recovered from the last three nights! :eek:
 
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gbrown

Geoff on Bkool
Location
South Somerset
...just need to know how to shut the door on people like Juan stealing the show on our rides.

I was thinking we should limit the Thursday Night Group to Cyclechat members, to save it filling up with "strangers", or does that make me a Xenophobe?

What do you think? If OK, I'll add a note to sign up here and message before being accepted into the group.

If I can find a way to limiting the group rides to members I'll try and do that also. Save watching the Pro's disappear and grab all the podium places.

Antisocial ... that's me! :stop:

As for meeting up locally, sounds risky. You'll probably all turn out to be a bunch of middle aged men grooming me .... my mother warmed me about these things! :girldance:

Geoff
 

Rayvon

Well-Known Member
Location
Yorkshire
Geoff, would like to suggest a velodrome session in there. Could become tactical and learn to use the drafting features. Say 80 laps
 

BILL S

Guru
Location
London
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1. Settings. 2. Log out. 3. Session types. 4. Session card. 5. Session filter. 6. Devices (those detected are shown in green).

My new theory but not had a chance to test yet as I'm at work:
I think those of us who couldn't get into the session last night had our Session Filter settings to filter out the type of session we were looking for. In the lower middle of the screen (5).


edit: just noticed but that guy up there in the top left with the BKool shirt is almost as fat as Add.
 
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BILL S

Guru
Location
London
I was thinking we should limit the Thursday Night Group to Cyclechat members, to save it filling up with "strangers", or does that make me a Xenophobe?

What do you think? If OK, I'll add a note to sign up here and message before being accepted into the group.

If I can find a way to limiting the group rides to members I'll try and do that also. Save watching the Pro's disappear and grab all the podium places.

Antisocial ... that's me! :stop:

As for meeting up locally, sounds risky. You'll probably all turn out to be a bunch of middle aged men grooming me .... my mother warmed me about these things! :girldance:

Geoff

We're grooming you for a position as Bkool IT (:addict:)customer support, but what you do in your own time is entirely up to you:giggle:.
 

camerauk

Active Member
Location
Devon
I have just done the Thursday night ride this morning but do not appear in the rankings :sad:
Does it take a while for the results to show up?

Andy
 
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