Team BKool CycleChat

[Bored Man]

Sorry chaps, can't make the chaingang as I have a stinking cold.
Needing to rest up and dose up to recover for next weekend.

Get well soon @Daddy Pig ... we need you...

 

[BILL S]

Indeed 7pm new Chaingang league. Course should be flat and fast but don't blame me if it's not .

Woops! Doesn't look nearly as flat as I thought it would be.

 

[Breedon]

Can't make tonight my tea was waiting for me soon as i walked through the door and it was hard to resist.

 

[Bored Man]

Woops! Doesn't look nearly as flat as I thought it would be.

It isn't funny...

Apart from the 17% climb and 12 miles going up hill, it is ranked as easy...

 

[MasterDabber]

Edit: he may have well have used slope reduction in the settings.

I think this slope reduction thing shows up everywhere... I did a BigRingVR hc climb the other day and uploaded to Strava... then looked at a few of the rides of the leaderboard top rides.. several Bkool rides at far lower average watts than my ride but with a time of about a third of mine... and I'm not a heavyweight... around 69kg. I guess Strava has no way of identifying where slope reduction has been used. I've no pretensions of getting a KOM but it would be nice to have a somewhat level (excuse the pun) playing field.

 

[Bored Man]

I think this slope reduction thing shows up everywhere... I did a BigRingVR hc climb the other day and uploaded to Strava... then looked at a few of the rides of the leaderboard top rides.. several Bkool rides at far lower average watts than my ride but with a time of about a third of mine... and I'm not a heavyweight... around 69kg. I guess Strava has no way of identifying where slope reduction has been used. I've no pretensions of getting a KOM but it would be nice to have a somewhat level (excuse the pun) playing field.

I would never use this 'slope reduction ' thing however...... if that is what he was using, it's incredible. He was grafting on slight slopes but over 2% he got quicker and quicker and used hardly any energy... that said, his heart was booming...

Slope reduction won't help me over the Perth & Kinross hills this spring..

 

[MasterDabber]

Slope reduction won't help me over the Perth & Kinross hills this spring..

As they say... "aint that the truth. I never use it and my "biggy" for this year is to ride the Tourmalet on my 70th (if I make it that long).

 

[Bored Man]

As they say... "aint that the truth. I never use it and my "biggy" for this year is to ride the Tourmalet on my 70th (if I make it that long).

 

[AAAC 76C]

The WC stage is underway and this Spanish chap is at the front. Flying along on the flattish sections at decent pace and watts but when he hits the hills... his watts drop right off, his cadence is high and his speed goes through the roof.. can anyone explain this please? He blasted past everyone including Jacob... et al...

The screen grab doesn't show the best, at one point he was doing 33 watts at 22mph..

sat on my turbo doing 20 mph in the velodrome and guess wot, 100 watts!
slope reduction.
it should not count in the wc though because he has adjusted the course

 

[AAAC 76C]

sat on my turbo doing 20 mph in the velodrome and guess wot, 100 watts!
slope reduction.
it should not count in the wc though because he has adjusted the course

ps dont we all fly past jacob anyway?

 

[Bored Man]

ps dont we all fly past jacob anyway?

 

[BILL S]

ps dont we all fly past jacob anyway?

Yeah! We fly past him like we were going backwards.

 

[LBHIFI]

Just came back from some club spinning, so I'm out tonight.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Just came back from some club spinning, so I'm out tonight.

nightclub?

 

[AAAC 76C]

Woops! Doesn't look nearly as flat as I thought it would be.

mountain indoor is a bit of a give away