Team BKool CycleChat

[bridgy]

I think I'll be in the dog house a bit later when Mrs GW gets back home.

I've been away for a couple of days helping my son move house with no internet access.

Logged on this morning to catch up, and my goodness Whorty you have certainly stirred things and livened the forum up. Monday's to do list has taken a back seat, and I don't think me telling Mrs GW that Whorty has admitted to cheating is going to cut any ice as an excuse.

This can happen with a dodgy turbo as I had the same symptoms when my turbo lost power intermittantly during rides. It was only when my speed started to drop to zero that I realised that I had lost power to the turbo - I never noticed the power boost, but then I never really know what's going on. Each time it happened I had to get off and poke a cocktail stick down the reset hole - so any power gains were well and truly nullified. Seeing me reaching for the kitchen steps to get off and back on is not a pretty sight, and is quite a lengthy experience.

Anyway I stripped my turbo down a re-soldered the power connections to the logic board, and also tightened a loose earth connection to the stepping motor, and touch wood I haven't had any reoccurences over the last month - touch wood.

Anyway Shorty if you need a ghost to follow to repent on the SC10, pick mine as it will push you back several pages on the overall rankings, as I believe there are some of those hilly bits and I ain't too good on them.

That's why the rides that only seem to get these flat speeds - presumably caused by a break in power - for short lengths of time before the speed drops to zero, and at conveniently higher speeds, are viewed with some suspicion. A truly faulty turbo dropping power would most likely be as you described - and result in a disastrous time overall!

 

[bridgy]

I have no problem discussing various cheats, but actually putting them to use, is where the chain comes off. Again, these tests should not be conducted on league rides, or at least stopped before crossing the finish line, JUST like you did!
I suppose doing a local bike race on some experimental super drug and winning wouldn't be at all popular, even if I admitted it the day after.

 

[CXRAndy]

I have just signed up for the Tour of Cambridgeshire Granfondo. It would be fun to meet some of you if you participate :-)

This is just down the road from me. Again if my holiday commitments don't clash I'll pop down or even enter, don't expect me to be racing though, just a sportive for me

 

[CXRAndy]

I think I'm cheating myself I weigh more in Zwift and Bkool than in real life, albeit a pound or two

Can't be arsed with altering my status weekly. It doesn't make a huge difference to my results

We don't have this bitchyness in splitters forum

Carl you're welcome to seek refuge for a week or two, yesterdays newspaper

 

[Randyberlin]

You can always google. I had to google schtum, Magnolia and spectrum

I was hoping for the stocks with food being thrown at me Not tomatoes though, not keen on them. Can I ask for mars bars

Sorry. They quit selling Mars Bars over here.

 

[Daddy Pig]

I would now like to try and bring to an end all this moaning thats going on!
I believe the appropriate thread for all the moaning is ----------》
(Also known as the zwift thread)

 

[LBHIFI]

It was Bert1971...

Haven't tried the timed ghosts, but read on some Danish forum, back before the NC, that the Cyclechat guys were using lots of ghosts to achieve something along the lines of that...

Do any of you guys actually feel the effect of ghost drafting? I never did, and only added ghosts so that I could know if I was doing alright, or had to dig in deeper to beat somebody's tïme (mostly Bill's ).
I only ever felt the effect in the velodrome.

 

[Daddy Pig]

Do any of you guys actually feel the effect of ghost drafting? I never did, and only added ghosts so that I could know if I was doing alright, or had to dig in deeper to beat somebody's tïme (mostly Bill's ).
I only ever felt the effect in the velodrome.

I think they can help. For me especially in the cup rides I'm a lot slower on the hills so try and get a lead or catch them up on the flats. It also helps to know what sort of time you may get.

 

[berty bassett]

i am still smiling at --slightly better than being shot at

 

[<Tommy>]

I think they can help. For me especially in the cup rides I'm a lot slower on the hills so try and get a lead or catch them up on the flats. It also helps to know what sort of time you may get.

Same here

 

[bobinski]

I would now like to try and bring to an end all this moaning thats going on!
I believe the appropriate thread for all the moaning is ----------》
(Also known as the zwift thread)

DP, we don't moan mate. We might sigh every now and again at the goings on over here, a bit like Barnier throwing a sigh at Davies,Fox and BJ.

 

[Daddy Pig]

DP, we don't moan mate. We might sigh every now and again at the goings on over here, a bit like Barnier throwing a sigh at Davies,Fox and BJ.

I wouldn't know what those are, especially the last bit these days....

 

[bobinski]

DP
They are your ace brexit negotiating team. Though I can see you are confused...and I think dismayed by "BJ"

 

[Daddy Pig]

DP
They are your ace brexit negotiating team. Though I can see you are confused...and I think dismayed by "BJ"

And yours as well! Never been dismayed by BJ though...
Edit
Sorry bob, misread your post... Busy multitasking, cooking, holding a baby, sorting out tv for a three year old and drinking beer...

 

[bobinski]

And yours as well! Never been dismayed by BJ though...
Edit
Sorry bob, misread your post... Busy multitasking, cooking, holding a baby, sorting out tv for a three year old and drinking beer...

Tv for a 3yold! You should be doing a puppet show with finger puppets