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[Whorty]

aye @BILL S when I got down the slope I waited for @Whorty and sucked his wheel all the way to the line. When does the Liga finish? I’m doing two stages a week and trying to tick off CG as well. The Liga is killing me.

Great effort doing CG twice Bill.

Liga stages are all open until 22nd Dec so no need to rush them

 

[Bored Man]

Liga stages are all open until 22nd Dec so no need to rush them

Thank you Sir - plenty of time for reruns too.

 

[Whorty]

Unintentional Mechanical Doping ....

Not knowingly happened to me on Bkool before, but I have had this 3 times on Zwift. Hope it's not my trainer on the way out PC was playing up too tonight, wouldn't boot up, so maybe even linked to that. I'll have to keep an eye on it, and if it keeps happening I'll make sure I complete all the Liga climbs first

 

[Whorty]

Thank you Sir - plenty of time for reruns too.

No point me re-doing stage 3 .... never gonna beat my time on that one

 

[Bored Man]

Not knowingly happened to me on Bkool before, but I have had this 3 times on Zwift. Hope it's not my trainer on the way out PC was playing up too tonight, wouldn't boot up, so maybe even linked to that. I'll have to keep an eye on it, and if it keeps happening I'll make sure I complete all the Liga climbs first

 

[Randyberlin]

highly recommend my new tyre
150 psi lets you spin like as roller racer going down hill
directional side tread and a parallel centre tread is perfect as well
on descents move your weight forward off of the back wheel as well

It also lets you maintain a steady 23 mph and type posts to the chat. Just reading them slows me.

 

[Randyberlin]

@Jim Brown Thanks for the encouragement on the big hill. It helped stop the "maybe I should just bail and try again tomorrow" thoughts.

 

[Bored Man]

@Jim Brown Thanks for the encouragement on the big hill. It helped stop the "maybe I should just bail and try again tomorrow" thoughts.

My pleasure Randy, happy to be on your shoulder.. I needed one yesterday..

Great ride today..

 

[Bored Man]

Nice cold Ice cold up here tomorrow so hopefully a little real world cycling.. In work first thing, RL World Cup @ 10, then try a few miles after lunch before they turn the lights out.

 

[AAAC 76C]

It also lets you maintain a steady 23 mph and type posts to the chat. Just reading them slows me.

170 watts was giving me that in thee drome so not too difficult to use my mini keyboard mouse pad that is mounted on my stem single finger typing.

 

[Del C]

Well that was my first Chain Gang group ride.

Did stage 2 this morning and somehow improved by nearly 3 minutes on the 17:00 ride.

I'm trying to work out if it was the banana or the gel I ate before the ride, or the last minute crap I had that made the difference!

I was with @Marino.g neck and neck to the summit of the first climb but he left me way behind on the descent. Not sure what I could have done to stay with him?

Came in just behind a guy called Juan Antonio. I looked up at the corner of the screen in the last km and thought I saw a message from @theboxers saying 'you can catch him'. I promptly failed to live up to that as my 9 second gap went out to 20s almost instantly! Came in 14 seconds behind him.

Enjoyed it and I'll try to ride the group rides again although Thursdays and Saturdays can be tricky times for me.

 

[Bored Man]

Well that was my first Chain Gang group ride.

Did stage 2 this morning and somehow improved by nearly 3 minutes on the 17:00 ride.

I'm trying to work out if it was the banana or the gel I ate before the ride, or the last minute crap I had that made the difference!

I was with @Marino.g neck and neck to the summit of the first climb but he left me way behind on the descent. Not sure what I could have done to stay with him?

Came in just behind a guy called Juan Antonio. I looked up at the corner of the screen in the last km and thought I saw a message from @theboxers saying 'you can catch him'. I promptly failed to live up to that as my 9 second gap went out to 20s almost instantly! Came in 14 seconds behind him.

Enjoyed it and I'll try to ride the group rides again although Thursdays and Saturdays can be tricky times for me.

Good ride.

If you can’t ride live, see if anyone else can join you when you can - I’m always cycling different times due to my job. Post your intentions and see what happens.

 

[theboxers]

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Came in just behind a guy called Juan Antonio. I looked up at the corner of the screen in the last km and thought I saw a message from @theboxers saying 'you can catch him'. I promptly failed to live up to that as my 9 second gap went out to 20s almost instantly! Came in 14 seconds behind him.

Curse of the commentator

 

[AAAC 76C]

Not sure what I could have done to stay with him?

Eat a lot of bananas at the top of the climb and put on two stone immediately.
Having the crap is why you stayed with him getting there but you would have gone faster downhill with it still in you.

 

[Whorty]

Enjoyed it and I'll try to ride the group rides again although Thursdays and Saturdays can be tricky times for me.

You can still ride in the league even if you can't make all the live rides. Challenge someone else and race their ghost. Depending on the course there should always be someone of a similar speed to race against