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[Soarerv8]

Not much change after calibrating. Still wrong distribution of watts.
One thing did change though

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... a little blurry but that's 3.1 km/h (1,9 mph) at 328 watts . Didn't have the self discipline (and time ) to finish that session.


Sorry to go on about this but I want to get as much info about differences as possible.
Do you also find it almost impossible to overcome blue number when descents gets steeper than 4%? I seem to recall that this was possible once.

Of course what we all really want to know is what is the poster behind the wheels at the top of the picture. Looks worryingly like a pair of meaty thighs.

 

[BILL S]

Phew - I was expecting a bingly-bong email of shame tonight

I get loads of them these days. Trouble is that it no longer seems possible to switch them off in the Settings.

 

[Soarerv8]

I might look it up and if not doing anything that weekend, do the short ride. I'll shout your name next time I ride through Cranwell
I have a little 30 miler I do sometimes.
I usually come up from Rauceby past the airport through your village and across the A15 down to Ruskington and home through Heckington

I am now going to do a double thumbs up at all cyclists going through my village in case it is you. I expect you to do the same in return so I can identify which one you are.

 

[BILL S]

162 bpm registered today - I am happy with that:
(You can see may cadence dip where I was giving my laurels a rest and just to change my position for a while)
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I got a maximum of 180 today which very much tells me I was feeling good and the legs were strong. I'm curious to know if I can stay with you guys on Saturday.
Any opinions (from anyone) on what ride we should do on Saturday? Could be another WC one that we've already done, and try to improve our times?

 

[AAAC 76C]

I got a maximum of 180 today which very much tells me I was feeling good and the legs were strong. I'm curious to know if I can stay with you guys on Saturday.
Any opinions (from anyone) on what ride we should do on Saturday? Could be another WC one that we've already done, and try to improve our times?

What was your time tonight Bill/Bridgy/DP

 

[Daddy Pig]

What was your time tonight Bill/Bridgy/DP

12.42 ish. Good time on the wc 8. Crazy pace from the top riders in the low 20's.

 

[bridgy]

What was your time tonight Bill/Bridgy/DP

27.24 on stage 8 and 12.44 on stage 9

 

[AAAC 76C]

Cheers Paul. New non sticky tyre seemed to do the trick. Also feeling quite fresh after not killing myself on Tuesday.

Tyre of choice is?

 

[Goldwolfie]

Well at least I'm up to date with my WC rides after tonight's efforts.

Quite enjoyed Stage 9 but I'm a bit annoyed with myself on that Stage 8 climb, as I was that far behind the rest of you, I should have changed to video mode and enjoyed the scenery.

Thanks for pulling it together Bill - I'm glad you did it that way around, as I would have only been half way up the hill when you started the second stage the other way around.

 

[AAAC 76C]

27.24 on stage 8 and 12.44 on stage 9

I think I was 12:52 then - that would have been 4th so far.
I think Jacob will destroy this one.

 

[Daddy Pig]

Felt good enough to have a go at the hill but felt a real pr4t because I unintentionally didn't save the first ride.
My little mouse pad mounted on my bars needs a double tap to make it work most times (don't ask me why it's just how it is).
This time the first tap worked and by the time the second tap activated the pointer had move left and hit the don't save button.
It happened so quick I didn't really see it but I didn't get the activity saved prompt.
Anyway thanks all for dragging my skinny 4rse round as it has blown out some cobwebs but at no point after catching Bill at the start did I feel like I could do anything but sit in draft.
Towards the when DP was dragging me along I couldn't react to him trying to drag me back and I saw you and Bill riding away so I slowed up to try to say to DP 'ride on' but he didn't so I picked myself up and had another go and finished quite well (I think).

On the climbing stage I didn't mean to leave you behind toward the end Bridgy I just had to stand up for a while and the resulting effort gave me a bit of a boost.
Still considering the fact that we had just done a hard ride I couldn't believe that we were over 5 minutes plus back on the leaders at the end but saying that 20 to 25 minutes is like a hard 10 mile TT so perhaps we did pretty well considering we had done one already 15 minutes before.
None the less I think we are going to have a hard job matching the Spanish team unless all of this is part of my pre Jacobs Cup operation sting.

I wondered what happened when you slowed down suddenly so I slowed as well to try and pick you up. I realised when mik mak went passed that a super fast time was not on so I thought I'd try and help out and then get you up to bridgy and bill.

 

[bridgy]

I got a maximum of 180 today which very much tells me I was feeling good and the legs were strong. I'm curious to know if I can stay with you guys on Saturday.
Any opinions (from anyone) on what ride we should do on Saturday? Could be another WC one that we've already done, and try to improve our times?

Pick one you think you can improve most on Bill - privilege of being the admin!

 

[Daddy Pig]

I think I was 12:52 then - that would have been 4th so far.
I think Jacob will destroy this one.

The thing is you can save a heck of a lot of energy by slipstreaming another rider and then sprinting at the end. These short flat stages mean that the body still has plenty of available energy to keep going without fatigue being a real factor unlike the longer stages which promotes hiding behind a fast rider to the end.

 

[BILL S]

What was your time tonight Bill/Bridgy/DP

I got a 12:30 so in 2nd place ATM. Rather better than my 75th place in stage 8.

 

[Daddy Pig]

Pick one you think you can improve most on Bill - privilege of being the admin!

Stage 8 again!.... not me